On this day, 3 August 2014, Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class (SEAL), Linkon C. Bashew, 30, a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, assigned to Seal Team 3, Coronado, Ca. passed away peacefully. We must never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. Fair Winds and Following Seas Shipmate.
On this day, 3 August 2004, Marine Capt. Gregory A. Ratzlaff, 36, of Olympia, