Apr
22
Prayers for My Friend
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. — Romans 12:12 There is a church nearby which is preparing to send off one of their dear members to Afghanistan. Deployment is always tough . . . especially for military moms deploying for the [...]
Feb
4
Psalm 145 to the Rescue!
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. One generation will commend your works to another; they will tell of your mighty acts. — Psalm 145:3,4 It was a dark and stormy night—it really was. The phone rang [...]
Jan
24
Praying From Head to Toe
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted Monday and Thursday nights. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. —James 5:16b I attended a retreat at which the speaker introduced us to teaching on “Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe.” Being a visual-type person, it intrigued me to think that I could move [...]
Nov
29
She emails, “Thanks for praying!”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with.” — James 5:16 (The Message) Editor’s Note: When military mothers go off to war there are many feelings which accompany them. Heather McColl Morgan has been a favorite writer [...]
Oct
4
“Deep Calls to Deep”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.—I Corinthians 2: 10. Above all, love each other deeply. . . — I Peter 4:8 How is communication going with your spouse during this deployment? During the Vietnam War, the only voice communication my [...]
Sep
27
Pray for Your Family During Deployment
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. . . . that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you [...]
Sep
24
More Evening Prayers with Chaps
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him?— Psalm 8:3,4 Day One—“Replenishment” As deep [...]
Sep
6
PTSD Prayers of 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 [...]
Aug
9
Evening Prayers with Chaps
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: We have the privilege of reading four days’ worth of evening prayers from a Navy chaplain. What he shared with others on his ship is encouragement to all of us. Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the [...]
Jul
5
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. — Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 Recently we had the privilege of meeting with a couple married over sixty years—and he [...]