A devotional to help military families stay connected during deployments

In memory of Denise McColl, who went home to be with our Lord on March 29, 2008. . . and in honor of the McColl family who demonstrated great love and care. . .we are re-posting this devotional today. May it bless you as the McColls have blessed us. . .
New words and […]

“Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept […]

“Do not be afraid.  I am the First and the Last.  I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!”  — Revelation 1:17b-18a 
 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  […]

“You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and multitudes of heaven worship You.” — Nehemiah 9:6
With a group of military wives […]

Every morning he prays for his son who is deployed in the desert. With his Bible beside him, he reads a verse, types it out into email, and follows that with a prayer specifically for his son and his unit — now on their second deployment. Then he pushes “Send”, and his son […]

“Teach children how they should live and they will remember it all their life.”
— Proverbs 22:6
Some versions of the Bible use the phrase ‘Train up your child’. We know well the value of training in the military—and we can apply lessons from that knowledge in the training of our children.
We spend billions on […]

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust.”
3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his […]

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowd. After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from […]

“This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven: May your holy name be honored; may your Kingdom come; may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today the food we need. Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others […]