FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HYPOCRITE? ~ 27 October 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HYPOCRITE?

I always chuckle a little when I must sit through someone's "sermon" on why he/she doesn't ever darken the door of a church. Invariably at the top of the list of reasons given for not attending is something about the church being so full of hypocrites. You know, those people who affect virtues and qualities they don't have ... religious fakes.

The humor in this line of argument rests not so much in the fact that I never hear anything original, but rather in the facts surrounding the genesis of the word hypocrite. It was a term applied to the ancient Greek actors who wore masks in order to convey to the audience certain qualities and emotions. The actor hid behind the mask and the mask projected the necessary image.

In reality, a hypocrite is anyone who wears a mask hiding the true self while projecting an image for the benefit of the "audience." As I see it, that makes us all hypocrites! We all hide behind masks pretty consistently. How often, for instance, do we observe our hurting friends struggling to keep the "coat hanger" smile in place?

Yes, when two people stand eyeball-to-eyeball, it's one hypocrite starin' at another! The guy who won't go to church because it's full of hypocrites is not being completely honest. What he really means is that he prefers secular hypocrisy to religious hypocrisy. It's sort of like the smoker's preference for a particular brand of cigarettes.

The religious hypocrite at least has one advantage over his secular counterpart: he's looking in the right direction, to the One who can effectively remove masks: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my thoughts; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139)

CDR Thomas E. Braithwaite, CHC, USN

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless our military men and women who have given their all.

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

From AZamericonnie this past Monday....

I never ask but my SIL & niece were in a car accident yesterday & my lil niece Katie was airlifted to SLC & had surgery this morning.

So.... if when you bend knee if you could pray for Katie we would greatly appreciate it. No need to reply.....just pray if you would. *Hugs*

And an update today....

Katie is so precious but has not been able to yet eat & digest. My dear SIL has been residing at the hospital with her all week with her broken hand. Salt Lake is a long way from where they live.

But there is progress & for that we are soooo grateful! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

That is so cute...and what the little guy heard. Out of the mouths of babes....

Hope Maddi is feeling better and you haven’t caught her code.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Military Families, for your service to our country.

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[Kathy in Alaska]

To our Military -

Thank you for protecting us. Sleep well and safe.
May you be protected. May your families' hearts be at ease.

Thank you to our Allies.

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To those of our Military and Allies who gave their all,
- May your souls rest in peace. May your families be comforted.
May your/our country always remember.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Lord's Prayer

[Kathy in Alaska]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you and your family.

The 23rd Psalm

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Maddi is feeling better and I didn’t caught her code.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shorty GiggleLips & the Canteen Kids – click

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Troops and Vets, for your service to our country.

Josh Groban ~ You Raise Me Up

Thanks, unique, for the logo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

That’s a good thing, cuz she needs G-Pa’s lap for comfort and napping.

[BykrBayb]

Prayers for Katie! (((HUGS)))

[SandRat]

And G-Pa need her squeeze hugs.

[laplata]

Prayer said.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, BB, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[lightman]

"Taps" is to the military what the Nunc Dimittis is to the Church: The last call of the day and the final call of life's little day.

[Spok]

The only religions that drive the left crazy is Judaism and Christianity, and it’s not because they don’t believe. I think it terrifies them for just the opposite reason. Think about it.

[The Mayor]

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God In The Storm

October 27, 2013

Early one morning the wind began to blow and raindrops hit my house like small stones. I peered outside at the yellow-gray sky and watched as trees thrashed in the wind. Veins of lightning lit the sky accompanied by bone-rattling thunder. The power blinked on and off, and I wondered how long the bad weather would continue.

After the storm passed, I opened my Bible to begin my day with reading Scripture. I read a passage in Job that compared the Lord’s power to the atmospheric muscle of a storm. Job’s friend, Elihu said, “God thunders marvelously with His voice” (37:5). And, “He covers His hands with lightning, and commands it to strike” (36:32). Indeed, God is “excellent in power” (37:23).

Compared to God, we humans are feeble. We’re unable to help ourselves spiritually, heal our hearts, or fix the injustice we often endure. Fortunately, the God of the storm cares about weaklings like us; He “remembers that we are dust” (Ps. 103:14). What’s more, God “gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength” (Isa. 40:29). Because God is strong, He can help us in our weakness.

I sing the mighty power of God
That made the mountains rise,
That spread the flowing seas abroad
And built the lofty skies. —Watts

God is the source of our strength.

Read: Job 37:14-24

He is excellent in power. —Job 37:23

Bible in a Year:
Jeremiah 12-14; 2 Timothy 1

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

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