Nov
29
He Took God at His Word
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. —2 Timothy 3:16 Have you ever heard the name Matthew Fontaine Maury? If you were ever [...]
Nov
25
Half Empty or Half Full?
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “ . . . . so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.” — 2 Corinthians 4:15 It seems to be some sort of personality test—people ask “are you the sort of [...]
Nov
22
Thanksgiving Reminders
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Our family has a tradition of gathering around the Thanksgiving table and beginning our time together by sharing one thing that we’re [...]
Nov
18
Lonely but not Alone
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: We are honored to have an active-duty chaplain contribute a message to his shipmates for posting on Excellent or Praiseworthy. From the words of King David, the great warrior: “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? [...]
Nov
15
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” —Matthew 19:6 Our ministry verse has been “With my mouth (also with my pen and my computer) I will make Your faithfulness known through all generations.” (Psalm [...]
Nov
11
Legacy of Service
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. — Deuteronomy 31:6 But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. [...]
Nov
8
Paid the Price
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” — Ephesians 2:8-9 I have friends who send me “forwards”. Some I read, some I don’t. [...]
Nov
4
A Look at Parenting During Deployment
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: A year ago I asked Diana Juergens, author of Wife of a Soldier, A Journey of Faith, to share with me her thoughts on parenting during deployment. Rich and Diana are the parents of eight daughters and had completed their sixth (or was [...]
Nov
1
PTSD Prayers from King David
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones [...]