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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Tuesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 8 October 2019!
Today is: "See Good in Others Day!" Why Not?
"Be positive about your outlook on others today and everyday. You can always see good in others if you just look a little harder and deeper below the surface." — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
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The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself." — Author Unknown
"She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn’t see it in themselves." — J.K. Rowling
"Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth." — Marianne Williamson
"See the good in others and treat them as if their good is all you see." — Unknown Author
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." — William Arthur Ward
"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others." — Omar Suleiman
"Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God." — Unknown Author
"Always strive to be someone who brings out the best in others." — Unknown Author
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Tuesday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 8 October 2019!
Today is: "See Good in Others Day!" Why Not?
"Be positive about your outlook on others today and everyday. You can always see good in others if you just look a little harder and deeper below the surface." — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
Please join SGT Steve McFarland for Warriors for Life (WFL) Virtual "Healing through Faith" tonight — check it out:
https://www.rallypoint.com/status-updates/5101787
Support our Warriors in Need — Challenge them to Stay Alive: https://www.victoryforveterans.org/product-page/wfl-coin
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself." — Author Unknown
"She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn’t see it in themselves." — J.K. Rowling
"Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth." — Marianne Williamson
"See the good in others and treat them as if their good is all you see." — Unknown Author
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves." — William Arthur Ward
"The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others." — Omar Suleiman
"Always pray to have eyes that see the best in people, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith in God." — Unknown Author
"Always strive to be someone who brings out the best in others." — Unknown Author
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Good morning my RP Family. It is hard sometimes to see the good in people because of the evil of their heart. Can we see both the good and the bad in people? Should we overlook what we see as bad and just concentrate on the good? I don’t think that is what God wants us to do. I have provided an article that provides some insight to that situation. I pray that you find value in it to guide you in how you look for the good in people. Have a blessed day today and always.
Taken from simplybible.com
Faith Hope Love
The Blind Eye of Love
—Seeing only the good in people?
There's an idea that true love sees only the good in people and ignores the negative; its kindly blind to their faults and appreciates their nobler points..
The very people who complain about Hollywood-style love will hold to the idea that true love will see only the good in people and will not take account of their wrongs. This notion of Christian love is just as superficial and dangerous as the Hollywood version.
In Galatians 2:11-21 Paul tells of how, "when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed." He accused Peter of "playing the hypocrite" in the Antioch church.
Yet Paul, says that love "keeps no account of evil". (1Corinthians 13:4-5). Here Paul is referring to holding grudges and seeking revenge. Paul didn't do that, but he did call Peter to account so that the wrong could be corrected.
There are four points applicable to the idea that true love sees only the good in people. These points will help us to understand the matter more fully.
1 God is love, yet he sees the evil in others
True love comes from God and we are to love as God loves 2:6-11) . Someone will say, "But God is perfect; He has the right to judge, and the ability to do so consistently with his love. We are imperfect, so we cannot."
Yet Jesus clearly said, "Love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12) . We can (and should) love as God loves.
Some consider God's love to be unconditional. Yet Jesus had earlier said, "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love" (John 15:9-10. Later he said, "You are my friends if you do whatever I command you" (John 15:14) .
The old standard of love was, "Love thy neighbour as thyself". If we love ourselves (in the best sense), we discipline ourselves, knowing that neglect would be detrimental to our own best interests. Should we then excuse others or remain blind to their evil?
The new standard of love makes it even more imperative that we take proper account of the evil in others. God the Son set this new standard when he said, "Love one another as I have loved you" .
Does Jesus love us by overlooking our sin and insist that we do the same for others? No, he forgives, and expects us to forgive, and that is not the same as being blind to sin or ignoring it. Forgiveness is a process that takes account of sin and duly deals with it in mercy and in justice.
The Bible says that love "covers a multitude of sins" (1Pet 4:8) . But how does it cover them? True love deals with sin effectively that it may be genuinely blotted out. True love never merely sweeps sin under the carpet. It never ignores or overlooks sin.
Only "he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins" (James 5:20). That is God's way of love --not to leave sin unchallenged, but rather to turn sinners from the error of their ways.
2 Those who see only the good in others make one exception
I have occasionally been accused of "lacking love" because I levelled an accusation at someone. If love sees only the good in others, then love does not accuse. Yet those who claim to be loving do accuse —they have accused me of being unloving!
Are we to say, then, that there is no lack of love in accusing the accuser of lacking love?
What a riddle that would be, and all the more curious, since to call someone unloving is the worst accusation you can make. If you say a person does not love, that is tantamount to calling that person godless. For "he who does not love, does not know God..." (1John 4:8).
