#Win-#Win – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Israel #Iran #Gaza #UnitedStates #America #neutrality #responsibility #indifference #betrayal #Ukraine

Win-Win
crass language of business...
no place in war...
in terror, in genocide...
 
no perspective,
no understanding,
oblivious to realities...
right before his eyes...
 
repugnant rhetoric,
by a false negotiator...
an empty suit, an enemy
speaking pabulum...
 
no comprehension,
no sense of reason...
empty words
of a soulless cur...
 
--------  
Edited 13 November 2026
Win-Win – v2
 
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2122783464940416
Jared Kushner’s answer to press question after meeting
with President Zelenskyy about the need for a win-win agreement
between Ukraine and Russia. (Caolan Robertson video)
September 6, 2026
Win-Win
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/win-win.html
September 3, 2026
embracing isolation
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/embracing-isolation.html
remarks on September 2, 2026 by President Trump
Edited August 12, 2026
the worst evil is indifference – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-worst-evil-is-indifference-v2.html
Edited August 12, 2026
Ukraine’s Partners
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/ukraines-partners-v2.html
https://lnkd.in/p/efHUeTGR
Europe is still purchasing Russian oil and gas
Edited August 11, 2026
the dust of Pokrovsk – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-dust-of-pokrovsk-v2.html
Edited/ new name February 19, 2026
Four years crying into the void
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/four-years-crying-into-void.html
Edited October 7, 2025
We must stand on the side of Freedom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/we-must-stand-on-side-of-freedom-v2.html
August 28, 2025
the cost of silence measured in children’s lives
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-cost-of-silence-measured-in.html
March 16, 2022 – Bombing of Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre in Mariupol
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
Edited November 29, 2024
the front will be everywhere – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-front-will-be-everywhere-v3.html
Quote: “На фронті будуть всі,
aбо фронт буде всюди”
“Everyone will be at the front,
or the front will be everywhere"
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, freedom, independence, neutrality, Georgia, Israel, Iran, Gaza, United States, America, responsibility, indifference, betrayal, Ukraine
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #freedom #independence #Georgia #Israel #Iran #Gaza #UnitedStates #America #neutrality #responsibility #indifference #betrayal #Ukraine

A Hand on the Scale, the Controls #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha #Starshield Starshield

Far more than a thumb
on the scales of justice
A hand on the scale, the controls -
choosing the aggressor -
siding with evil
against the victim’s interest
applying tools of war
to defeat our ally...
 
Choosing to believe the lie
of sovereignty of the aggressor
defeating the defense
of our partner, the victim...
Siding with evil
against those dying,
defending their homeland...
Applying the tools of defense
to commit murder on our ally...
 
-------------------
13 November 13, 2026
A Hand on the Scale, the Controls
 
Starshield slowdown on 12 November 2026
over Russian illegally-occupied eastern Ukraine
while Kushner and Witkoff were in Russia,
after failed “peace negotiations”.
Edited 11 November 2026
Sheltered – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/sheltered-v2.html
3 November 2026 post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://lnkd.in/p/ewH3QDte
Russian strike/double-tap on school/shelter in Komyshuvakha
My comment 3 November 2026:
“To those who read Oleksandra's words at the end of her post and hear her exhaustion, her pain, at the West's failure, please don't look away; please do not be silent. Indifference is the greatest evil. We must redouble our efforts. We must do more to speak life, to speak hope into this time of darkness. Evil cannot, must not win in Ukraine.”
10 November 2026
Exhausted, exhaustion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/exhausted-exhaustion.html
October 22, 2026
Treason, Betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/treason-betrayal-v2.html
President Trump suspends the sanctions on Russia
in the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Law.
Edited October 22, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/through-valley-of-betrayal-v2.html
Greater Ukrainian deaths because of:
United States diesel deal with Russia
United States cutting off intelligence to Ukraine
Starlink limits put on Ukraine
Edited October 22, 2026
Empires will not defeat you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v3.html
Russia is fighting Ukraine, China is supporting Russia,
The United States entered a diesel deal with Russia
North Korea is sending troops and missiles to fight for Russia
Iran is aiding Russia, India is buying and selling oil with Russia
Edited September 27, 2026
They will rise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise-v2.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.html 
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html

