FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ LIVING PRAYER ~ Happy New Year! ~ 01 January 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

LIVING PRAYER

Brother Lawrence was a monk who lived almost 300 years ago and worked in the galley of his monastery. He wrote a book, The Practice of the Presence of God, which today is considered a classic in the area of Christian devotion. Brother Lawrence spent much of his time in the monastery scullery scrubbing pots and pans. He also had a collateral duty as the monastery cobbler. In these jobs, he said, he learned to glorify God in simple tasks and to pray with his hands. By bringing to each small job the best of his ability, he developed the practice of living prayer. Whether he was bustling around the galley, repairing shoes or kneeling in prayer, he learned to grow spiritually as well as mentally and to cultivate a never-ending, ever-deepening sense of God's presence.

Each day you do hundreds of small tasks. Perhaps you feel at times unrecognized or unnoticed, or that your job is insignificant in the great scope of things. The fact is it doesn't matter what you do or what position you hold. What really matters is the spirit in which you work, and how you approach your work. Brother Lawrence teaches us an important and very wise lesson: Even the simplest tasks, when done to the best of your ability, are important in God's eyes. Whenever you bring to any job the best of yourself, your fullest mind, an honest heart, and a striving for excellence, then your work, no matter what you do, becomes like a living prayer to God.

CAPT Jane F. Vieira, CHC, USN

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Here's to health and happiness!
A toast to the New Year!
Peace and joy to all of us!
Prosperity and cheer!
Years come and go, some bad, some good.
New years provide the space,
Each to fill with what one would,
Windows onto grace.
Years come and go, yet still we toast
Each one, for each one seems
As though it were a new-found coast,
Rich with hope and dreams.

Thanks, unique, for the troops new year.

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel: LIVING PRAYER ~ Happy New Year!

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!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy!

*HUGS*

Thanks very much for tonight's Sunday Chapel - a Blessed Lord's Day to you!

Happy New Year! All the best in 2012!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

Good Lord's Day and Shavua Tov to you!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Beautiful, Nana Hope.....thank you for another year of faithfully posting our Pledge of Allegiance...an important reminder each day.

Happy 2012 to you and yours. ((HUGS))

[The Mayor]

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Let’s Be Ready
January 1, 2012

Happy New Year! Looking forward to what this new year might bring, I can’t help but wonder if 2012 will be the year when Jesus comes back. But then I also wonder if I’m ready.

All of my life I’ve had to “be ready.” As a child, I had to be ready for dinner by washing my hands. As an adult, being ready for important responsibilities continues to be an ongoing reality. But I’ve come to realize that nothing is more important than being ready for our reunion with Jesus.

Speaking of Christ’s return, John tells us that “everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself” (1 John 3:3). Looking forward to Jesus’ return fills us with hope—not a wish-list kind of hope, but a solid expectation that motivates us to keep our hearts from sinful distractions and rivets our attention on becoming more like Him. If we really believe that this might be the year of His return, we will be more ready to forgive, to seek forgiveness, and to share God’s unconditional love with others.

As we consider the possibility that Jesus could return this year, let’s be sure that we are ready. Let’s strive to be pure as He is pure, anticipating the day when tears and sorrow, pain and death will all be replaced with the everlasting joy of His presence.

Expecting Jesus’ soon return
Will help us live a life that’s pure;
For if we’re ready when He comes,
We will not be ashamed but sure. —Sper

Wanting to be ready for Christ’s return will make a difference in the way we live.

Read: 1 John 2:28–3:3

Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself. —1 John 3:3

Bible in a year:
Genesis 1-2

[oldteen]

Good evening, Kathy! *hugs*

A Blessed Lord's Day and a Happy New Year to you and the family!

[left that other site]

Brother Laurence’s 300 year old book was a Best Seller when I worked at a Christian Book Store back in the 80’s. A CLASSIC!

Happy New Year Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[ColdOne]

Hello from Idaho

**hugs**

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
God Bless

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours as well. *HUGS*

Here’s to a happy and healthy 2012!

[oldteen]

Happy New Year to you as well, ML! *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

[oldteen]

And a Happy 2012 to you, ColdOne! *hugs*

[ColdOne]

Happy 2012 to you as well oldteen......

[oldteen]

A Blessed Lord's Day and a Happy New Year to you and the family, Conor! *hugs*

We must all pray for 2012 to be much kinder than 2011 has been!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy New Year to The Mayor family.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[ConorMacNessa]

A Blessed Lord's Day and Happy New Year to you, Teenie!

*HUGS*

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, teen, and Happy New Year to you and yours. *HUGS* Thanks. My Dad, in several sessions, cleared the new snow to the sides of the driveway. A little more activity for him.

Big doings downtown. They flood they town square for ice skating. Games, food, ice sculptures...if I had a kid to take we might be going. Then the biggest fireworks of the year. The city whiners outlawed all fireworks in the city unless you are 200 feet from any building. Won’t stop folks. People complained their animals were scared.

Your Marines celebrating? Safely and sanely, of course?

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shavua Tov.
Wishing all our Jewish troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
a peaceful and prosperous week.