Posted on May 23, 2019
The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Thursday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 23 May 2019! Had another great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski and his entire family, along with my Mom at "The Office" in Castle Rock, CO yesterday. Check out the picture minus me - I'm taking it.
Today is: "The Best in Life Day!" Why Not?
"Why wouldn't you always strive for the very best that life can give you? Think about it!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it." — W. Somerset Maugham
"I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth." — Doug Hutchison
"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." — Emily Dickinson
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." — Maya Angelou
"The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy — it’s all that matters." — Audrey Hepburn
"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet." — Sarah Louise Delany
"Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best." — H. Jackson Brown Jr
"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." — Arthur Rubinstein
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day!
Good "Thursday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — 23 May 2019! Had another great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski and his entire family, along with my Mom at "The Office" in Castle Rock, CO yesterday. Check out the picture minus me - I'm taking it.
Today is: "The Best in Life Day!" Why Not?
"Why wouldn't you always strive for the very best that life can give you? Think about it!" — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it." — W. Somerset Maugham
"I think being in love with life is a key to eternal youth." — Doug Hutchison
"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough." — Emily Dickinson
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." — Maya Angelou
"The most important thing is to enjoy your life — to be happy — it’s all that matters." — Audrey Hepburn
"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet." — Sarah Louise Delany
"Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best." — H. Jackson Brown Jr
"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." — Arthur Rubinstein
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: http://www.VictoryForVeterans.org
Follow our "Warriors for Life" group page on RallyPoint: https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/warriors-for-life
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Good morning from Reagan airport. Heading out for a wonderful event in Dallas.
I believe it is important to do those things that bring you Joy and make your life the best you can. We only get one chance at it so take your best shot
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover CWO3 Dave Alcantara Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen TSgt Joe C. CW5 Jack Cardwell Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CMSgt (Join to see) SPC Mark Huddleston SP5 Mark Kuzinski SCPO Morris Ramsey Maj Robert Thornton PO1 John Johnson LTC John Griscom SPC Douglas Bolton MGySgt (Join to see) Cynthia Croft
I believe it is important to do those things that bring you Joy and make your life the best you can. We only get one chance at it so take your best shot
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen F. CPL Dave Hoover CWO3 Dave Alcantara Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen TSgt Joe C. CW5 Jack Cardwell Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CMSgt (Join to see) SPC Mark Huddleston SP5 Mark Kuzinski SCPO Morris Ramsey Maj Robert Thornton PO1 John Johnson LTC John Griscom SPC Douglas Bolton MGySgt (Join to see) Cynthia Croft
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
MCPO Roger Collins we are cooking and on Saturday evening eating out. I live just outside DC so good restaurants are not that hard to find
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MCPO Roger Collins
Lt Col Charlie Brown I’m thinking about my current location in the hinterlands. The days of living near big cities, entertaining customers at some of the best restaurants at company expense is very distant in the rear view window.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are motivated to steadily improve the lives of those we love in ways that are meaningful to each of them, my friend and sister-in-Christ Lt Col Charlie Brown.
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Another great "Meet and Greet" with SP5 Mark Kuzinski and his wife Diana (far Left back corner) and two of his three sons (Adam Lower Right) and Brett (lower Left) and his fiancée Angie, and my Mother (Wanda Burroughs) between Angie and Diana on the Left. Of course my very good friend from Harland, MI on the right Mark Kuzinski. We get together and breeak bread every time he comes to Castle Rock, CO to visit his Son Adam and hsi Grandchildren. Down this time for his grandaughter's graduation from High School and headed off to college! Fun had by all at "The Office" a neat Bar and Grill in downtown Castle Rock, CO. Looking forward to the next visit with Mark and family!
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
COL Mikel J. Burroughs - thanks for posting this and it is a great shot of all of us. Thank you so much Mikel. We will be back here in CO sooner that you know.
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are motivated to steadily improve the lives of those we love in ways that are meaningful to each of them, my friend and brother-in-Christ COL Mikel J. Burroughs.