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Poetry Where You Live.

 
poetry, Ukraine, God, treason, war, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, Zelenskyy, NATO, UN, Oleshky, Holodomor, betrayal, Trump, Musk, Starlink, Komyshuvakha, Starshield
 

#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha #Starshield Starshield

It is Your will, oh #God – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill

praying for an outcome,
in a moment of submission...
giving our lives over
our petitions to You, oh God...
 
knowing You are sovereign;
but coming to You hopeful...
praying into Your will
Your perfect plan, oh God...
 
nothing in the past,
the present, the future,
is outside of Your will,
oh Father, God...
 
we may ask...
we may petition;
but You are sovereign...
we raise a prayer,
into Your will, oh God
 
Amen.
 
--------------
Edited 12 November 2026
It is Your will, oh God
 
praying into God’s will
Edited 1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes-v2.html
Moving from I/My to We/Our
1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes.html
Faith Renewed Church,
during the second altar call in the 3^rd service.
October 31, 2026
sovereign - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/sovereign-2.html
Matthew 6:9–13
Luke 11:1–4
^9b “‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.”
October 31, 2026
God’s Will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/gods-will.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, pray, prayer, Proverbs 15, wisdom, Matthew 6, Luke 22, calling, purpose, God’s will

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill

like a #proverb in the #mouth of a #fool – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs26 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill

like a proverb in the mouth of a fool
so are Your words, oh Lord,
to my simple mind...
long years of education
do not change that...
I am broken, a wanderer...
I am lost without You, oh God...
 
may I hold Your Word
Your words of holy wisdom,
like a mirror before me...
may I see my folly
when I seek You, oh God...
Help me to change...
to follow You only...
 
gift me wisdom,
to see myself truly,
to run from my pride -
my endless folly...
Lead me to You,
to Your truth,
to Your Love, oh God...
 
--------------
Edited 12 November 2026
like a proverb in the mouth of a fool – v2
 
Proverbs 26:7
Proverbs 26
Men’s Thursda – v2y Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
6 November 2026
We are fools
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/we-are-fools.html
Proverbs 26
Edited 1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes-v2.html
Moving from I/My to We/Our
1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes.html
Faith Renewed Church,
during the second altar call in the 3^rd service.
October 31, 2026
sovereign - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/sovereign-2.html
Matthew 6:9–13
^9b “‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.”
Luke 11:1–4
Topic: Praying To Do God’s Will
Samson Society
North Hills Church
October 31, 2026
God’s Will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/gods-will.html
----
Proverbs 15
Micah 6:8
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
Proverbs 12
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
August 29, 2026
Seeking Your Wise Counsel
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/seeking-your-wise-counsel.html
Psalm 16
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, pray, prayer, Psalm 16, Proverbs 12, Proverbs 15, wisdom, Matthew 6, Luke 22, calling, purpose, God’s will, Proverbs 26

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs26 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill

We are #fools – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs26 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill #Proverbs

The only truthful answer
reading Proverbs...
We are fools
when we listen
to our own propaganda
when we preen before the mirror
believing we are wise...
 
We are condemned
by our words, our actions...
What cost there is
to repeating this folly
to go into battle
for battle’s sake
to prove we are right...
 
What joy there is
in being silent,
in waiting on the Spirit...
We step outside of ourselves,
when we listen
to wise counsel
when we admit
we are wrong...
 
--------------
Edited 12 November 2026
We are fools – v2
 
Proverbs 26
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
Edited 1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes-v2.html
Moving from I/My to We/Our
1 November 2026
Let Your Yes be Yes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/let-your-yes-be-yes.html
Faith Renewed Church,
during the second altar call in the 3^rd service.
October 31, 2026
sovereign - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/sovereign-2.html
Matthew 6:9–13
^9b “‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.”
Luke 11:1–4
Topic: Praying To Do God’s Will
Samson Society
North Hills Church
October 31, 2026
God’s Will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/gods-will.html
----
Proverbs 15
Micah 6:8
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
Proverbs 12
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
August 29, 2026
Seeking Your Wise Counsel
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/seeking-your-wise-counsel.html
Psalm 16
Topic: Seeking Wise Counsel
Meeting of the Samson Society
North Hills Church
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, pray, prayer, Psalm 16, Proverbs 12, Proverbs 15, wisdom, Matthew 6, Luke 22, calling, purpose, God’s will, Proverbs 26

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs26 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22 #calling #purpose #GodsWill

False #Prophets – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew23 #hypocrisy #blindness #falseprophets #Matthew25 #sheep #goats

Fallen angels,
false prophets,
brought to the heights,
a place of power...
 
sowing dissension,
chaos, anger,
a loss of comity
to this land...
 
