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FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ ASPIRE TO A VISION ~ 29 January 2017
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 01/28/2017 5:01:34 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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ASPIRE TO A VISION
A scene in the movie Karate Kid was quite striking. Daniel went to see Mr. Miyagi and found him trimming a delicate bonsai tree. Daniel was fascinated and wanted to try it, but he had no idea how it was done. Miyagi told him to close his eyes and picture in his mind the way he wanted the tree to look. After Daniel found that vision in his mind, Miyagi told him to open his eyes and start trimming the tree. Daniel's every move was deliberate and focused. Then he stopped. He asked, "How do I know if my picture is right?" Miyagi replied, "If the picture comes from your heart, then it must be right. Just trust your picture". Changes in our personal attitudes and behavior are difficult. However, change is possible if we aspire to a vision. Moses didn't think of liberating the Israelite slaves in Egypt until his experience with God and the burning bush. Paul didn't believe in Jesus until he received a vision while on his journey to Damascus. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave himself to the Civil Rights Movement because he had a dream of equality. Prayer: Lord, help us vision our changes, and change to achieve our vision for the enrichment of our marriages, our health, and our quality of life. Amen.
CAPT Karl K. Fung, CHC, USN
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; chapel; military; troopsupport
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Hai! Heading home via a few cities then will be on reserve with a call out if needed. I am guaranteed a hundred hours in three months and I do get paid while on reserve. It’s that 3am call I’d be dreading LOL (((HUGS)))
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01/28/2017 5:03:38 PM PST
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SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
Timeless Savior
January 29, 2017
Very truly I tell you, Jesus answered, before Abraham was born, I am!
John 8:58
Jeralean Talley died in June 2015 as the worlds oldest living person116 years of age. In 1995, the city of Jerusalem celebrated its 3,000th birthday. One hundred sixteen is old for a person, and 3,000 is old for a city, but there are trees that grow even older. A bristlecone pine in Californias White Mountains has been determined to be older than 4,800 years. That precedes the patriarch Abraham by 800 years!
Jesus, when challenged by the Jewish religious leaders about His identity, also claimed to pre-date Abraham. Very truly I tell you, He said, before Abraham was born, I am! (John 8:58). His bold assertion shocked those who were confronting Him, and they sought to stone Him. They knew He wasnt referring to a chronological age but was actually claiming to be eternal by taking the ancient name of God, I am (see Ex. 3:14). But as a member of the Trinity, He could make that claim legitimately.
In John 17:3, Jesus prayed, This is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. The timeless One entered into time so we could live forever. He accomplished that mission by dying in our place and rising again. Because of His sacrifice, we anticipate a future not bound by time, where we will spend eternity with Him. He is the timeless one.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, the sun forbear to shine; but God, who called me here below, will be forever mine. John Newton
Learn more about the life to come at discoveryseries.org/q1205.
Christ holds all things together. Colossians 1:17
When the Lord Jesus declared, Before Abraham was born, I am, in John 8:58, He was merely borrowing the unique title used of God in Exodus 3:14 (I am). What is meant by the title I Am? God is the self-existent and only supreme Being. If God is perpetually and permanently present, He can definitively declare, I will be with you (Ex. 3:12). God is not a deista do-nothing deity who is retired from all activity. He did not wind up the world like a huge watch only to let it run on its own. God is sovereign over all creation and lovingly cares for all He has made.
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:09:14 PM PST
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The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:11:09 PM PST
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SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: SkyDancer
Ya gotta watch those 3am calls. ((HUGS)) d:o)
Good evening, Janey...Shavua Tov and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Safe journey home. Hope you get a call out at a nice hour. Hehehe.
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01/28/2017 5:12:24 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: All
Dear God: I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman, Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine feel alone or forgotten.
O Israel, hope in the Lord; For with the Lord there is loving kindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. And He will redeem Israel From all his iniquities.
Psalm 130:7 & 8
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:17:37 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:18:53 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I’m in Chicago ready to board a jump flight home, sitting up front with the flight crew L/J
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01/28/2017 5:26:19 PM PST
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SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to The Mayor family.
Did you get you some dims today? You should be having a ball with the uneducated. LOL!
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01/28/2017 5:36:50 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SandRat
I see serving God. Hear, hear, Sand. A Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours.
Will you have some Maddi time this coming week?
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:53:33 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Evening and thanks Kathy!
Are you tired of all this winning the past week yet? :-)
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:55:38 PM PST
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PROCON
(Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
To: Kathy in Alaska
The uneducated drive me nuts, it’s all about reeducation now.
Thanks for the thread!!
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posted on
01/28/2017 5:57:41 PM PST
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The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; 2111USMC; Jet Jaguar; Publius; PROCON; mountainlion; HiJinx; ...
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:05:00 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; Soaring Feather; SandRat; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:17:11 PM PST
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radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: xzins; bethelgrad; lightman; LiteKeeper; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; ...
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ ASPIRE TO A VISION, and Liberty
Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"
Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military.
Prayers from all denominations are needed.
Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:24:09 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Howdy, Kathy.
I see you’ve been getting a little snow today. Hope there’ll be enough to do some good.
I gather your sister made it home safe and sound?
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:27:00 PM PST
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radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: PROCON
Howdy, PRO!
Have a good day? Did your son get a chance to pop by for a while?
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:29:31 PM PST
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radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...and a Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.
Any pub nights this week?
Weather improvement? It started snowing here again last night after a whole day above freezing. Thankfully it didn’t start til after I got back from the airport and my sister’s plane was in the air for home in southern California.
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:36:22 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SkyDancer
WOOHOO...sitting up front. Nice!!
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:37:09 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoochPooch; left that other site; SkyDancer; DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; onedoug; BluesDuke; ...
Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.
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posted on
01/28/2017 6:44:11 PM PST
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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