FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ February 13 2005

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

 

 

 

 

HOW BIG IS ONE?

As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things
into the ocean.

As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them
back into the water.

Puzzled, the man approached the native and asked what he was doing. "I'm throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it's low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don't throw them back into the sea, they'll die up here from lack of oxygen."

"But there must be thousands of starfish on this beach," the man replied. "You can't possibly get to all of them. There are just too many. And this same thing is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can't you see that you can't possibly make a difference?"

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea he replied, "Made a difference to that one!"

Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time.
We can make a difference.

Guest Military Chaplain

 

 

 

 

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's
Guest Military Chaplain Service


Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military. Prayers from all denominations are needed.

                                          


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Thank You TEXOKIE

Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

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Honoring those who have served before.
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[SandRat]

2 Chronicles 7:14: "if My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hello.

[SandRat]

Almost got mine in before you did Tonk.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners

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God Bless You All and Keep You Safe.

Prayers going up

"If we ever forget that we're one nation under God,
then we will be a nation gone under." 
- Ronald Reagan 

[The Mayor]

February 13, 2005

I Expect Jesus

Read:
Acts 27:9-25

I believe God that it will be just as it was told me. —Acts 27:25

Bible In One Year: Leviticus 14-16

A Sunday school teacher gave every boy in his class a New Testament and encouraged each of them to write his own name inside the front cover.

Several weeks later, after repeatedly inviting the boys to receive Christ as their Savior, he asked those who had done so to write these words under his name: "I accept Jesus." One boy scribbled instead, "I expect Jesus." When the teacher talked to him, he realized that the boy knew what he had written after all. He had not only trusted the Lord for salvation but expected Him to be with him at all times and to do all He had promised.

That boy's statement presents a simple yet profound commentary on the true meaning of faith.

In Acts 27, we see the apostle Paul's expectant faith. He was a prisoner being transported by ship to Rome when a violent storm arose and threatened to destroy the vessel. During the night, an angel of the Lord told Paul they would all survive (vv.23-24). He knew the word of the Lord could be trusted. In the midst of the storm, he said, "I believe God that it will be just as it was told me" (v.25). And so it was.

It should be no surprise to us when God keeps His word. It's to be expected! —Richard De Haan

O for a faith that will not shrink
Though pressed by many a foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe. —Bathurst

Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Does God Keep His Promises?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

FYI : Look in upper right corner of "My Comments" page.
Set it for "Brief" instead of Full.
You only will get title of thread and who pinged you.
No graphics will load.

[Soaring Feather]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

To every service man or woman reading this thread.
Thank You for your service to our country.
No matter where you are stationed,
No matter what your job description
Know that we are are proud of each and everyone of you.

To our military readers, we remain steadfast in keeping the Canteen doors open.
The FR Canteen is Free Republics longest running daily thread specifically designed
to provide entertainment and morale support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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[AZamericonnie]

USAF Heritage of Music Band~Amazing Grace

[StarCMC]

1st!!


He he he!

[AZamericonnie]

Each of us is but one person: limited, burdened with our own cares and responsibilities. We may feel there is so much to be done, and we have so little to give. We're usually short of everything, especially time and money. When we leave this shore, there will still be millions of starfish stranded on the beach. Maybe we can't change the whole world, but there isn't one of us who can't help change one person's whole world. One at a time. We can make a difference.

Bear's repeating....

[TASMANIANRED]

Hi Tonk.

[StarCMC]

Alabama - Angels Among Us

[El Gran Salseron]

How about if I want to click on "Full" instead of "Brief?" :-)

You gonna write me up?

[StarCMC]

DC Talk - Colored People

[AZamericonnie]

Nice touch...Angels among us!