Jan
23
Making a Difference
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.—Romans 12:11,12 She was a lay leader in her unit—deployed for seven months. Before she left we spent time together talking about her [...]
Dec
22
Not a Silent Light
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6 It was Christmas Eve in Thailand, 1972. [...]
Dec
5
A Redemptive Story of Pearl Harbor – The Jake DeShazer Story
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: December 7th is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In remembrance of that world-changing event, this devotion is posted to tell one of God’s great redemptive stories. All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness [...]
Nov
21
Pilgrims Deployed
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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 Each year we celebrate Thanksgiving in the tradition of the Plymouth colony’s harvest at the end of their first year in the New World, 1621. Did these early settlers have [...]
Nov
14
Happy Birthday, Marines!
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Outdo one another in showing honor. — Romans 12:10 My husband and I have the privilege of working with all five branches of the military. But until last week we had never been part of a Marine Corps birthday ceremony, officially celebrated on the 10th [...]
Nov
10
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. [...]
Sep
5
Anonymous
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me! — Psalm 66:20, Anonymous, written after a great victory in battle (according to The Living Bible NIV translation) “I asked God for strength that I might achieve, I was [...]
Aug
25
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. — II Timothy 3:16,17 The answer from the young military members coming to our church was, [...]
Aug
22
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.” —Jeremiah 29:12,13 On the battlefields of the Civil War, one hundred and [...]
Jul
28
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.’ . . . .That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, [...]