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Giving God’s Way

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: June 17, 2009
Terms: Financial Stewardship | USMC | Articles | 2006 | Major | Dean Millard

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Heroes on the Homefront

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: June 8, 2009
Terms: The Military Spouse | Articles | 2005 | Brenda Pace

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How Shall We Pray?

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: June 15, 2009
Terms: Communicating with God, General | USAF | Articles | 2005 | Lieutenant General | Bruce Fister

[…]from OCF members and families living and serving around the world. This is our most important work of the day and we are committed to honor each request. Because our prayer ministry is so important and foundational to what we do in OCF, I have asked myself, how should we pray? There is not an easy answer simply because so many people are stressed, attacked, wounded, separated, or discouraged. My first inclination is to ask, “Is this from you Lord? Is it fair? Why? and, Would you lift the burdens from the shoulders of my friends who are hurting?” My […]

Letter to My Sergeant

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: June 8, 2009
Terms: General, Spiritual Warfare | USA | Articles | 2001 | Lieutenant Colonel | Stuart McLennan III

[…]in the book of Judges (sin, suffering, seeking, salvation), but hopefully you noticed the witness of the Christians in your chain of command. We didn’t put you in a box. Rather, we encouraged and supported you and your family. We treated you with respect, since in America, you are innocent until found guilty. Your battery commander, who wasn’t required to attend the trial, was there all week. You need to know — it took a toll on him too. You asked your First Sergeant, Sergeant Major, and me to be character witnesses. Did you notice how we responded? Despite the […]

Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: November 29, 2010
Terms: General, May A Christian Be A Warrior? | Articles

[…]Sultan Air Base, where I was living. Shortly after we arrived, someone questioned why this part of the world never seemed to calm down from all these wars and skirmishes. I don’t know how to describe the feeling we had that there was a spiritual element to what we were doing. I did a double take when I looked at the maps in the back of my Bible and recognized cities we were flying over–Ur is now An Nasariyah; Dur-Kurigalzu became Sippar which became Baghdad; Tekrit is Tikrit; Babylon is near Al Musayyib, just north of Karbala. And I was […]

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Professional Excellence (Durfey)

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: June 25, 2009
Terms: Leadership, Military Leadership | USCG | Articles | 1999 | Commander | Robert Durfey

[…]those who serve. Those most effective in that role are those who put others’ interests ahead of their own and put their trust in the Lord. By doing so, they exemplify the service’s core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to duty, and become true servant leaders. The Coast Guard core values cited above are simple yet godly. Honor and high integrity should be considered synonymous. Integrity is a critical ingredient in any leader. The dictionary defines integrity as soundness or completeness. Christian leaders know they can only be complete in Christ; they must keep their eyes on Him whom […]

So You’ve Been Passed Over

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: November 23, 2010
Terms: General, Stages of Growing as a Christian | USA | Stages of Growing as a Christian | Articles | 2007 | Lieutenant Colonel | STUART MCRAE

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Speak my language

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: April 9, 2014
Terms: The Military Spouse | The Military Spouse | Articles | March 2014 | Jocelyn Green

[…]marriage as any couple could be. Compatibility testing: check. Premarital mentoring: done. Stack of books on Christian marriage: read. Somehow, however, The 5 Love Languages by Dr. Gary Chapman was not on the list. We wish it had been. Though we never questioned each other’s faithfulness, between the separations and daily high-stress of Rob’s new position, we had a much harder time both showing and feeling love. The fact that I co-authored The 5 Love Languages Military Edition book with Dr. Chapman doesn’t mean I’ve always known how to express love effectively. Here are two things Rob and I wish […]

The Chaplaincy

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Published date: October 4, 2010
Terms: Chaplains, Supporting the Chaplaincy | USA | Articles | Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel | Marc Gauthier

[…]can rarely say, “Chaplain, you just don’t know what I’m going through.” Credibility is one of the cornerstones for the effective ministry of a chaplain. Once credibility is established, ministry doors open wide. Ministering incarnationally earns us the right to be heard. By God’s grace we model Jesus–and through doing this we have the blessed opportunity to tell them about the God who died for them. I think of our work much like the ministry of Phillip in the book of Acts. He was called to leave the comfort zone of fruitful ministry in Samaria. The Angel of the Lord […]

Through A Glass Darkly

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: June 8, 2009
Terms: Challenges and Opportunities of Deployment | Articles | 1962 | Sarah Hemingway

[…]Laura was almost three and Beki was then nine month old. Other mothers had shared with me some of the pitfalls they’d been through. Their advice was to prepare for the fact that our baby wouldn’t even know her daddy when he returned. She’s just too young to remember, they warned. Don’t expect too much, another said. It’ll take time, but they’ll start all over again. With that advice, I purposed in my heart to be different. I would do all I could to give my girls a sense of having a father, even if he wasn’t with them for […]

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What is Required of Me?

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: November 23, 2010
Terms: General, The Christian Officer | Junior Officer | USAF | The Christian Officer | Articles | 2005 | Lieutenant General | Bruce Fister

[…]is required of a man or woman who is called to enter fully into the turmoil and agony of the times and speak a word of hope?”[i] Ambassadorship 101 Become a person of influence; establish your credentials. Begin immediately to seek out leadership positions among your peers and subordinates in your workplace and neighborhood. You are a Christian with a Christian set of values, virtues, and obligations. You are called to live out your faith in a glorifying and obedient way. God’s Word outlines for us a personal morality in the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount, and […]