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, [...]
Jun
30
“God Bless America”
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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 [...]
Jun
27
“The War Within: Finding Hope for Post-Traumatic Stress”
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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 [...]
Jun
13
Great Commissionings
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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 [...]