Military Devotions

Military Devotions

Military Devotion – Commissioned – May 29, 2026

2026/05/29

Whether you are an officer or enlisted the Triune God has commissioned you for a very important task: Go and make disciples of all nations.

Military Devotion – Remember the Fallen with Resurrection Hope – May 22, 2026

2026/05/22

Last month I was in our nation's capital, and I took some time to walk around the National Mall.

Military Devotion – Who’s in charge here? – May 15, 2026

2026/05/15

I don't know how many movies and TV shows that I've watched where there was some military situation and someone bursts through the door or storms onto a battlefield and demands, “Who's in charge here?!”

Military Devotion – You Need Help – May 8, 2026

2026/05/08

Deployments come, schedules shift constantly, uncertainty hangs in the air—who holds things together?

Military Devotion – The Only Way In – May 1, 2026

2026/05/01

Last week I had a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Someone asked me, “How were you able to get into the Pentagon for a meeting?”

Military Devotion – Walk the Darkest Valley with Your Shepherd – April 24, 2026

2026/04/24

There is a canyon less than 50 yards from our front door. Before you enter the canyon, a sign explains that area was once known as Camp Elliott and served as a training area for artillery during WWII.

Military Devotion – Walking with Jesus’ Promises – April 17, 2026

2026/04/17

“This is not what I thought it would be.” I’m not sure what the Navy recruiter told him, or what he expected life in the Navy to be

Military Devotion – Hope because He Lives – April 10, 2026

2026/04/10

At 0430 the first boom sounded over the water. Over 4,000 booms would be heard the next 34 hours over Charleston Harbor as confederate artillery rounds pounded Fort Sumter on this date, April 12, 1861.

Military Devotion – Because He Lives – April 3, 2026

2026/04/03

A gold star on purple backdrop, an inverted rifle planted in combat boots, topped by a helmet and draped with dog tags, a casket, an urn, a field of white marble headstones – all reminders of our mortality.

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