Thank you for posting a great picture of you, your mother, SP5 Mark Kuzinski and his wife Diana as well as two his sons Adam and Brett and a fiancée Angie.
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
Thank you for posting a great picture of you, your mother, SP5 Mark Kuzinski and his wife Diana as well as two his sons Adam and Brett and a fiancée Angie.
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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The best in life is finding out what I as a Christian should do to live a pleasing life to God. I found something that gives me insight to what that should be. I hope you find something for you in the article. Have a blessed day my RP Family.
Taken from gotquestions .org
What is the Christian life supposed to be like?
Answer: The Christian life is supposed to be a life lived by faith. It is by faith that we enter into the Christian life, and it is by faith that we live it out. When we begin the Christian life by coming to Christ for forgiveness of sin, we understand that what we seek cannot be obtained by any other means than by faith. We cannot work our way to heaven, because nothing we could ever do would be sufficient. Those who believe they can attain eternal life by keeping rules and regulations—a list of do’s and don’ts—deny what the Bible clearly teaches. “But that no one is justified by the Law in the sight of God is clear, for, ‘The just shall live by faith’" (Galatians 3:11). The Pharisees of Jesus’ day rejected Christ because He told them this very truth, that all their righteous deeds were worthless and that only faith in their Messiah would save them.
In Romans 1, Paul says that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the power that saves us, the gospel being the good news that all who believe in Him will have eternal life. When we enter into the Christian life by faith in this good news, we see our faith grow as we come to know more and more about the God who saved us. The gospel of Christ actually reveals God to us as we live to grow closer to Him each day. Romans 1:17 says, “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’” So part of the Christian life is diligent reading and study of the Word, accompanied by prayer for understanding and wisdom and for a closer, more intimate relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.
The Christian life is also supposed to be one of death to self in order to live a life by faith. Paul told the Galatians, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). Being crucified with Christ means that we consider our old nature as having been nailed to the cross and we choose to live in the new nature, which is Christ’s (2 Corinthians 5:17). He who loved us and died for us now lives in us, and the life we live is by faith in Him. Living the Christian life means sacrificing our own desires, ambitions, and glories and replacing them with those of Christ. We can only do this by His power through the faith that He gives us by His grace. Part of the Christian life is praying to that end.
The Christian life is also supposed to persevere to the end. Hebrews 10:38-39 addresses this issue by quoting from the Old Testament prophet Habukkuk: “Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” God is not pleased with one who “draws back” from Him after making a commitment, but those who live by faith will never draw back, because they are kept by the Holy Spirit who assures us that we will continue with Christ until the end (Ephesians 1:13-14). The writer of Hebrews goes on to verify this truth in verse 39: “But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.” The true believer is one who believes to the end.
So the Christian life is one lived by faith in the God who saved us, empowers us, seals us for heaven, and by whose power we are kept forever. The day-to-day life of faith is one that grows and strengthens as we seek God in His Word and through prayer and as we unite with other Christians whose goal of Christlikeness is similar to our own.
SFC Bernard Walko SPC Robert Pulliam TSgt Carl Johnson TSgt George Rodriguez SGT Thomas Seward PO1 Richard Nyberg SFC Alvin Miller PO3 Aaron Hassay SSgt Richard Kensinger
LTC Orlando Illi MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan CPO Nate S. SGT Mike Williams PO2 Geoffrey LeNoir CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
SrA Marianne Santangelo LTC David Brown SFC (Join to see)
Taken from gotquestions .org
What is the Christian life supposed to be like?
Answer: The Christian life is supposed to be a life lived by faith. It is by faith that we enter into the Christian life, and it is by faith that we live it out. When we begin the Christian life by coming to Christ for forgiveness of sin, we understand that what we seek cannot be obtained by any other means than by faith. We cannot work our way to heaven, because nothing we could ever do would be sufficient. Those who believe they can attain eternal life by keeping rules and regulations—a list of do’s and don’ts—deny what the Bible clearly teaches. “But that no one is justified by the Law in the sight of God is clear, for, ‘The just shall live by faith’" (Galatians 3:11). The Pharisees of Jesus’ day rejected Christ because He told them this very truth, that all their righteous deeds were worthless and that only faith in their Messiah would save them.
