365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 206

We watched the movie Acts of Valor yesterday as our Father's Day afternoon movie. It's a movie based on true events of Navy Seals and even has the Navy Seals doing the acting. I won't give away the whole story but it makes you think of all the sacrifices our military have given. The Navy Seals are the best of the best. What they do for our country is amazing. There is evil out there and it is working hard to get to us and get to our country. I am thankful for the men and women who take up arms and work even harder to keep that evil away from us. Praise God for the soldiers of our land who are out there doing everything they can, even dying to keep us safe. We, too, are soldiers in this war for souls. Here's a thought to ponder: How can we be the best of the best in the war for souls?

Romans 12: 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.

365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 185

Today as you know is Memorial Day. It is a day designated for us to remember our fallen soldiers and the sacrifice they gave for our country. They fought wars for our country that gave us the freedoms we have and have helped preserve our freedom and spread it to others. But there is a spiritual war that we have been in since the first man and woman in the garden of Eden. Satan would like to keep all of us in the pit of hell with him but God came down to Earth in Jesus and made it so we could have a choice. Because Jesus took on our sins, we are now reconciled to the Father; we can be with the holy presence of God. Many soldiers for Christ have sacrificed themselves for Christ, for us; to let us know that the choice to make is with the one who has already won. Let's reflect on the Christian martyrs who have paved the way for us and helped spread the gospel to the ends of the Earth. Learn more about Christian martyrs at http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Believer's%20Corner/christian_martyrs.htm 
Acts 7:55-58 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, an Jesus standing at the right hand of God.  "Look, " he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."  At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of th ecity and began to stone him.