Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN
Read: Revelation 5:6-14
Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. —Psalm 96:9
Bible In One Year: Psalms 57-59; Romans 4
We all love to have someone tell us, "Hey, great job. I appreciate you." And if several people tell us we are doing something right, that's even better.
God loves the praise of His people too, and He truly deserves it. Our most important work on earth is to exalt Him (Psalm 96:9), "that in all things God may be glorified" (1 Peter 4:11). It's our responsibility and privilege to worship, love, exalt, and serve the Lord.
Revelation 5:9-13 tells of a future day in heaven when believers from "every tribe and tongue and people and nation" who have been redeemed by Jesus' blood will surround His throne with praises. All of those individuals—multiplied over the millennia—add up to a mind-boggling congregation of God-glorifying people.
God's greatness is so overwhelming, so unfathomable, and so indescribable that millions and millions of people—all praising Him and bowing before Him in worship—will give Him the glory He deserves.
Even now, each of us can participate in celebrating God's majesty by glorifying Him with our lives. And one day we will join with people from every nation in that massive heavenly celebration. —Dave Branon
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on August 01:
0010 -BC- Claudius 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD)
0126 Publius Helvius Pertinax Roman emperor (193 AD)
1520 Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)
1642 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
1770 William Clark Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 Francis Scott Key composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
1814 Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1819 Herman Melville US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926
1889 Dr John F Mahoney developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
1895 Benjamin E Mays 1st black president of Atlanta Board of Education
1899 William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
1913 Jerome Moross Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
1920 Sammy Lee US, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1922 Arthur Hill Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)
1931 "Ramblin" Jack Elliott, folksinger
1933 Dom DeLuise Bkln NY, comedian, actor (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
1936 Yves Saint-Laurent fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
1942 Jerry Garcia SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
1944 Yuri V Romanenko USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, Soyuz 38, Soyuz TM-2)
1946 Richard O Covey Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astronaut (STS 51I, 26, 38)
1953 Robert Cray Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
1961 Bart Conner US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
1973 Tempestt Bledsoe Chicago, actress (Vanessa-Cosby Show)
Good Morning troops!! Good Morning everyone! Here is today's humor attempt!
At one Army base, the annual trip to the rifle range had been canceled for the second year in a row, but the semi-annual physical fitness test was still on as planned.
One soldier mused, "Does it bother anyone else that the Army doesn't seem to care how well we can shoot, but they are extremely interested in how fast we can run?"
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Good morning, Chaplain Tom Searle ! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY! 
TROOPS!
Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!
Today's FEEBLE
YOKE :
A regular customer walks into the bar and says, "Bartender, one round for everyone, on me!"
The bartender says, "Well, seems you're in a really good mood tonight."
The man replies, "I sure am! Yesterday I was hired by the city to go around and collect money from the parking meters!"
The bartender congratulates the man and proceeds to pour the round.
The next night the same man walks back in, "Bartender, TWO rounds for everyone, on me!"
The bartender says, "If you're so happy just over having this new job, I can just imagine how happy you'll be when you getyour first paycheck!"
With a wondrous look on his face, the man pulls out a handful of quarters from his pocket and says, "You mean they're gonna PAY me too?"
CUBS 3
Phillies 4
TODAY
August 1 @ 1:20 p.m. CT
Radio: WGN 720
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Greg Maddux goes for 300th win today!
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| Sunrise | 5:44 AM (CDT) |
| Sunset | 8:13 PM (CDT) |
| Hrs. of Daylight | 14 Hrs., 29 Mins |
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Hi everyone!
In Jesus name Amen.
Iraqi police officers walk past destroyed patrol vehicles after a car bomb blast in the northern city of Mosul Aug. 1, 2004. A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 50, police and doctors said.
The new 2004 version of the "Blues Brothers" has just completed filming and the picture should be in the theatres by Christmas.
U.S. Army troops attend the site of an explosion outside a Chaldean church in the northern Iraq city of Mosul August 1, 2004.
For unexplained reasons there never seem to be any "before" pictures of MoJo and her vehicles.
U.S. Army soldiers gather at the scene of car bombing at a church in Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004.
Customers were lining up to complain to management about the damages to their cars at the new Mosul car wash.
An Iraqi journalist runs from the scene after an explosion next to an Assyrian church, just minutes after a blast at an Armenian church in Baghdad August 1, 2004. Car bombs exploded outside at least four Christian churches in central Baghdad Sunday.
Those Iraqi journalists sometimes look French to me when they are so fleet of foot.
French journalist Patrick Chauvel runs from the scene after an explosion next to an Assyrian church, just minutes after a blast at an Armenian church in Baghdad August 1, 2004. Car bombs exploded outside at least four Christian churches in central Baghdad Sunday.
At Reuters we report the news until we get it the way it is supposed to be.
To refresh your memories here's the story again;
Just got back last night at 7:30 p.m. from the first phase of Adult Scout training since Thursday early morning. Scouting is one of my "Agape" families and am I pumped up. I have a session this coming Saturday and the another Thursday through Saturday retreat the week after that.
The site where we had the retreat was a mountain top scout camp and at the Camp open air chapel, a sight really touched me. Let me explain; The Chapel sits on a U shaped outcropping on the mountain with wooded gully 6-10 foot deep on both sides and in front. At the front behind the alter platform are three trees that for appear as the three crosses of Gethsemane. When they had a serious fire on the mountain the three gullies and the trees were all super charred black by the flames but, not the three trees at the alter or anything in the chapel was even touched. It was almost as if the chapel was wrapped in the protecting arms of God held back the flames. We were told by the fire fighters that the gullies were the hottest part of the fire and they could they not explain why the chapel was not touched in any way.
-- and here are the photos to go with that story.
Who says miracles no longer happen.
