FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ THE KEY TO FAILURE ~ 08 June 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

THE KEY TO FAILURE

I recently read a devotion in God's Little Devotional Book for Women, which really touched my life. This book was copyrighted in 1996 by Honor Books, Inc. in Tulsa Oklahoma. The story on pages 98 and 99 tells of a painter who wanted to produce one work which would please everyone. So she painted a picture, and hung it in the public marketplace. She posted directions for people to mark the places they did not like with a small paint brush. She was surprised when she returned to find her picture was just a blob.

So, the next day, she took another copy of the painting and asked people to mark the places they liked. By the afternoon, the picture was exactly the same blob. The artist concluded, "I now believe the best way to please one-half of the world is not to mind what the other half thinks or says."

People always have an opinion about what we say or do, and the key to failure is to try to please everyone. The key to success, on the other hand, is to live according to God's opinions...those spelled out in the Bible. Then we will not fret over the opinions of others.

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other." (Matthew 6:24)

LCDR Mary W. Tinnea, CHC, USN

 

[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.

[xzins]

Weekly Prayer for America

Dear Heavenly Father, we pray for this nation as the Apostle Paul in Colossians 1 prayed for the early churches. We pray constantly. We pray that You fill this land with the knowledge of Your will. We pray, Lord, that our countrymen will come to this understanding of Your will because they have gained spiritual wisdom and understanding. We know that they cannot gain spiritual wisdom if they do not hear about You. How can they hear without someone to tell them? So, inspire us, Lord Jesus, to tell of Your might and of Your mercy. Inspire us to tell of Your justice and of Your grace. For it in fearing You that we learn wisdom, and it is in Your grace that we find redemption. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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yeah...”borrowing”..that’s it!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Publius, and a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

Another week has passed. Hope your stuff is still on track. Heard anything?

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Lord's Prayer

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

The 23rd Psalm

[mountainlion]

I have been reading Marcus Luttrell’s book “Service A Nay Seal At War”. In the back is a list of 6 pages of UDT and SEALS killed since 1943. There are about 35 who died on June 6,1944 at Normandy.

[The Mayor]

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Lesson From A Toothache
June 8, 2014

Read: Hebrews 12:3-11

If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons. —Hebrews 12:7

Bible in a Year:
2 Chronicles 30-31; John 18:1-18

“When I was a child I often had a toothache,” wrote C. S. Lewis in his classic book Mere Christianity. He continued, “and I knew that if I went to my mother she would give me something that would deaden the pain for that night and let me get to sleep. But I did not go to my mother—at least not till the pain became very bad. . . . I knew she would take me to the dentist the next morning. . . .  I wanted immediate relief from pain, but I could not get it without having my teeth set permanently right.”

Similarly, we might not always want to go to God right away when we have a problem or are struggling in a certain area. We know that He could provide immediate relief from our pain, but He is more concerned with dealing with the root of the problem. We may be afraid that He will reveal issues that we are unprepared or unwilling to deal with.

In times like these, it is helpful to remind ourselves that the Lord “deals with [us] as with sons” (Heb. 12:7). His discipline, though perhaps painful, is wise, and His touch is loving. He loves us too much to let us remain as we are; He wants to conform us to the likeness of His Son, Jesus (Rom. 8:29). God’s purposes of love can be trusted more than any of our emotions of fear.

Thank You, Lord, for showing me my hidden
faults, for You treat me as Your dear child.
Help me surrender to Your cleansing work
till the beauty of Jesus be seen in me.

God’s hand of discipline is a hand of love.

Insight

A constant refrain in Scripture is that God chastens and that such discipline is evidence of His love and a prerequisite of our sonship (Deut. 8:5; 2 Sam. 7:14; Job 5:17-18; Ps. 89:30-33; Prov. 3:12; Heb. 12:5-8). But God’s discipline is much more than just rebuke and punishment. It includes nurture, instruction, and training in holiness and righteousness (12:10-11).

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shorty GiggleLips & the Canteen Kids – click

[Publius]

Maybe by the end of the week.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!

***HUGS***



A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours! Thank you very much for tonight’s Sunday Chapel thread.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, xzins, and thank you for the Weekly Prayer for America....our country is so in need of those prayers.

And a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Sound up and enjoy some awesome war birds:

Flying Legends 2014 - Cool war birds:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/93587997

[ConorMacNessa]

Outstanding, ETR! Thanks very much and a Blessed Lord's Day to you and yours!



"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Arrowhead1952]

Good evening Kathy and (((HUGS))). Have a Blessed Lord’s Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.

WOW! I imagine the UDT and SEALS teams were really busy at Normandy. Sounds like a great book, and by a good author.

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy..((HUGS))...

Maddi still has the sweetest HUGS.

[ConorMacNessa]

Amen, Chaplain, and thank you very much!



"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

Providence~Mansion Robe and Crown.wma

Glad~Before the Throne Of God Above

Cathedrals~Thanks To Calvary.wma

Providence~O Come Angel Band.wma

Bill Gaither/Velstal Goodman~The Lighthouse

The Trevecca Madrigalians~It Is Well With My Soul

The Imperials~Sweet, Sweet Spirit

Have a blessed Sunday

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and The Mayor family.

Hope you are getting some rest this weekend.

We are still waiting for some rain.