May you expose
the fallen, hypocrites,
the ones taking us
from God’s love...
 
tear off the masks,
the scales, the artifice,
the veils upon them,
that we would be saved...

-------------
Edited 12 November 2026
False Prophets – v2
 
Matthew 25:31-46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHckYuTyedc&pp=ygUSbm9ydGggaGlsbHMgY2h1cmNo
Sermon: “Love Sacrificially in Delay”
Starting at 25:13:00
by Peter Hubbard
North Hills Church
Matthew 25
Matthew 24
Matthew 23
Edited August 26, 2026
Woe to all of us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/woe-to-all-of-us-v2.html
Matthew 23:13-26
Sermon: “The Blindness of Hypocrisy”
by Peter Hubbard
North Hills Church
Edited August 26, 2026
Tithing their spices – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/tithing-their-spices-v2.html
Matthew 23:23-25
Micah 6:8
Matthew 23:13-26
Sermon: “The Blindness of Hypocrisy”
by Peter Hubbard
Edited August 26, 2026
Christ tore the skin from their flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/christ-tore-skin-from-their-flesh-v2.html
Matthew 23:13-15
August 25, 2026
Father, open our eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/father-open-our-eyes.html
Matthew 23:13-26
August 17, 2026
Dying for Hypocrites
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/dying-for-hypocrites.html
Matthew 23:1-12
Sermon: “The Burden of Hypocrisy”
by Peter Hubbard
North Hills Church
Series on Matthew 23
Matthew 23:13-26
Matthew 23:27-36
Matthew 23:37-39
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Matthew 23, hypocrisy, blindness, false prophets, Matthew 25, sheep, goats
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Matthew23 #hypocrisy #blindness #falseprophets #Matthew25 #sheep #goats

drain me of #color – v2 #blood #eyes #Faith #fire #fruit #home #hope #light #memories #Nature #NH #October #orange #God #photos #poetry #rainbow #sky #sun #yellow #autumn #color #America #identity

drain me of color
of summer, of conformity
the fragrance of the flesh
the way of the world
that leads to death...
 
strip me of green
let my true color shine
brightly, within me,
stripped of chlorophyll,
the color of summer...
 
reveal my identity
the brightness You created
who You made me to be
my own infinite colors
each of us unique...
 
may we offer
our fruits for God,
colors shining brightly,
a spectrum of beauty
our own true self...
 
===========
Edited 12 November 2026
drain me of color – v2
 
Old Testament bible study
led by Pastor Gary Self
Overcomers Center
edited October 20, 2018
Reds – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/reds-v4.html
edited October 1, 2016
true color – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/true-color-v2.html
edited September 30, 2016
God can use us in each season – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/god-can-use-us-in-each-season-v3.html
September 3, 2012
True colors of each one – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/true-colors-of-each-one-v2.html
Spirit Study and idea that the green of summer is a false color,
that the true colors of the leaves are the colors of autumn
(and Cyndi Lauper’s song ran through the discussion too)
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
written October 17, 2001 15:30 to 15:40
Reds
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/reds.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
blood, Faith, fire, home, hope, light, memories, Nature, New Hampshire, October, God, poetry, rainbow, sky, sun, autumn, color, America, identity
 
#blood #eyes #Faith #fire #fruit #home #hope #light #memories #Nature #NH #October #orange #God #photos #poetry #rainbow #sky #sun #yellow #autumn #color #America  #identity

You #ordained us to be here – v2 #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #sacrifice #sin #submission #calling #purpose #identity

We must confess we are damned,
Our sin has condemned us.
We acknowledge Your protection –
We should have died, truly,
too many times, to number...
We have cast ourselves to hell,
by our choices, by our sin...
 
