Wait Training
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. — 1 Timothy 4:8 Most of us are familiar with waiting. We probably complain…
Day 33: During Deployment “Love Completes Each Other”
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend ca help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if…
Day 32: During Deployment “Love Is Faithful”
If you have a copy of The Love Dare, and turn to Day 32, you will see that it does not say “Love Is Faithful.” It says “Love meets sexual needs.” I think you will agree, of the thirty-one days…
Day 31: During Deployment “Love and Marriage”
A man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. — Genesis 2:24 Failing to become independent of parents is not a problem we see too often in the…
When “Surrender” is Not a Dirty Word
“…At one time you surrendered yourselves entirely as slaves to impurity and wickedness for wicked purposes. In the same way you must now surrender yourselves entirely as slaves of righteousness for holy purposes...” — Romans 6:19 Surrender is a dirty…
Day 30: During Deployment “Love Brings Unity”
Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. — John 17:11 I remember the first marriage seminar I went to at our base chapel—it was eye-opening…
Day 29: During Deployment “Love’s Motivation”
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good he does. — Ephesians 6:7 What motivates you in your marriage? This is important to consider, because…
Day 28: During Deployment “Love Makes Sacrifices”
He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers. — 1 John 3:16 Military members and their families are very sacrificial people. They have a noble calling, and they are quick to…
Day 27: During Deployment “Love Encourages”
Guard my soul and deliver me; do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. —Psalm 25:20 “Marriage is not what I expected.” Have you ever thought that? “Military life is not what I expected.” Perhaps you…
Romans 15: 4-6 for Deployment
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. — Romans 15:4 Would you agree that during the challenges of wartime deployment…