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Prayer Sometimes Involves Fasting

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: January 12, 2011
Terms: Communicating with God | USAF | Articles | OCF Communications

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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

[…]much more productive. Commuting on a bike, one will see things never seen from a car. Leaders must force themselves to slow down. Prayer is designed by God to do just that! Prayer also puts things into perspective-God’s perspective! The Lord does not over-schedule our days. He does not demand so much of us that we do not have time to pray-slow down! In all things we are to turn to the Lord of lords and acknowledge His lordship. He does have some very strong opinions about how things should and should not be done. Some of His strongest feelings […]

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Professional Perspectives for Senior Officers

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: June 25, 2009
Terms: Military Leadership | Senior Officers | USA | Military Leadership | Articles | Colonel | Dick Kail

[…]on your superiors, peers and subordinates. Those who hold senior positions in the U. S. Armed Forces will never have a neutral effect on their comrades-in-arms. Will your influence be godly, or will it be tainted by the values of this darkening world? The priorities of two senior officers A senior commander who was involved in significant and direct spiritual leadership responded to a question on how he found time for such involvement when others in similar positions said they didn’t have time: “You do those things that you want to do.” A senior officer leading a front-line unit in […]

Six Generations: 3

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Post author: Five Q
Published date: June 25, 2009
Terms: Ambassadors For Christ, Leadership | USA | Articles | Colonel | Barry Willey

[…]29 years on active duty as an infantry officer. He deployed to Granada in 1983 with the 82d Airborne Division, to Desert Shield/Storm in 1990/91 with the 24th Infantry Division, and to Haiti in 1994 with the 18th Airborne Corps. Barry is married to the former Barbara Fishback and they have two adult children, Rachael, and Jonathan–who is married to the former Jamie Warrick. Barry and Barb have been the OCF staff couple at West Point since January, 2005. Barry has been a member of OCF since his days as a West Point cadet and participated in a European “Summer […]

Some Thoughts for Christians

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Post author: OCF Communications
Published date: November 29, 2010
Terms: General, May A Christian Be A Warrior? | USA | Articles | 2008 | Colonel | Al Shine

[…]is ruled out. Government rightly has a responsibility to reward good and punish evil, using force when necessary. Believers ought to obey the law, render respect to officials, and pay taxes. Government’s rightful authority is always subordinate to the authority of God, and in situations of clear conflict between the two “we must obey God rather than men.” This is about all I find prescriptive or direct in Scripture about the role of government. There are several roles implied by example of governments set up by God in the Old Testament. But, again, the only clearly prescriptive role seems to […]