Most of us know of some case where a person who spoke out against error was accused of lacking Christian love and spiritual graces. That accusation was accompanied by remarks about the person's own failings. These remarks were hurtful, belittling, unfair. The pot had called the kettle black.
3 You cannot see the evil in yourself if you see only the good in others
The Bible says, "Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted" (Galatians 6:1) .
This shows that we should not be blind to evil, whether in others or in ourselves. But more than that: it is with the same eyes that we perceive evil in others and in ourselves. If we blind our eyes to another's evil, how shall we have eyes to see our own evil?
4 You cannot preach the cross of Jesus if you see only the good in others
Jesus died for the forgiveness of sins. If you do not see sin in others, then neither do you see their need of the blood of Jesus. You cannot have it both ways.
When you point your finger at people's need of the cross, what are you pointing your finger at? You are not pointing at the good in them, for Jesus did not die to save them from that, but he died rather that they might have remission of their sins (Matthew 26:28) . So when you preach the gospel to people, you are pointing at their sins. And that is the loving thing to do.
You may object that no, it is the Holy Spirit who is convicting them of sin, you are just the instrument, and make no judgment yourself. But as God's instrument you must concur with what God is doing through you. And God is not seeing only the good in people —he is seeing the evil in people and urging them to see it. What virtue is there in your being blind to it?
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Taken from simplybible.com
Faith Hope Love
The Blind Eye of Love
—Seeing only the good in people?
There's an idea that true love sees only the good in people and ignores the negative; its kindly blind to their faults and appreciates their nobler points..
The very people who complain about Hollywood-style love will hold to the idea that true love will see only the good in people and will not take account of their wrongs. This notion of Christian love is just as superficial and dangerous as the Hollywood version.
In Galatians 2:11-21 Paul tells of how, "when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed." He accused Peter of "playing the hypocrite" in the Antioch church.
Yet Paul, says that love "keeps no account of evil". (1Corinthians 13:4-5). Here Paul is referring to holding grudges and seeking revenge. Paul didn't do that, but he did call Peter to account so that the wrong could be corrected.
There are four points applicable to the idea that true love sees only the good in people. These points will help us to understand the matter more fully.
1 God is love, yet he sees the evil in others
True love comes from God and we are to love as God loves 2:6-11) . Someone will say, "But God is perfect; He has the right to judge, and the ability to do so consistently with his love. We are imperfect, so we cannot."
Yet Jesus clearly said, "Love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12) . We can (and should) love as God loves.
Some consider God's love to be unconditional. Yet Jesus had earlier said, "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love" (John 15:9-10. Later he said, "You are my friends if you do whatever I command you" (John 15:14) .
The old standard of love was, "Love thy neighbour as thyself". If we love ourselves (in the best sense), we discipline ourselves, knowing that neglect would be detrimental to our own best interests. Should we then excuse others or remain blind to their evil?
The new standard of love makes it even more imperative that we take proper account of the evil in others. God the Son set this new standard when he said, "Love one another as I have loved you" .
Does Jesus love us by overlooking our sin and insist that we do the same for others? No, he forgives, and expects us to forgive, and that is not the same as being blind to sin or ignoring it. Forgiveness is a process that takes account of sin and duly deals with it in mercy and in justice.
The Bible says that love "covers a multitude of sins" (1Pet 4:8) . But how does it cover them? True love deals with sin effectively that it may be genuinely blotted out. True love never merely sweeps sin under the carpet. It never ignores or overlooks sin.
Only "he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins" (James 5:20). That is God's way of love --not to leave sin unchallenged, but rather to turn sinners from the error of their ways.
2 Those who see only the good in others make one exception
I have occasionally been accused of "lacking love" because I levelled an accusation at someone. If love sees only the good in others, then love does not accuse. Yet those who claim to be loving do accuse —they have accused me of being unloving!
Are we to say, then, that there is no lack of love in accusing the accuser of lacking love?
What a riddle that would be, and all the more curious, since to call someone unloving is the worst accusation you can make. If you say a person does not love, that is tantamount to calling that person godless. For "he who does not love, does not know God..." (1John 4:8).
Most of us know of some case where a person who spoke out against error was accused of lacking Christian love and spiritual graces. That accusation was accompanied by remarks about the person's own failings. These remarks were hurtful, belittling, unfair. The pot had called the kettle black.
3 You cannot see the evil in yourself if you see only the good in others
The Bible says, "Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted" (Galatians 6:1) .
This shows that we should not be blind to evil, whether in others or in ourselves. But more than that: it is with the same eyes that we perceive evil in others and in ourselves. If we blind our eyes to another's evil, how shall we have eyes to see our own evil?
4 You cannot preach the cross of Jesus if you see only the good in others
Jesus died for the forgiveness of sins. If you do not see sin in others, then neither do you see their need of the blood of Jesus. You cannot have it both ways.
