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Many memories remain in my mind of a year in my life surrounded by the fog and violence of war tramping the jungles of a far off place, Vietnam. This is one: as an Infantry Platoon Leader I was constantly on the lookout for any soldier who had the skills »

“To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father, and kept by Jesus Christ…..Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life……To Him who is able to keep you from falling. Jude 1, »

“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the »

“We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. Romans 7:14-15 You do not live in constant crisis, though »

“A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1 This was his life verse, and he taught by his life and by his instruction to thousands of youth and others of the principles in life which bring forth “a »

“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 There is a legend of a man recounted in the classic devotional Springs in the Valley who found the barn where Satan kept his seeds ready to be sown in the human »

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. 1 John 4:18 Reading the Bible you become aware of what appears to be conflicting thoughts concerning fear. There is the oft stated command to fear God compared to the verse above to cast out fear through perfect »

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24 Last week a man celebrated his 101st »

“The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’ But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish…to flee from the Lord. Jonah 1:1-3 “A person often »

“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed….Therefore, we do not lose »

“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last »

“After He had dismissed them, He went up in the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone. Jesus in Matthew 14:23 Can you be alone in a crowd? Absolutely! A great portion of your life is lived in the privacy of your own consciousness, or »