Apr
29
Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. — John 15:13 I guess I thought that search and rescue had always been part of the U.S. Coast Guard. Truth is I really did not know anything of the history of this great branch of service. That is [...]
Apr
26
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.” —Proverbs 6:32 Have you seen those billboards across America which are black with white lettering—with “messages” from God? Have you seen, “We Need to Talk . . . . God”? Or “Loved [...]
Apr
22
The Old Ways—Still Work!
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Righteous are You, O LORD, and Your laws are right. The statutes You have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy. . . .Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and Your servant loves them. — Psalm 119:137,138,140 We were in a sparsely-populated area of [...]
Apr
19
The “Nevers”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. The Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in Me will never be thirsty. . . . For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes [...]
Apr
15
A Man After God’s Own Heart
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Paul said, “After removing Saul, He made David their king. He (God) testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’” — Acts 13:22 While deployed last year I [...]
Apr
12
Conquering Resentment
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interest of others. — Philippians 2:3,4 Several military wives, myself included, [...]
Apr
8
Never the Same, Part Two
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “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 [...]
Apr
5
Never the Same
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “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 [...]
Apr
1
A Soldier and a Garden
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden which he and his disciples entered. —John 18:1 Down through the ages weapons have been crafted from nature’s own resources and evolved into mechanized [...]