Devot. Good Soldiers

Hi Folks,

 

I hope you had a good long weekend!  

 

Today is a day to remember and honor those who have  bravely served, fought for our rights and freedom and have given their lives for our liberty.  It's a day to salute those who are currently serving as well.   For me personally, today encompasses vets, current military and even law enforcement personal as they are watching out for us as well.

 

If you are your family have served in either of these capacities, THANK YOU from a grateful citizen!

 

Our devot. for today is a perspective on what it means to be a good solder, in the spiritual sense.   I pray it is encouraging and informative!  

 

I have also included a very short devot. link that gives 4 Scriptures specifically in reference to Memorial Day.

 

Pray both devots. are a blessing!   Lord bless you and yous this week!

 

ICR devot. used by permission.  Taken from http://www.icr.org/homepage/

 

Dayspring devot. taken from https://www.dayspring.com/

 

https://www.dayspring.com/articles/a-memorial-day-weekend-scripture?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NEBNAEN20180527MemorialDayWeekendSundayDevo&utm_term=Most%20Engaged%2045%20Days%20%2B%20Wants%20Content

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May 17, 2018 Good Soldiers “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” (2 Timothy 2:3-4) From a Kingdom perspective, a good soldier has several responsibilities. Initially, we can expect challenges, wherein we might “suffer trouble as an evil doer” (2 Timothy 2:9), endure afflictions (2 Timothy 4:5), or even be afflicted (James 5:13). Ultimately, a soldier has one purpose, “that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.” Put another way, “do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10). Soldiers are called out of the normal life of a nation and dedicated to executing the will of the king. Thus, from a spiritual perspective, “know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4). The source of that friendship is a focus on walking by the flesh, which has no good thing in it and cannot please God (Romans 8:8). We are to “war a good warfare” (1 Timothy 1:18) and to “fight the good fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12) because “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Ephesians 6:12). Fighting God’s battles with God’s armor ensures the ultimate victory promised by our King, Creator, and “captain of the host of the LORD” (Joshua 5:14). “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it” (Isaiah 25:8). HMM III     This email was sent to | Print this article Unsubscribe | Subscribe