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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota ~ 09 OCT 2018
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!!
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Posted on 10/08/2018 6:00:57 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; SandRat; beachn4fun; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:02:13 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: laurenmarlowe
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Much More Than Words
October 9, 2018
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
Romans 8:26
At a dedication ceremony during which a Bible translated into a local African language was presented, the area chief was presented with his own copy. In appreciation, he lifted the Bible to the skies and exclaimed, Now we know God understands our language! We can read the Bible in our own native mother-tongue.
No matter our language, our heavenly Father understands it. But often we feel unable to express our deepest longings to Him. The apostle Paul encourages us to pray regardless of how we feel. Paul speaks of our suffering world and our own pain: The whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth (Romans 8:22), and he compares that to the Holy Spirits work on our behalf. The Spirit helps us in our weakness, he writes. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans (v. 26).
Gods Holy Spirit knows us intimately. He knows our longings, our heart-language, and our unspoken words, and He helps us in our communication with God. His Spirit draws us to be transformed into the image of God the Son (v. 29).
Our heavenly Father understands our language and speaks to us through His Word. When we think our prayers are weak or too short, His Holy Spirit helps us by speaking through us to the Father. He yearns for us to talk with Him in prayer.
Thank You, Lord, for understanding my language and innermost longings. When my prayers are weak and dry, bear me up through Your Spirit.
When we feel weak in our prayers, Gods Spirit helps us in ways we cant imagine.
Our inability to know what to ask for when we pray is part of a bigger story. According to Pauls letter to the Romans, theres a lot more we cant do for ourselves. We also cant avoid the consequences of our own choices, change our own hearts, make ourselves right with God, or even live up to our own expectations (Romans 4:5; 6:23; 7:1821). Yet Paul doesnt leave us helpless and hopeless. He begins and ends chapter 8 showing us how to rise on wings of wonder. Could anything lift us higher than to know that we also cant do anything that would cause the God who is for us to stop helping and loving us? (vv. 11, 3139).
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:02:51 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: laurenmarlowe
Evening, Lauren (& Kathy).
Woohoo, I’m one of the top 10!
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:03:06 PM PDT
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: laurenmarlowe
My home town!! Rapid City SD.
Thanks for posting!
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:04:28 PM PDT
by
datura
To: radu
To: The Mayor
Good evening to you Mayor!
SECOND!!
To: MoochPooch
Hi there MoochPooch! You are
THIRD!!
To: datura
Good evening datura, thank you for joining us this evening!
To: laurenmarlowe
And totally shocked! LOL!
Howdy, lauren!
How are things down your way these days? Have you had to deal with any nasty storms today?
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:09:02 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: radu
Hi radu!
Be back shortly, gotta go pack! Leaving town again! :-)
Just for a couple of weeks, heading to Tulsa Oklahoma for business.
To: laurenmarlowe
My dad was stationed there in '66. I graduated HS in '67.
We did a lot of skiing at Terry Peak. And fishing at Pactola Dam.
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:10:55 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
To: radu
A short thunderstorm today but more storms headed this way overnight.
We need the rain, the nasty not so much.
To: TangoLimaSierra
Good evening TangoLimaSierra, thank you to your family for your service to our Country!
To: laurenmarlowe
Whew, you don’t get to stay home very long, do you?
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:15:37 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: laurenmarlowe
Yes, I can see the storms on the radar but they don’t look too bad, fortunately.
I hear ya on needing rain but not the nasty. We’ve had our share of nasty this year and I wish it on no one.
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:19:41 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
~ Road Trip: Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota ~
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:28:27 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: MoochPooch
Woohoo!!! And you are in the top three!! Good job!!
Are you transitioning into fall/winter? Hope you had a nice summer.
We are starting to get closer to the 30s at night, but still having rain.
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:31:42 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Howdy, Kathy.
Hope your day hasn’t been too crazy. Has your temp been able to chip in to help?
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:36:54 PM PDT
by
radu
(God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: radu
Good evening, radu...look at you, johnny-on-the-spot, #1!
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posted on
10/08/2018 6:38:11 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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