But You reached down from heaven,
while we are drowning in the waters,
the maelstrom of our lies, our sin -
You save us from damnation...
You planted us richly...
You ordained us to be here,
You kept us from death...
 
Call us, lead us,
Lord, use us fully,
though we are unworthy -
We are cracked, empty vessels...
Ordain us for Your purpose...
Help us to follow, faithfully,
Your call on our lives today, always...
 
---------------
Edited 12 November 2026
You ordained us to be here
 
Old Testament bible study
led by Pastor Gary Self
Overcomers Center
10 November 2026
drain me of color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/drain-me-of-color.html
Old Testament bible study
led by Pastor Gary Self
Overcomers Center
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, sacrifice, sin, submission, calling, purpose, identity
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #sacrifice #sin #submission #calling #purpose #identity

#teach me to number my days – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Proverbs9 #Moses #life #joy #home

Lord, breathe in me, guide me,
teach me to number my days
to make them each have meaning
to be loving, to be good,
to fear God because He is good
because He is holy...
we have sinned against Him...
 
Lord, lead me in reverence,
that the fear of the Lord, of God,
is the beginning of wisdom...
we must turn, we must return,
we must repent of our sin
we must lean into our calling,
our purpose from God...
 
Lord, breathe in me, guide me,
teach me to number my days
to understand that they have limits
to see what I do matters
to become more urgent
because our days have limits,
we must turn to God...

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Edited 12 November 2026
teach me to number my days - v2
 
Psalm 90:12
Proverbs 9:10
Sermon: “Our Fleeting Life and Everlasting Refuge”
North Hills Church
8 November 2026
God is our dwelling place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/god-is-our-dwelling-place.html
Psalm 90:1-2
Psalm 90:1-17
Sermon: “Our Fleeting Life and Everlasting Refuge”
North Hills Church
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Psalm 90, Proverbs 9, Moses, life, joy, home
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Proverbs9 #Moses #life #joy #home

God’s Will – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22

We pray to bring about
God’s will on earth -
to live the prayer Jesus taught us -
For us to follow
God’s calling in life...
 
God’s will holds us
all of our days...
Nothing is outside
God’s sovereign will...
 
We pray, but we forget,
That God is in control -
that He alone is sovereign -
God knows everything
He is outside of time...
 
God is already working
His perfect will for us...
God is sovereign
Over all our days...
 
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Edited 12 November 2026
God’s Will – v2
 
Matthew 6:9–13
Luke 11:1–4
^9b “‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
¹⁰ your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.”
Luke 22:42
Isaiah 55:8–9
1 John 5:14
Verses on Waiting
• Psalm 27:14
• Isaiah 40:31
• Psalm 37:7
• Psalm 40:1-2
• Lamentations 3:25-26
Topic: Praying To Do God’s Will
Samson Society
North Hills Church
Proverbs 15
Micah 6:8
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
Proverbs 12
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
August 29, 2026
Seeking Your Wise Counsel
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/08/seeking-your-wise-counsel.html
Psalm 16
Topic: Seeking Wise Counsel
Meeting of the Samson Society
North Hills Church
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, faith, pray, prayer, Psalm 16, Proverbs 12, Proverbs 15, wisdom, Matthew 6, Luke 22,

#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #faith #pray #prayer #Psalm16 #Proverbs12 #Proverbs15 #wisdom #Matthew6 #Luke22

#God is our #dwelling place – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Moses #life #joy #home #light #hope

God is our true dwelling place
our place of joy and refuge
in Him we live, at peace,
for all generations...

And we are His temples,
the place of God on earth
the Spirit indwelling
breathing, giving us life...
 
God is our dwelling place
our place of hope and strength
in Him we live, victorious,
now and forevermore...

And we are His temples
our cracked earthen vessels
holding the light of God
hope to pour out on the world...

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Edited 12 November 2026
God is our dwelling place – v2
 
Psalm 90:1-2
Psalm 90:1-17
Sermon: “Our Fleeting Life and Everlasting Refuge”
North Hills Church
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Psalm 90, Moses, life, joy, home, light, hope
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Moses #life #joy #home #light #hope

#sheltered – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha

hardened concrete, seven meters deep...
a place of shelter, of refuge,
in the storm, each attack,
targeted, aerial bombs...  repeating –
a cruel double-tap –
war crimes against these people
crimes against humanity...
 
sheltered against terror, underground,
but there are no red lines, morals,
the Moskals striking
the innocent, children,
first responders –
a cruel double-tap –
everywhere defenseless
Patriots on partners’ shelves...
 
