FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ DON'T GET NUKED ~ 15 January 2023

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

 

 

DON'T GET NUKED

The Navy and Marine Corps rightly spend much of their time on chemical, biological and radiological training. As bombs and triggering devices become more mobile and terrorists become more sophisticated, it is important to prepare ourselves for disaster while hoping that it will be avoided.

Regarding chemical and biological warfare, it is especially difficult to believe that something so small and invisible can be so deadly and dangerous. Just a little toxin in the air . . . and the next thing you know you're doing the "funky chicken" on the ground. Bad attitudes can be like that, too! Invisible and deadly. So can negativity, apathy, lethargy, and passivity. You can't really see those invisible attitude-toxins. But they are deadly poison. Just one little taste . . . and destruction of the soul follows.

Prayer: Heavenly God and Protector of our lives ... Give us a zest for life. Protect us from all the poisons and toxins that threaten our soul and spirit. Help us to suit up with anticipation and excitement for all which life has to offer. Cause us to breathe in the fresh air of purity and righteousness. And, Lord, if there does come a time of destruction and war, protect us from any form of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare. May common sense and peace prevail in this troubled world and bring us hope. Amen.

LT L. D. Bohannon, CHC, USNR

 

[The Mayor]

January 14

A New Beginning

Bible in a Year:

• Genesis 33–35
• Matthew 10:1–20

Save me, Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

Psalm 120:2.

“Christian consciousness begins in the painful realization that what we had assumed was the truth is in fact a lie,” Eugene Peterson wrote in his powerful reflections on Psalm 120. Psalm 120 is the first of the Psalms of Ascents (Psalms 120–134) sung by pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. And as Peterson explored this in A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, these psalms also offer us a picture of the spiritual journey toward God.

That journey can only begin with profound awareness of our need for something different. As Peterson puts it, “A person has to be thoroughly disgusted with the way things are to find the motivation to set out on the Christian way. . . . [One] has to get fed up with the ways of the world before he, before she, acquires an appetite for the world of grace.”

It’s easy to become discouraged by the brokenness and despair we see in the world around us—the pervasive ways our culture often shows callous disregard for the harm being done to others. Psalm 120 laments this honestly: “I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war” (v. 7).

But there’s healing and freedom in realizing that our pain can also awaken us to a new beginning through our only help, the Savior who can guide us from destructive lies into paths of peace and wholeness (121:2). As we enter this new year, may we seek Him and His ways.

Reflect & Pray

How have you become accustomed to destructive ways? How does the gospel invite you into ways of peace? 

Loving God, help me yearn for and work for Your ways of peace through the power of Your Spirit.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

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

Hope you are having a relaxing weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please join us for Sunday Chapel ~ DON'T GET NUKED, and Liberty

Lt. Charles F. Suver, CHC, USN, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division
"Mass at Iwo Jima"

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!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier, Reservist, National Guardsman, or Merchant Marine
feel alone or forgotten.

O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is loving kindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

Psalm 130:7 & 8

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...any weather improvement? How’s the back?

A Blessed Lord’s Day and Shavua Tov to you and yours.

We have been having gentle snow for a couple hours now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for our troops, veterans, families, allies, friends, and Canteeners
for a safe and peaceful week ahead.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

A bit of a blizzard up there this afternoon. brrrrrrrr You have a break now but more is on the way.
Just what y’all needed.

Just cold here but at least there’s no wind today.

[lightman]

Keep the Lord’s Day in the Lord’s way.

A blessed Second Sunday after the Epiphany (some Western) or Baptism of Our Lord (other Western)/29th Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox) to all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May HASHEM cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

G-d bless and keep your children safe, Alouette.

[left that other site]

Still cold and wet, but tolerable.

At least i don’t have to shovel “Cold and Wet”. :-)

Back is improving, now it’s my knees and neck. Grrrrrrr.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Has your snow and sleet stopped? Temps coming up?

We just had a couple hours of gentle snow. I wasn’t expecting it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Thanks, unique.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

John Conlee ~ They Also Serve

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yes, all the snow is well past TN now. We got next to nothing here though. It’s still cold since the clouds didn’t move out until late in the afternoon and we had little sunshine to warm us up.

The snow was coming down hard at the airports for a little while. Pretty to watch on the screen but I was glad it was there and not here. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

No wind always helps...

I hadn’t heard of snow for today, but...I see the forecast has changed to a bit more snow.

None of last night’s corn has been touched, but I haven’t seen a body. So maybe everyone just stayed in the creek and are safe, but hungry.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

And a blessed Second Sunday after the Epiphany (some Western) or Baptism of Our Lord (other Western)/29th Sunday after Pentecost (Orthodox).

How is your stove doing? Resting, or hard at work?