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Welcome to the Sunday issue of the “Colonel’s” VFV Motivational/Inspirational Quotes & Message of the Day!

Good “Sunday!” Morning “Band of Brothers & Sisters,” and all great connections. Welcome to the weekend from the “Colonel’s Foxhole” in The Woodlands, TX — 26 March 2023!

Today’s Message is: “Judge Day!” Why Not?

“Great leaders are judged by their actions and words. They hold themselves to a higher standard. They lead by example. In the end leaders are judged by the performance of their people. The best leaders observe rather than judge with positive feedback, coaching, and effective communications. Do you judge yourself by your actions, before you judge others?”— COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
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The Quote in the Picture Today Reads:

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

More Awesome Quotes for Today’s Message:

“There is a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they are the way they are. Think about that before you judge someone.” — Unknown Author

“We judge ourselves by our good intentions but we’re judged by our last word.” — Tom Selleck

“Don’t judge your success by other peoples opinions. Have self-belief.” — Nigel Godrich

“We are all different. Don’t judge, understand instead.” — Roy T. Bennett

“To judge others is human. To keep your opinion about others to yourself is having class.”— Unknown Author

“Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic.” — Stephen Covey

“Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.” — Buddha
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Judging others by reputation is pretty silly. One needs understand themself and to be around people for a while in order to truly judge them.
Couldn't resist them second meme since it seems to describe today's society perfectly.
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Excellent meme quotes and comments, Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen and I agree with you about the 2nd meme...
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No doubt you have learned much as you have gone through the seasons of your life. Before time began, the LORD planned your life including birth, spiritual rebirth, growth in Christ, physical death and the ‘crown’s that HE will bestow on you at the judgement of the saints. The LORD’s plans are for your good. 'For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV] my brother-in-Christ Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

I pray that you and I do our best to brings smiles to those who are sad, lonely and/or depressed as much as possible. No doubt as you matured you have stood up for people being misjudged, made fun of, and insulted. I pray that we display good humor and are able to laugh at our own missteps in communication. Let us always remember to treat others as we would like to be treated. 'So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.' [Matthew 7:12 ESV]

By God’s grace HE gives us grace to make errors, with lapses in good judgement, and other learning experiences as HE sanctifies our soul. HE always sets boundaries around us from when were born and ensures that each one WHO HE designated to be HIS elect. While some want to be leaders based on fear, seeking power, or amassing a following of people and other less-than noble aspirations. God knows the state of our soul continually. HE raises individuals to be leaders and demotes other from leadership positions in HIS Perfect timing. ‘If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. [1 Corinthians 12:19-27 ESV]

I lift the US Congress, the Biden Administration, and the Federal Court justices to YOU LORD. I pray that the balance of authority and power in this nation will adhere to YOUR precepts including those established in the Constitution of the USA. I pray for wisdom during judicial review of legislation, executive orders from Presidents this century, and adjudicating differences of judicial decisions at lower courts. I hope and pray that original intent will serve as the underpinning of the majority of decisions. ‘Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!’ [1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV]

I pray for wisdom, moral courage, and noble stands for justice for the honest and trustworthy governmental leaders and judges in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, France, Egypt, Israel, India, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Australia who are doing their best to stand up for the constitutional and God-given rights of their constituents. 'Have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.' [Joshua 1:9 ESV]

I lift trustworthy elected officials including Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, appointed officials, judges [especially Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh], leaders of business, industry, military, and informal leaders as well as leaders of families to YOU LORD. I pray for clear vision, steadfast character, and noble inspiration for each official, leader, and judge who is YOUR adopted child. ‘Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.’ [Philippians 4:8-9 ESV]

I lift the homeless, those afflicted with mental illness and injury, outcasts, and those grieving and troubled this night to YOU dear LORD. I pray for peace and comfort for each one dear LORD. YOU make it clear in YOUR Word that YOU treasure the poor who walk in their integrity, the needy who are needy based on greed of others, and each other downtrodden person. 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. [Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV]

I pray that you and your family members sleep well Sunday night and that you each awake refreshed and healthy on Monday morning.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
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Thank you my friend and brother-in-Christ Sgt (Join to see) for your diligence in posting our friend, former RallyPoint member emeritus, and brother-in-Christ Colonel Mikel Burroughs VFV Motivational/Inspirational Quotes & Message of the Day for Sunday, March 26, 2023.