In Romans 1, Paul says that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the power that saves us, the gospel being the good news that all who believe in Him will have eternal life. When we enter into the Christian life by faith in this good news, we see our faith grow as we come to know more and more about the God who saved us. The gospel of Christ actually reveals God to us as we live to grow closer to Him each day. Romans 1:17 says, “For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’” So part of the Christian life is diligent reading and study of the Word, accompanied by prayer for understanding and wisdom and for a closer, more intimate relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.
The Christian life is also supposed to be one of death to self in order to live a life by faith. Paul told the Galatians, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). Being crucified with Christ means that we consider our old nature as having been nailed to the cross and we choose to live in the new nature, which is Christ’s (2 Corinthians 5:17). He who loved us and died for us now lives in us, and the life we live is by faith in Him. Living the Christian life means sacrificing our own desires, ambitions, and glories and replacing them with those of Christ. We can only do this by His power through the faith that He gives us by His grace. Part of the Christian life is praying to that end.
The Christian life is also supposed to persevere to the end. Hebrews 10:38-39 addresses this issue by quoting from the Old Testament prophet Habukkuk: “Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” God is not pleased with one who “draws back” from Him after making a commitment, but those who live by faith will never draw back, because they are kept by the Holy Spirit who assures us that we will continue with Christ until the end (Ephesians 1:13-14). The writer of Hebrews goes on to verify this truth in verse 39: “But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.” The true believer is one who believes to the end.
So the Christian life is one lived by faith in the God who saved us, empowers us, seals us for heaven, and by whose power we are kept forever. The day-to-day life of faith is one that grows and strengthens as we seek God in His Word and through prayer and as we unite with other Christians whose goal of Christlikeness is similar to our own.
SFC Bernard Walko SPC Robert Pulliam TSgt Carl Johnson TSgt George Rodriguez SGT Thomas Seward PO1 Richard Nyberg SFC Alvin Miller PO3 Aaron Hassay SSgt Richard Kensinger
LTC Orlando Illi MSgt James "Buck" Buchanan CPO Nate S. SGT Mike Williams PO2 Geoffrey LeNoir CPO Robert (Mac) McGovern
SrA Marianne Santangelo LTC David Brown SFC (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are motivated to steadily improve the lives of those we love in ways that are meaningful to each of them, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence and sister-in-Christ Linda Lawrence.
[I attempted to post this last night but for some reason it did not post]
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
[I attempted to post this last night but for some reason it did not post]
I thank you LORD for complete justification and personal relationship with YOU through the Atonement on the cross. YOUR plan for each of YOUR adopted children is the best possible plan for each of us and YOU are working heaven and earth to bring it about.
Empower each of us to be outwardly focused in service to others including family members, friends and everybody else YOU lead us to interact with physically or through intercessory prayer. I pray that we each listen well and have ears to hear YOU as YOU guide us. Let our words be delivered respectfully and received well by each one we are helping to serve.
I pray dear God, that each of us will try to do our best to be a blessing to others. Help us to be quick to forgive as necessary when we do less than our best and when we believe others have. Pursuing the best should never be at the expense of broken fellowship.
Give us endurance and compassion as we interact with and help widows, orphans, the destitute, the diseased, the injured and the imprisoned. I pray that the members of each of these groups of people are treated more respectfully because they are each created in YOUR image. Comfort each of them Holy Spirit and use us as YOU know is best.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Rhonda Hanson
Thank you Brother Gene. I appreciate the lifting up that you share with the RallyPoint family. Have a blessed night!
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PO1 H Gene Lawrence
LTC Stephen F. - Thank you for the wonderful prayer my friend. Thank you for all of the prayers you have offered up and will offer up. They are most appreciated.
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