Allies indifferent, silent, timid,
complicit, allowing Moscow’s terror,
slow to support the victims
siding with the aggressors
when they should be
stopped, arrested, shackled,
thrown in the dock...
 
nine aerial bombs, relentless,
because we are complacent...
Complicit in innocent blood
when we are silent
hiding behind red lines
too timid to act
allowing terror, genocide –
the cruel double-tap...
 
innocents sacrificed –
a cruel double-tap –
on the altar of hesitance,
the desert of indifference
but their countrymen will remember –
the crimes Russia committed
at the school in Komyshuvakha...
 
supporters, allies must rise up
We must redouble our efforts
We must speak life, hope,
into this time of darkness –
Evil cannot, must not win –
here, in Ukraine...
Russia must be defeated...
They must be driven out...
 
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Edited 11 November 2026
Sheltered – v2
 
3 November 2026 post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://lnkd.in/p/ewH3QDte
Russian strike/double-tap on school/shelter in Komyshuvakha
My comment 3 November 2026:
“To those who read Oleksandra's words at the end of her post and hear her exhaustion, her pain, at the West's failure, please don't look away; please do not be silent. Indifference is the greatest evil. We must redouble our efforts. We must do more to speak life, to speak hope into this time of darkness. Evil cannot, must not win in Ukraine.”
10 November 2026
Exhausted, exhaustion
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/exhausted-exhaustion.html
October 22, 2026
Treason, Betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/treason-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/through-valley-of-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Empires will not defeat you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v3.html
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, treason, war, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, Zelenskyy, NATO, UN, Oleshky, Holodomor, betrayal, Trump, Musk, Starlink, Komyshuvakha
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha

Exhausted, exhaustion #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha

On the lips of every defender,
every civilian in Ukraine...
Forgotten by the world,
the witnesses tired,
Exhausted, exhaustion,
after another war crime
a crime against humanity
another cruel double-tap...
Targeting victims,
brave first-responders,
Russia's way of war,
of terror, of genocide...
A daily occurrence,
No end in sight...
 
In the heart of every person,
the people of Ukraine...
Twelve years of war,
almost five years of full invasion...
Exhausted, exhaustion,
a whole nation in trauma
feeling deserted, abandoned,
betrayed by allies, pressured,
forgotten in the news cycle...
But choosing to go forward,
another day, another choice
not to listen to the demons...
Standing because they must,
With no end in sight...
 
--------------------
10 November 2026
Exhausted, exhaustion
 
4 November 4, 2026
sheltered
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/sheltered.html
3 November 2026 post by Oleksandra Matviichuk
https://lnkd.in/p/ewH3QDte
Russian strike/double-tap on school/shelter in Komyshuvakha
My comment 3 November 2026:
“To those who read Oleksandra's words at the end of her post and hear her exhaustion, her pain, at the West's failure, please don't look away; please do not be silent. Indifference is the greatest evil. We must redouble our efforts. We must do more to speak life, to speak hope into this time of darkness. Evil cannot, must not win in Ukraine.”
October 22, 2026
Treason, Betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/treason-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Through the valley of betrayal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/through-valley-of-betrayal-v2.html
Edited October 22, 2026
Empires will not defeat you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/10/empires-will-not-defeat-you-v3.html
Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die-v2.html
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
Edited May 21, 2025
There is no neutrality in genocide – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/there-is-no-neutrality-in-genocide-v3.html
March 5, 2025
we have become what we abhor
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/03/we-have-become-what-we-abhor.html 
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, treason, war, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, Zelenskyy, NATO, UN, Oleshky, Holodomor, betrayal, Trump, Musk, Starlink, Komyshuvakha
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor #betrayal #Trump #Musk #Starlink #treason #Komyshuvakha

You #ordained us to be here #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #sacrifice #saved #sin #submission #calling #purpose #identity #sovereign

Our sin has condemned us,
We should have died, truly,
too many times, to number...
We cast ourselves to hell,
by our choices, by our sin...
 
