Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor's Note: We are re-posting Maryellen's devotion in honor of her memory (she passed away on July 9, 2009), and also to remind ourselves that her faith is now sight. In…
Have you ever needed some encouragement? Have circumstances brought you to a place where you are fearful, impatient, confused, or losing strength in the midst of life’s battles? I believe that discouragement is one of Satan’s favorite, and most effective, “fiery darts”. If this is the case, then perhaps one of the greatest gifts that we can give to each other are words of encouragement.
As I prepare for my next job and deployment, I am painfully aware that I have a lot of catching up to do: all the reading I've been doing about eco-parenting, infant pottying, child development and breastfeeding is wonderful, but it won't help me in Afghanistan. Lately, I return home completely fried from working through lunches, endless reading and analysis, and the last thing I want to do is read anything. All I can say is: praise the Lord for the digital age.
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” — Jeremiah 32:27 Have you ever wondered. . . . Where in the world did…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. - I Peter 4:11 You will…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. 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…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Editor’s Note: A year ago, my husband and I attended a briefing given by a high-ranking Navy chaplain to a group of local pastors. He told them, “The best thing…
Editor’s Note: Perhaps you were one of the thousands who prayed for little Selah when her accident happened and she was put on prayer chains encircling the world. I was one of those who prayed—contacted half a world away by…
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. — I Thessalonians 5:18 We gathered for Bible study, but…
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…