Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #632

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #632!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

during the month of June I will be featuring a "berry" post:

Strawberry Stages:  From Planting to Eating

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

click HERE to shop for the best seeds

Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

(click HERE to view & follow)

Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "How To Make A Patriotic Wooden Star Banner" by Crazy Little Lovebirds

2. "Spring Plant Wrapper" by twochicksandamom

3. "Why Did Viewers Love Murder She Wrote" by Boondock Ramblings

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!
click to view

You're the STAR - Week#1 GARDEN (June 2025)

Welcome to the month of June!! - the month that officially begins summer!

Thank you again for joining us!

There are many ways to follow me:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

blog  |  TruthSocial  |  facebook  |  pinterest  |  twitter  |  zazzle  |  RUMBLE

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Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

Old Fashion Rhubarb Bread RECIPE

WELCOME to the June 2025 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to GARDEN feature week of the June 2025 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your GARDEN week Hosts 

 
This week is GARDEN feature week
Swing by the GARDEN Hosts blogs:
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#1 GARDEN - gardening, homesteading, recycling, outdoor activities &/or preserving (this can include any type of green living,  repurposed ideas, outdoor concerns, posts relating to farm animals etc all while remaining family friendly)

 (These features were chosen from the May 2025 "You're the Star" blog hop)

Rhubarb Raspberry & Red Grapefruit Jam by Scratch Made Food

Spring Peas, Radish & Wheatberry Salad by Comfort Spring Station

Waterfalls in Green Bay, Wisconsin by Amy's Creative Pursuits

Purple Iris by Old Rock Farmhouse

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing #140

Welcome to the 140th Old Fashioned Sunday Hymn Sing!

I miss the old hymns that I remember from my childhood - there were no drums, no electric guitar and no mind numbing beat. It was just voices and maybe a piano or an organ. The choir led the congregation in singing - and the words of these hymns are poetic. I realize that there is a need for the modern "seeker oriented" worship music - but it is also necessary to have deeper songs (no offense intended to anyone who prefers the newer church songs).

I decided to have an "Old Fashion Sunday Hymn Sing" once a month on this blog.

I personally do NOT have a great singing voice - I used to play the guitar & piano but my voice is NOT an instrument. That's the great thing about this digital hymn sing, you can warble along without being embarrassed or without offending anyone else.

The hymns that we will be studying are taken from an old hymnal from a Baptist church that is no longer in existence - "The North American Hymnal" published in 1956 by "THE ROGER WILLIAMS PRESS"

I will also try to find a version of the featured hymn on "YouTube" to share with you each month.

Today's featured hymn is "Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the'Encircling Gloom" and the author is John Henry Newman.  This author wrote many pieces of poetry but only a few were published as hymns.  He graduated from Tirinity College in Oxford but then in 1848 he became a Catholic priest.  Later, he became a Cardinal.  

Jesus Is.......(Part#2) - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

(click HERE to view)

I have included two lovely versions of this hymn  (videos are located below the lyrics).

Enjoy!

Turn with me to number 543 in your hymnals and let's sing:

Lead, Kindly Light, Amid th'Encircling Gloom

written by John Henry Newman (1801-1890) & composed by John B. Dykes (1823-1876)

1. Lead, kindly Light, amid th'encircling gloom.  Lead Thou me on!  The night is dark, and I am far from home;  Lead Thou me on!  Keep Thoumy feet;  I do not ask to see The distant scene - one step enough for me.

2.  I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou shouldst lead me on;  I loved to choose and see my ypath;  but now Lead Thou me on!  I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will;  remember no past years.

3.   So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on, O'er moor and fen, o'er cra and torent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel faces smile;  Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile! 

A special thanks to "Chet Valley Churches" for sharing this with us!

A special thanks to "Audrey Assad" for sharing this with us!

Other Hymns on this blog:

The Gate Ajar for Me

How Firm A Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord

Draw Thou My Soul, O Christ

I Sing the Praise of Love Unbounded

I Am Praying for You

Saved by Grace

Immortal Love, Forever Full

God Himself Is With Us

Here at Thy Table, Lord

Come To The Savior

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"Prayer Basics & 8 Ways To Find Answers"

Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #631

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #631!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

during the months of April & May I will be featuring a "flower" post:

Regal Rose of Sharon

Photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

click HERE to shop for the best seeds

Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

_____________________________________________________________

Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

(click HERE to view & follow)

Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "DIY Paper Plate Watermelon Flower Hanger" by Steph Creates Things

2. "Through the Year - Bridal Brunch" by Our Grand Lives

3. "Temperate Summer" by Jaipur Garden

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

_________________________________________
Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
 "Mary's Heirloom Seeds"!!
click to view

You're the STAR - Week#4 HOME (May 2025)

I've never liked saying "HAPPY" Memorial Day because it's a serious "holiday".  So instead, I'll just say "God bless!"

Thank you again for joining us!

There are many ways to follow me:

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

blog  |  TruthSocial  |  facebook  |  pinterest  |  twitter  |  zazzle  |  RUMBLE

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Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

A Decade of Blogging - May Recipes

WELCOME to the May 2025 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to HOME feature week of the May 2025 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your HOME week Hosts

 
This week is HOME feature week
Swing by the Home Hosts' Blogs:
Bev from Eclectic Red Barn
Niki from Life as a LEO Wife

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#4 HOME - recipes, home décor, antique/DIY &/or travel (this can include anything about your home - even history posts - all while remaining family friendly)

(All features were chosen from the April 2025 "You're the Star" blog hop)

A Lemon Zest in Show Spring Tablescape by Whispers of the Heart

Easy Boston Cream Pie by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

Kitchen Table Turned Patio Furniture by Studio 27 By Jennifer Adams

My Newly Redecorated Family Room by Amy's Creative Pursuits

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.

Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!

It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Tribes of Israel #5 - JACOB'S BLESSING TO HIS CHILDREN

Tribes of Israel #5 - Jacob's Blessing to His Sons

The fact that I start every post in this series with a disclaimer is ridiculous.  We are simply studying God's Word (the Bible) and learning about the Tribes of Israel but because the topic is "Israel", I automatically get comments calling me "anti-Semitic".  I am simply stating facts from the Bible - if you can't deal with Biblical facts then you'll have to take up your issues with God and not with me.  Here is the disclaimer:

I have not, am not and will never condone, encourage or participate in any kind of hate or violence towards any person or group of people.

Today we are going to focus on "Jacob's Blessing to His Sons" from Joseph's line.

A "blessing" from father to son (or sons) in the Old Testament was similar to an inheritance today but it wasn't monetary or physical property.  Rather, it was spiritual and even prophetic (as we will see in Jacob's/Israel's blessing to his sons)(remember - Jacob's name was changed to Israel):

The Old Testament is so important and  unfortunately many Christians have never learned or studied these passages.  That's why certain "labeling" in mainstream life is wrong and falsely causes offense.  

Previous "Tribes of Israel" posts:

#1 - Jacob/Israel

#2 - Clarifying Confusing Names & Titles

#3 - God's Covenant with Abraham

#4 - The Split Blessing

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You might be interested in viewing this video:

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"Prayer Basics & 8 Ways To Find Answers"