But You reached down from heaven,
You save us from damnation...
You planted us richly...
You ordained us to be here,
You kept us from death...
 
Lord, use us fully,
as cracked, empty vessels...
Ordain us for Your purpose...
Help us to follow, faithfully,
Your calling on our lives today, always...
 
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11 November 2026
You ordained us to be here
 
Old Testament bible study
led by Pastor Gary Self
Overcomers Center
Edited October 17, 2025
You saved me for a purpose – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/10/you-saved-me-for-purpose-v2.html
Based on #Ephesians2:4-5
Edited September 24, 2025
When I hit my rock bottom – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/when-i-hit-my-rock-bottom-v2.html
Summer 2003
April 12, 2025
I submit my will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/i-submit-my-will.html
September 23, 2026
I remember his eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/i-remember-his-eyes.html
Testimony at Overcomers Center Graduation
8 November 2026
teach me to number my days
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/teach-me-to-number-my-days.html
Psalm 90:12
Proverbs 9:10
Sermon: “Our Fleeting Life and Everlasting Refuge”
North Hills Church
Edited 8 November 2026
strip me bare, Lord – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/strip-me-bare-lord-v2.html
Proverbs 26:23
Men’s Thursday Evening Bible Study
North Hills Church
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, grace, sacrifice, saved, sin, submission, calling, purpose, identity
 
#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #grace #sacrifice #saved #sin #submission #calling #purpose #identity

drain me of #color #blood #eyes #Faith #fire #fruit #home #hope #light #memories #Nature #NH #October #orange #God #photos #poetry #rainbow #sky #sun #yellow #autumn #color #America #identity

drain me of color
the fragrance of the flesh
the way of the world
that leads to death...
 
let my true color shine
brightly, within me,
stripped of chlorophyll,
the color of summer...
 
reveal my identity
who You made me
infinite colors
each of us unique...
 
our fruits for God,
colors shining brightly,
a spectrum of beauty
our own true self...
 
===========
10 November 2026
drain me of color
 
Old Testament bible study
led by Pastor Gary Self
Overcomers Center
edited October 20, 2018
Reds – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/10/reds-v4.html
edited October 1, 2016
true color – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/10/true-color-v2.html
edited September 30, 2016
God can use us in each season – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/god-can-use-us-in-each-season-v3.html
September 3, 2012
True colors of each one – v2
 
Spirit Study
and idea that the green of summer is a false color,
that the true colors of the leaves are the colors of autumn
(and Cyndi Lauper’s song ran through the discussion too)
led by Pastor Ruth Foss
written October 17, 2001 15:30 to 15:40
Reds
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/reds.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live.
 
blood, Faith, fire, home, hope, light, memories, Nature, New Hampshire, October, God, poetry, rainbow, sky, sun, autumn, color, America, identity
 
#blood #eyes #Faith #fire #fruit #home #hope #light #memories #Nature #NH #October #orange #God #photos #poetry #rainbow #sky #sun #yellow #autumn #color #America  #identity

we cry out for #mercy – v2 #poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Proverbs9 #Moses #life #joy #home

We cry out to God, “How long?”
We cry out for mercy, grace,
caught between heaven and hell...
while we walk here on earth...
 
We cry from our souls, our spirits,
when wisdom finds us waiting...
We bow down before our God,
because we know He is holy...
 
We cry out to God, “How long?”
We cry out for mercy...
We long to touch God,
in covenant love with Him...

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Edited 9 November 2026
we cry out for mercy – v2
 
Psalm 90:13-14
Psalm 90:12-17
Psalm 90:1-17
Sermon: “Our Fleeting Life and Everlasting Refuge”
North Hills Church
8 November 2026
teach me to number my days
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/teach-me-to-number-my-days.html
Psalm 90:12
Proverbs 9:10
8 November 2026
God is our dwelling place
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/11/god-is-our-dwelling-place.html
Psalm 90:1-2
Psalm 90:1-17
 
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Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Psalm 90, Proverbs 9, Moses, life, joy, home
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #love #grace #Psalm90 #Proverbs9 #Moses #life #joy #home