Posted on Mar 29, 2019
The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day and Week!
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day and Week!
Good "Red Friday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — "Remember Everyone Deployed" until they return home again — 29 March 2019!
We have 39 weeks and 278 days until 2020!
Today is: "Patience Day!" Why Not?
"Patience is a character virtue trait in Leadership. Being impatient and making a decisions without the facts or not listening to any discussion can lead to decisions of disaster." — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret." — Unknown Author
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." — Leo Tolstoy
"Patience is not simply the ability to wait — it's how we behave while we're waiting." — Joyce Meyer
"The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter." — Paulo Coelho
"He that can have patience can have what he will." — Benjamin Franklin
"Patience is a conquering virtue." — Geoffrey Chaucer
"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence." — Hal Borland
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The Colonel's Motivational Quotes of the Day and Week!
Good "Red Friday" Morning Everyone from the "Eagle's Nest" in Castle Rock, CO — "Remember Everyone Deployed" until they return home again — 29 March 2019!
We have 39 weeks and 278 days until 2020!
Today is: "Patience Day!" Why Not?
"Patience is a character virtue trait in Leadership. Being impatient and making a decisions without the facts or not listening to any discussion can lead to decisions of disaster." — COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The Quote in the Picture Today Reads: "A moment of patience in a moment of anger saves you a hundred moments of regret." — Unknown Author
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." — Leo Tolstoy
"Patience is not simply the ability to wait — it's how we behave while we're waiting." — Joyce Meyer
"The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter." — Paulo Coelho
"He that can have patience can have what he will." — Benjamin Franklin
"Patience is a conquering virtue." — Geoffrey Chaucer
"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence." — Hal Borland
Check out all the BLOGs at Victory for Veterans: http://www.VictoryForVeterans.org
Follow our new group page on RallyPoint: https://www.rallypoint.com/organizations/warriors-for-life
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Good day Rally Point. I am a bit slow in responding today because I was exercising patience in finding what I wanted to share with you today. LOL Seriously though patience can sometimes seem like an elusive trait. God shows patience and restraint with us so we can doing nothing else but exercise that with our fellow man. I found an interesting article from thelife.com that I would like to share with you today. Enjoy and be Blessed my RP Family.
PRACTICING PATIENCE WHEN GOD HAS YOU WAITING
BARBARA EROCHINA
Some days, it is a lot harder to be patient. When we’re bringing our concerns to the Lord again and again, we grow tired of waiting. It soon begins to feel like our prayers are falling on deaf ears. Often our desire is to take control and just “do the best we can;” it is our fleshly reaction to the silence. We know Galatians 5 lists patience as a fruit of the Holy Spirit so we confess our desire to rule our own lives. We ask the Spirit to fill us, empowering and directing us even as we continue to wait on the Lord.
This doesn’t mean circumstances change. Your only child remains sick in the hospital, the thread your marriage hangs on continues to splinter, and the hope you've held on to for years fades with increasing speed. Having prayed fervently about whatever issue you are facing too many times to count, it’s easy to feel your bank of patience depleting once again. On these days, let these reminders on the nature of patience be an encouragement to you as you continue to wait.
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” Romans 8:22- 25
Waiting is a common experience. All your brothers and sisters in faith, as well as all of creation know what it is like to wait on the Lord. Consider those who have waited before you: Job, David, a myriad of prophets. There is plenty of encouragement in the Bible concerning a need for patience and those who have excelled in it. James 5:7, Colossians 1:10-12, Psalm 40:1 and Revelation 14:12 are just a few examples of the myriad of passages about the topic.
The New Bible Dictionary defines patience as “God-given restraint in the face of opposition or oppression.” Patience is only needed when there is a reason to not wait. It is only necessary in the face of opposition. This is why seeking patience is in many senses a battle. The promise we can lean on here is that patience is God-given restraint. The Lord is the one who provides us with spiritual armor to go into battle. We often think of patience as mere endurance, but such logic is faulty. We are not exercising restraint on our own strength. In truth, our only responsibility is to trust that God will provide the strength to hold on, and then act accordingly to our faith in that promise.
How is this strength given to us?
We receive this strength by being filled with the Spirit. As Christians, we know that the ultimate source of patience lives within us. Our role is to trust that the Holy Spirit does live within us, and ask Him for strength to persevere in whatever situation we find ourselves in. This is a provision we can claim by faith as taught us in Romans 5:1-5.
Patience as listed in Galatians 5 is often called longsuffering. The original Greek word is makrothumio, meaning “long temper.” We are to keep a long and slow temper towards God, others and ourselves. This spiritual posture calls for grace. It is grace that compels us to trust God, grace that we can extend to others when they hurt us, and grace to forgive ourselves when we stumble and fall.