When you point your finger at people's need of the cross, what are you pointing your finger at? You are not pointing at the good in them, for Jesus did not die to save them from that, but he died rather that they might have remission of their sins (Matthew 26:28) . So when you preach the gospel to people, you are pointing at their sins. And that is the loving thing to do.
You may object that no, it is the Holy Spirit who is convicting them of sin, you are just the instrument, and make no judgment yourself. But as God's instrument you must concur with what God is doing through you. And God is not seeing only the good in people —he is seeing the evil in people and urging them to see it. What virtue is there in your being blind to it?
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I pray that you and I comprehend the state of our own heart/soul in the ‘hands’ of God as the Holy Spirit sanctifies us, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence and sister-in-Christ Linda Lawrence.
Thank YOU, LORD for salvation. Thank YOU for accepting us as we are and loving us perfectly throughout each stage of our own sanctification.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters are treating others as we would like to be treated in word and deed.
I pray that we forgive others for their trespasses against us in remembrance of all YOU have forgiven us for.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Thank YOU, LORD for salvation. Thank YOU for accepting us as we are and loving us perfectly throughout each stage of our own sanctification.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted sons and daughters are treating others as we would like to be treated in word and deed.
I pray that we forgive others for their trespasses against us in remembrance of all YOU have forgiven us for.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Roger that SGT Steve McFarland and I know exactly what you're referring to brother Steve!
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Hebrews 12:3 (KJV)
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews 12:3 (KJV)
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are becoming more transparent as we share our background and testify about our faith in God, my friend and brother-in-Christ SGT Steve McFarland.
I pray that are each maturing in faith and sincerely doing our best to treat all others as we would like to be treated. Help us dear God to see the potential for good in others. I pray that we would be encouragers to others [and not stumbling blocks].
Thank YOU for imputing the righteousness of the Christ to the account of each one who is YOURS. I am grateful LORD God that YOU justify each of YOUR adopted children at our salvation and you remove the stain of sin from our account for eternity.
I pray that we each are becoming servant leaders who draw out the best of the people we interact with by YOUR grace.
I pray that the words we speak and write are edifying for any who hears or reads. I pray that we laugh with people and not at them.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
I pray that are each maturing in faith and sincerely doing our best to treat all others as we would like to be treated. Help us dear God to see the potential for good in others. I pray that we would be encouragers to others [and not stumbling blocks].
Thank YOU for imputing the righteousness of the Christ to the account of each one who is YOURS. I am grateful LORD God that YOU justify each of YOUR adopted children at our salvation and you remove the stain of sin from our account for eternity.
I pray that we each are becoming servant leaders who draw out the best of the people we interact with by YOUR grace.
I pray that the words we speak and write are edifying for any who hears or reads. I pray that we laugh with people and not at them.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Good morning Col Burroughs. Great quote of the day. Always attempt to find the best in people. Start each encounter off with a positive word. Life is short so enjoy all positive moments it has to offer you. Stay safe and have a great day Rally Point.
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SPC Jon O.
Colonel's quote of the day!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SPC Jon O. - Excellent quote for today's message Jon! Hope you had a positive day brother!
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are becoming more transparent as we share our background and testify about our faith in God, my friend and brother-in-Christ SPC Jon O..
I pray that are each maturing in faith and sincerely doing our best to treat all others as we would like to be treated. Help us dear God to see the potential for good in others. I pray that we would be encouragers to others [and not stumbling blocks].
Thank YOU for imputing the righteousness of the Christ to the account of each one who is YOURS. I am grateful LORD God that YOU justify each of YOUR adopted children at our salvation and you remove the stain of sin from our account for eternity.
I pray that we each are becoming servant leaders who draw out the best of the people we interact with by YOUR grace.
I pray that the words we speak and write are edifying for any who hears or reads. I pray that we laugh with people and not at them.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
I pray that are each maturing in faith and sincerely doing our best to treat all others as we would like to be treated. Help us dear God to see the potential for good in others. I pray that we would be encouragers to others [and not stumbling blocks].
Thank YOU for imputing the righteousness of the Christ to the account of each one who is YOURS. I am grateful LORD God that YOU justify each of YOUR adopted children at our salvation and you remove the stain of sin from our account for eternity.
I pray that we each are becoming servant leaders who draw out the best of the people we interact with by YOUR grace.
I pray that the words we speak and write are edifying for any who hears or reads. I pray that we laugh with people and not at them.
I pray that each one of YOUR adopted children and their loved ones sleep well tonight.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SSG William Jones PO1 Robert George PO1 Jerome Newland SP5 Jeannie Carle SGT Steve McFarland COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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