You Are God’s Alarm System: A Watcher on the Wall: Watch and Pray for America

It’s Day 7 of our 14-day fast. Our prayers for America are not about a president or personality, they are to spare the lives of many. Misunderstood or understood, we must keep watching for America. Let’s stand on the wall and cry out for mercy on America. God has been sounding an alarm for some …

Transition to Testimony: The Second Half of the Year and Our Response

It has been said that a transition is moving from a place of certainty to a place of uncertainty. Anyone who has ever relocated, changed careers, or recovered from the loss of a loved one can relate. Uncertainty can be unsettling, and being uncertain of what is ahead is what makes change uncomfortable. However, I …

When Prayer Does What Soldiers Can’t

Our conversations are sometimes robotic when we discuss prayer. Like humanoid android machines programmed with appropriate responses, we say things like “You’re in my prayers,” “Pray for me as I pray for you,” and the classic, “Keep me in your prayers.” But do these phrases reflect a genuine desire and belief in prayer—and a belief that the person will indeed pray for us? Think about it. Do we really expect people to pray for us when we make the frequently robotized request, “Keep me in your prayers?” Let’s concede that we sometimes say these things without thinking.