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FReeper Canteen ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ October 9 2005
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| CDR Stephen W. Seelig, CHC, USNR-R
Posted on 10/08/2005 5:50:14 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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MEDITATION ON SUCCESS
"Do not let this Book of Law (The Torah) depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful." (Joshua 1:8) "Great success, like disgrace, can bring great trouble. Success which advances ego can make you lose your way." (Tao 13.) A lawyer once commented to me, "If you preachers ever convince people to live by the Ten Commandments, I will be out of business." Now there is a thought: lawyers out of business! Doing God's will is the only real guarantee of success. Beginning with the Ten commandments, We must first learn the Laws by which God guarantees success. To learn these laws is not just a mental exercise but the beginning of a way of living, a way which brings the reward of joyful success. Successful people are often asked, "What is the secret of your success?" One person responded, "To live life fully by doing rather than talking." Maybe that is what is meant by the words in Joshua quoted above. Obedience to God brings happiness, which is real success! CDR Stephen W. Seelig, CHC, USNR-R
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Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The FR Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; All
Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.* * * * * * * * * * * *
Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God
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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, they're fighting for our Freedom.
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.
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posted on
10/08/2005 5:51:15 PM PDT
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HopeandGlory
(Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
To: xzins; bethelgrad; lightman; Katy Deacon; The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; ...
To: The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; Blue Scourge; Cool Multiservice Soldier; ...
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Set it for "Brief" instead of Full.
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To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Fawnn; StarCMC; MS.BEHAVIN; Bethbg79; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen
To: All
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Good day to all.
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posted on
10/08/2005 5:58:54 PM PDT
by
Aeronaut
(2 Chronicles 7:14.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:00:12 PM PDT
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AZamericonnie
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Prayers & a BIG thank you to all our troops and their families.
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:00:30 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(My husband and children rock! I am like a rock . . . round and thick.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
October 9, 2005
The Strongest Weak People
Most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
Bible In One Year: Ezra 8-10
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If there is anything that we love to hate more than the arrogance of others, it would have to be an awareness of our own weakness. We detest it so much that we invent ways to cover our personal inadequacy.
Even the apostle Paul needed to be reminded of his own frailty. He was jabbed time and again by a "thorn in the flesh" (2 Corinthians 12:7). He didn't tell us what the thorn was, but author J. Oswald Sanders reminds us that "it hurt, humiliated, and restricted Paul." Three times he pleaded with the Lord to take it away, but his request was not granted. Instead, he used his thorn to tap into God's all-sufficient grace. The Lord promised, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness" (v.9).
Courageously, Paul began to "own" his weakness and put the Lord's grace to the test, a pathway that Sanders calls "a gradual educative process" in the apostle's life. Sanders notes that eventually Paul no longer regarded his thorn as a "limiting handicap" but as a "heavenly advantage." And his advantage was this: When he was weak in himself, he was strong in the Lord.
As we accept our weaknesses, in Christ we can be strong weak people. Joanie Yoder
May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His power. Wilkinson
God's strength is seen best in our weakness.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Do You Live The Christian Life?
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:05:17 PM PDT
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The Mayor
( Pray as if everything depends on God; work as if everything depends on you.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks Tonk!
Good morning Troops!!!
You are in my heart and in my prayers, every day!
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:08:57 PM PDT
by
Just A Nobody
(Proud member of the Water Bucket Brigade - and yes - I still LOVE my attitude problem)
To: All
Twenty Third Psalm
The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green Pastures, he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake,
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me, thy rod and staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Bump - Thanks for the ping.
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:12:24 PM PDT
by
Gucho
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
To all our brave men and women serving here and overseas:
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:35:05 PM PDT
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wigswest
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; MeekOneGOP; potlatch; ntnychik; devolve; Boazo; OXENinFLA; Grampa Dave; ..
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:36:25 PM PDT
by
Smartass
(Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
To: HiJinx; AZ Flyboy; AzFlyBaby
Happy Birthday Dear Piper! A whole two years old! WooHoo!
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:52:41 PM PDT
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AZamericonnie
(~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi ~a field hospital~)
To: HiJinx; AZ Flyboy
Happy 2nd Birthday Miss Piper!!!
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posted on
10/08/2005 6:57:12 PM PDT
by
HopeandGlory
(Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
10/08/2005 7:22:30 PM PDT
by
MeekMom
(Praise Jesus! We have so much to be thankful for!)
To: HopeandGlory; AZamericonnie
Awww, guys...
I'm going to have to make sure the Flyboy and our Princess log on tonight, this is so special!
Thank you...!
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posted on
10/08/2005 7:23:58 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(~ Plug the Dike ~ Drain the Swamp ~)
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