Topic: Judge Day
I enlisted on active duty at Philadelphia MEPS on the morning of November 11, 1974 after taking the SEPTA El [elevated train] to the area. I had entered the delayed entry program on October 23, 1974. After filing in the paperwork, I left for Philadelphia Airport with some other enlistees. In slow motion, I watched as my travel voucher ticket fell into an escalator and was shredded. That required getting a replacement :-)
1. As a child I sought to be a soldier and leader of soldiers. By that point I had studied warfare for many years and was familiar with the brutality, challenges, risks, and bonds of trust for soldiers.
2. I certainly did not deserve to be a leader and was told so by tactical NCOs and officers on my way. I took what they said in bitterness and tried to learn from their comments as the sting of their comments diminished in my mind.
3. I strive to be a noble, honest and trustworthy leader of my family.
4. Thankfully none of us get what we really deserve from God, since all have sinned and we each deserve death. By God's grace, HE atoned for the cumulative sin debt of mankind on the cross and HE has set each of HIS own free.
5. I do my best to treat each person respectfully, honor those who deserve honor and offer grace to those who do not. I generally exercise good judgment


Quotes
1. Simon Sinek 'A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.'
2. Jack Welch 'Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, Coach and build self-confidence
3. Simon Sinek 'Leaders volunteer to go first into danger. Their willingness to sacrifice for us is the reason we're inspired to follow.'

5. Simon Sinek 'Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Scriptures
a. 1 Corinthians 6:1-4 ESV 'When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church?
b. Isaiah 2:4 ESV 'He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.'
c. Romans 2:12-14 ESV 'For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.'
d. Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
e. Luke 6:37-38 ESV "Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
f. Ezekiel 34:20-24 ESV “Therefore, thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. Because you push with side and shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad, I will rescue my flock; they shall no longer be a prey. And I will judge between sheep and sheep. And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. I am the Lord; I have spoken.'
g. Psalm 82:1-4 ESV 'God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
h. 1 Peter 1:13-19 ESV Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.'

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LTC Stephen F. - Good example, for be is to be the example.
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LTC Stephen F. - Thank You Brother Steve for the great scriptures, for the wonderful Words of Wisdom, especially by Albert Einstein, and for playing this real nice song by Molly Hatchet - Dreams I'll Never See.
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Good posting for today ,good judgement.
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You are very welcome my brother-in-Christ GySgt Jack Wallace -
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Good Sunday afternoon, Maj Robert Thornton, and you have given us five excellent meme quotes about judgement... Awesome!
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No doubt you have learned much as you have gone through the seasons of your life. Before time began, the LORD planned your life including birth, spiritual rebirth, growth in Christ, physical death and the ‘crown’s that HE will bestow on you at the judgement of the saints. The LORD’s plans are for your good. 'For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. [Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV] my brother-in-Christ Maj Robert Thornton

I pray that you and I do our best to brings smiles to those who are sad, lonely and/or depressed as much as possible. No doubt as you matured you have stood up for people being misjudged, made fun of, and insulted. I pray that we display good humor and are able to laugh at our own missteps in communication. Let us always remember to treat others as we would like to be treated. 'So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.' [Matthew 7:12 ESV]

By God’s grace HE gives us grace to make errors, with lapses in good judgement, and other learning experiences as HE sanctifies our soul. HE always sets boundaries around us from when were born and ensures that each one WHO HE designated to be HIS elect. While some want to be leaders based on fear, seeking power, or amassing a following of people and other less-than noble aspirations. God knows the state of our soul continually. HE raises individuals to be leaders and demotes other from leadership positions in HIS Perfect timing. ‘If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. [1 Corinthians 12:19-27 ESV]

I lift the US Congress, the Biden Administration, and the Federal Court justices to YOU LORD. I pray that the balance of authority and power in this nation will adhere to YOUR precepts including those established in the Constitution of the USA. I pray for wisdom during judicial review of legislation, executive orders from Presidents this century, and adjudicating differences of judicial decisions at lower courts. I hope and pray that original intent will serve as the underpinning of the majority of decisions. ‘Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life!’ [1 Corinthians 6:2-3 ESV]

I pray for wisdom, moral courage, and noble stands for justice for the honest and trustworthy governmental leaders and judges in the USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, France, Egypt, Israel, India, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Australia who are doing their best to stand up for the constitutional and God-given rights of their constituents. 'Have I not commanded you. Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.' [Joshua 1:9 ESV]

I lift trustworthy elected officials including Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, appointed officials, judges [especially Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh], leaders of business, industry, military, and informal leaders as well as leaders of families to YOU LORD. I pray for clear vision, steadfast character, and noble inspiration for each official, leader, and judge who is YOUR adopted child. ‘Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.’ [Philippians 4:8-9 ESV]

I lift the homeless, those afflicted with mental illness and injury, outcasts, and those grieving and troubled this night to YOU dear LORD. I pray for peace and comfort for each one dear LORD. YOU make it clear in YOUR Word that YOU treasure the poor who walk in their integrity, the needy who are needy based on greed of others, and each other downtrodden person. 'Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. [Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV]

I pray that you and your family members sleep well Sunday night and that you each awake refreshed and healthy on Monday morning.
By the power and authority of the Name above all names, Jesus the Christ.
FYI PO3 Charles Streich PO3 Edward Riddle SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SSgt Kelly D.
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