The experience of waiting on God reminds us that our reality as Christians is not within our apparent circumstances, but rather in the truth of Christ’s love and life in us. This gives us hope, as Romans 8:28 assures us that “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” It is not in our abilities to know the time or way in which God will work things out. Ecclesiastes 3:11 and Isaiah 55:8-9 are great reminders that these rest solely in the domain of God’s knowledge. Our role here is to trust the promise of Philippians 1:6 and wait with hope as God’s brings about to completion the good work He began in each of our lives.
What is our role in the battle?
Consider again the definition of patience as God-given restraint. God allows us to access divine restraint, but it is our choice to accept it and act in willful obedience. Adam and Eve were given complete free will. They were gifted many provisions in the garden so they wouldn’t need to partake in the fruit that was forbidden. However, they chose to not exercise restraint and instead disobeyed God’s command. When we use God-given restraint to wait on His will and timing, we renounce their fallen actions and step out in obedience towards God.
There is purpose in the process. Take a look at Hebrews 12:2. Waiting on God forces us to look to Him. It casts our eyes rightly to Christ as the source of our faith and the assurance of our salvation. It reminds us that Christ’s death and life is the reason we can be filled with and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Trials cause us to persevere by deepening our knowledge of God and relying on him more intentionally. As James 1:2-4 tells us it is here that a mature and complete faith is grown.
Standing patiently when we wait on the Lord does not mean being stuck at a standstill. Consider Ephesians 6 which instructs us to “put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then.”
To hold ground by remaining obedient to the Lord while waiting is not passive. Note that the word stand is repeated three times. Patience is an act of the will to claim ground for the Kingdom of God, and is rewarded richly by Him. Revelation 3:10-11 tells us of God’s care for those who persevere through the battle.
Whether we feel we lack patience to wait on God, or to continue to love those that may be hard to love, we do in actuality have access to all the patience we need. We can trust God to give us the strength to bear our circumstances and instead use the time of waiting to grow in intimacy with the Lord.
PO1 Shannon Drosdak PO1 Henry Jackson PO1 G. Leslie /Stiltner PO1 Raymond Fochler PO1 Kenneth Cary PO1 Arthur Hapenney PO1 Michael Gensburger PO1 Todd Cousins PO1 Shahida Marmol PO1 Wayne Rogers PO1 Ron Eason PO1 Thomas Franklin SSG Matthew Buffington PO1 Eric Nakamura
PRACTICING PATIENCE WHEN GOD HAS YOU WAITING
BARBARA EROCHINA
Some days, it is a lot harder to be patient. When we’re bringing our concerns to the Lord again and again, we grow tired of waiting. It soon begins to feel like our prayers are falling on deaf ears. Often our desire is to take control and just “do the best we can;” it is our fleshly reaction to the silence. We know Galatians 5 lists patience as a fruit of the Holy Spirit so we confess our desire to rule our own lives. We ask the Spirit to fill us, empowering and directing us even as we continue to wait on the Lord.
This doesn’t mean circumstances change. Your only child remains sick in the hospital, the thread your marriage hangs on continues to splinter, and the hope you've held on to for years fades with increasing speed. Having prayed fervently about whatever issue you are facing too many times to count, it’s easy to feel your bank of patience depleting once again. On these days, let these reminders on the nature of patience be an encouragement to you as you continue to wait.
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” Romans 8:22- 25
Waiting is a common experience. All your brothers and sisters in faith, as well as all of creation know what it is like to wait on the Lord. Consider those who have waited before you: Job, David, a myriad of prophets. There is plenty of encouragement in the Bible concerning a need for patience and those who have excelled in it. James 5:7, Colossians 1:10-12, Psalm 40:1 and Revelation 14:12 are just a few examples of the myriad of passages about the topic.
The New Bible Dictionary defines patience as “God-given restraint in the face of opposition or oppression.” Patience is only needed when there is a reason to not wait. It is only necessary in the face of opposition. This is why seeking patience is in many senses a battle. The promise we can lean on here is that patience is God-given restraint. The Lord is the one who provides us with spiritual armor to go into battle. We often think of patience as mere endurance, but such logic is faulty. We are not exercising restraint on our own strength. In truth, our only responsibility is to trust that God will provide the strength to hold on, and then act accordingly to our faith in that promise.
How is this strength given to us?
We receive this strength by being filled with the Spirit. As Christians, we know that the ultimate source of patience lives within us. Our role is to trust that the Holy Spirit does live within us, and ask Him for strength to persevere in whatever situation we find ourselves in. This is a provision we can claim by faith as taught us in Romans 5:1-5.
Patience as listed in Galatians 5 is often called longsuffering. The original Greek word is makrothumio, meaning “long temper.” We are to keep a long and slow temper towards God, others and ourselves. This spiritual posture calls for grace. It is grace that compels us to trust God, grace that we can extend to others when they hurt us, and grace to forgive ourselves when we stumble and fall.
