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Thought For the Day: Everybody, Soon Or Late, Sits Down To A Banquet of Consequences
“Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” -Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, essayist, and poet (13 Nov 1850-1894)
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Thought For the Day: The Fruit of the Spirit Is Fundamentally Relational. Rather Than Originating With Us, It Flows To Us From Our Union With Christ
“The fruit of the Spirit is fundamentally relational. Rather than originating with us, it flows to us from our union with Christ, and it flows beyond us to bring us into fellowship with others. The secret of this flow – … Continue reading
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Tagged Fellowship, Flow, Flows, Fruit of the Spirit, Fundamental, Humility, Jerry Bridges, Origin, Others, Relational, Thought For the Day, Union With Christ, Us
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First Principles: For the Entire Law Is Fulfilled In Keeping This One Command: ‘Love Your Neighbor As Yourself’
“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.‘” – Galatians 5:14 (NIV)
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Thought For the Day: For Me, Words Are A Form of Action, Capable of Influencing Change
“For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.” -Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (1944-2017)
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Tagged Action, Capable, Change, Form, Influence, Ingrid Bngis, Me, Thought For the Day, Words
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First Principles: The Rights of Conscience, of Bearing Arms, of Changing the Government, Are Declared To Be Inherent In the People
“The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.” – Fisher Ames
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Tagged Bearing Arms, Change, Declare, First Principles, Fisher Ames, Government, Inherent, Rights of Conscience, The People
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Let’s Please Honor Veterans Day 2023!
Have you hugged your veterans today? Trust me, we appreciate it! To Be A Veteran Is…by Michael DoyleI And so many of my sisters and brothers We Signed our names to the blank check that we would serve for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Air Force, Always, Army, Aspiration, Better Place, Blank Check, Called For, Causes, Coast Guard, Cold, Conditions, Countless Miles, Dedication, Destination, Face, Follow, Freedom and Libety, Ideals, Inch, Inspiration, LandMines, Live, Lives On the Line, Living Up, March, Marine Corps, Nation, Navy, Obdiently, Obedient, Orders, Others, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Rain, Serve, Sisters and Brothers, Space Force, The Better Life, Told, Toward, Unflinching, Veteran, Veterans Day 2023, Victory, We
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Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps!
On November 10, 1775, the U.S. Marine Corps was born at Tun Tavern as the Continental Marines. Although, after the Revolutionary War ended, the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps were disbanded for a time, they were quickly reestablished on … Continue reading
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Tagged Continental Marines, General James Matis, Happy 248th Birthday, Happy Birthday, No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy, November 10 1775, President John Adams, Revolutionary War, Semper Fidelis, The United States, Thought For the Day, Tun Tavern, U.S. Marine Corps
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Other Side of Hell
Other Side of Hellby Michael DoyleThis isn’t meant to discourageBut sometimes, true courageIs found on the other side of HellWhen your eyes have seen enough to dispelAny notion that peace can be foundThrough the taking of lives in warAnd when … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Affliction, Answer, Any, Bleed, Chase, Cuts Deep, Discordant Chords, Discourage, Dispel, Do Not Fight, Dread, Every Drop, Expense, Eyes, Fact, False Bravado, Form, Found, Hands, Heart, Hell, Ignore, Know, Life, Lives, Lonesome Trail, Multiple Choice, Notion, One Bullet, Other Side, Others, Peace, Plant, Play, Poetry and Poems, Power, Reflection, Repeated, Rest, Reveal, Road, Scared Cause, Seeds, Seen, Shadows, Sickened, Sorrow, Soul, Stand, Story, Sudden, Swords, Test, Test of First Light, Told, Tomorrow, Too Many, True Courage, Truth, Veteran, War, Windows
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First Principles: An Elective Despotism Was Not the Government We Fought For; But One In Which the Powers of Government Should Be Divided and Balanced
“An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without … Continue reading
