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• Day 6: During Deployment “Love is Not Irritable”
• Day 7: During Deployment “Love Believes the Best”
• Day 8: During Deployment “Love is Not Jealous”
• Day 9: During Deployment “Love Makes Good Impressions”
• Day 10: During Deployment “Love is Unconditional”
• Day 11: During Deployment “Love Cherishes”
• Day 12: During Deployment “Love Lets the Other Win”
• Day 13: During Deployment “Love Fights Fair”
• Day 14: During Deployment “Love Takes Delight”
• Day 15: During Deployment “Love is Honorable”
• Day 16: During Deployment “Love Intercedes”
• Day 17: During Deployment “Love Promotes Intimacy”
• Day 18: During Deployment “Love Seeks to Understand”
• Day 19: During Deployment “Love is Impossible”
• Day 20: During Deployment “Love is Jesus Christ”
• Day 21: During Deployment “Love is Satisfied in God”
• Day 22: During Deployment “Love is Faithful”
• Day 23: During Deployment “Love Always Protects”
• Day 24: During Deployment “Love vs. Lust”
• Day 25: During Deployment “Love Forgives”
• Day 26: During Deployment “Love is Responsible”
• Day 27: During Deployment “Love Encourages”
• Day 28: During Deployment “Love Makes Sacrifices”
• Day 29: During Deployment “Love’s Motivation”
• Day 30: During Deployment “Love Brings Unity”
• Day 31: During Deployment “Love and Marriage”
• Day 32: During Deployment “Love Is Faithful”
• Day 33: During Deployment “Love Completes Each Other”
• Day 34: During Deployment “Love Celebrates Godliness”
• Day 35: During Deployment “Love is Accountable”
• Day 36: During Deployment “Love is God’s Word”
• Day 37: During Deployment “Love Agrees in Prayer”
• Day 38: During Deployment “Love Fulfills Dreams”
• Day 39: During Deployment “Love Endures”
• Day 40: During Deployment “Love is a Covenant”

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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD . . . . — Psalm 33:12 It’s a song, a famous song, but did you know that it really is a prayer? A prayer that we’ve all heard sung at athletic events, on the steps [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” — John 14:27 The war footage on the DVD really brought back memories [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “You are the salt of the earth . . . you are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. We may make our plans, but God has the last word. – Proverbs 16:1 I think I’m like a lot of military professionals in that I pride myself in being able to make a good plan. After all, I’ve had over 20 years of training [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. – Psalm 119:105 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds . . . .Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.” — the words of the LORD to Moses in Deuteronomy 3:28 On the wall of my father-in-law’s office [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence. — Psalm 42:5 Has loneliness during deployment caused you to “talk to yourself”? Do [...]

Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: While not every deployed couple has children at home, the themes and applications in this writing are common in long-distance relationships. Behold, children are a gift of the LORD. . . . — Psalm 127:3 “I’m not there! What can I do about [...]

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 It seemed innocent enough. He was driving to military training in another state—and stopped for a cup of coffee. While in line waiting for the barista to complete his [...]