The experience of waiting on God reminds us that our reality as Christians is not within our apparent circumstances, but rather in the truth of Christ’s love and life in us. This gives us hope, as Romans 8:28 assures us that “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” It is not in our abilities to know the time or way in which God will work things out. Ecclesiastes 3:11 and Isaiah 55:8-9 are great reminders that these rest solely in the domain of God’s knowledge. Our role here is to trust the promise of Philippians 1:6 and wait with hope as God’s brings about to completion the good work He began in each of our lives.
What is our role in the battle?
Consider again the definition of patience as God-given restraint. God allows us to access divine restraint, but it is our choice to accept it and act in willful obedience. Adam and Eve were given complete free will. They were gifted many provisions in the garden so they wouldn’t need to partake in the fruit that was forbidden. However, they chose to not exercise restraint and instead disobeyed God’s command. When we use God-given restraint to wait on His will and timing, we renounce their fallen actions and step out in obedience towards God.
There is purpose in the process. Take a look at Hebrews 12:2. Waiting on God forces us to look to Him. It casts our eyes rightly to Christ as the source of our faith and the assurance of our salvation. It reminds us that Christ’s death and life is the reason we can be filled with and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Trials cause us to persevere by deepening our knowledge of God and relying on him more intentionally. As James 1:2-4 tells us it is here that a mature and complete faith is grown.
Standing patiently when we wait on the Lord does not mean being stuck at a standstill. Consider Ephesians 6 which instructs us to “put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then.”
To hold ground by remaining obedient to the Lord while waiting is not passive. Note that the word stand is repeated three times. Patience is an act of the will to claim ground for the Kingdom of God, and is rewarded richly by Him. Revelation 3:10-11 tells us of God’s care for those who persevere through the battle.
Whether we feel we lack patience to wait on God, or to continue to love those that may be hard to love, we do in actuality have access to all the patience we need. We can trust God to give us the strength to bear our circumstances and instead use the time of waiting to grow in intimacy with the Lord.
PO1 Shannon Drosdak PO1 Henry Jackson PO1 G. Leslie /Stiltner PO1 Raymond Fochler PO1 Kenneth Cary PO1 Arthur Hapenney PO1 Michael Gensburger PO1 Todd Cousins PO1 Shahida Marmol PO1 Wayne Rogers PO1 Ron Eason PO1 Thomas Franklin SSG Matthew Buffington PO1 Eric Nakamura
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are wise in our use of time, compassionate and gracious while we need to wait, my friend and brother-in-Christ PO1 H Gene Lawrence.
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Good RED Friday COL Mikel J. Burroughs We are all impatient for spring to arrive. Have you seen the elusive one yet in Castle Rock?
This quote speaks to me. Patience is not one of my personal strengths but I continue to work on it because I know what Aristotle says is true. And I have made a mess of things once or twice by my failure to be patient and wait for results.
What is your position on patience? Are you good at it or do you need to work on this? What will do better for you with a little patience?
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This quote speaks to me. Patience is not one of my personal strengths but I continue to work on it because I know what Aristotle says is true. And I have made a mess of things once or twice by my failure to be patient and wait for results.
What is your position on patience? Are you good at it or do you need to work on this? What will do better for you with a little patience?
LTC Stephen F. SPC Douglas Bolton Sgt John H. TSgt Joe C. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL TSgt David L. SMSgt David A Asbury MSgt David Hoffman SGT (Join to see) LTC David Brown CPL Dave Hoover CMSgt (Join to see) Maj Marty Hogan CPT Jack Durish CW5 Jack Cardwell Sgt Randy Wilber SCPO Morris Ramsey SP5 Mark Kuzinski LTC (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are wise in our use of time, compassionate and gracious while we need to wait, my friend and sister-in-Christ Lt Col Charlie Brown
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Good morning from Hartland COL Mikel J. Burroughs and sometimes i need to remind myself -"patience Mark, patience!"
Have a great day.
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Have a great day.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SP5 Mark Kuzinski - Great quote and we all need reminding every once in while to practice patience Mark. Have a great day brother and be patient with mother nature, Spring is almost in full motion!
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LTC Stephen F.
I pray that you and I are wise in our use of time, compassionate and gracious while we need to wait, my friend and brother-in-Christ SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
LORD YOUR patience is perfect. I am thankful for your patience and yet at times I chafe at the bit as I wait. I thank you for the fruit of patience and pray that YOU bless each of YOUR adopted sons and daughters with patience as we need it.
I pray that each will sleep peacefully and their dreams will be pleasant this night. Enable each to wake rested and give us grace to make pains bearable.
Strengthen the bonds of love between spouse and for parents and children. Pour out love on those grieving losses of loved ones. Blass them with joy in the midst of their grief and lead them peacefully to freedom from painful memories. Remind those grieving that each one who “sleeps” in Christ is with YOU and we shall spend eternity together with our loved ones.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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