Tag: christian

  • Let’s Talk About Sex: Prevent Adultery

    There is one aspect of my leading you on this pre-deployment journey that is like my being your marriage counselor. And virtually all marriage counseling leads to one thing: Communication Issues. And what is the #1 Communication Issue? Not communicating. Do you and your spouse talk about sex? Have you talked about the challenges that…

  • Books that have Shaped Me: 2024 Reading

    “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and will all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37) How do we cultivate our minds so that we can love the Lord our God more? A discipline of reading has to be part of the answer to that question. The books…

  • Let’s Talk About Sex: Embrace God’s Plan

    “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality.” (1 Thessalonians 4:3 [ESV]) As you prepare for military deployment, we need to talk about sex. Really, we need to talk about the reality that you’re not going to have sex for the next… how many months? I’m not here to…

  • Last Days of Deployment: Prepare for Reunification

    You are almost there! You can almost speak to one another these beautiful words that Solomon’s wife spoke to him all those years ago. “Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away, for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing…

  • Read the Bible for Yourself

    “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105 [ESV]) If I could convince you to do one thing, it would be this: Read the Bible for Yourself. Of course, I would then add that you should seek to understand it the best that you can, apply it…

  • Deploying Well

    “Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 1:13 [ESV]) “Preparing your minds for action…” Whether you are the one deploying, or the spouse who is remaining behind, thoughts and emotions that surround an impending…

  • Prepare Well for a Successful Military Deployment

    “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.” (Proverbs 21:5 [ESV]) Be diligent in your preparation for deployment. Do not be hasty. The upcoming deployment promises significant challenges and amazing opportunities for your relationship with God and for your closest human relationships. Diligent preparation will go…

  • God’s Sovereignty: Hope for Military Deployments

    “Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.” (Psalm 33:20 [ESV]) As you prepare for your upcoming military deployment or that of your spouse, you need to put in the forefront of your mind who God is. There is something about times like the ones that lie ahead that will…

  • Pre-Deployment Planning Guide

    “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom, and whatever you get, get insight. Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.” (Proverbs 4:7-8 [ESV]) It’s time to get to work. Prepare well for this deployment working hard to get wisdom and insight, and I trust the…

  • Build a Spiritual Deployment Support Team

    “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” (Proverbs 11:14 [ESV]) Is the military sending you out by yourself? Surely not. Is the Lord expecting you to endure this upcoming spiritual trial by yourself? Absolutely not. Now is the time to build a Spiritual Deployment Support…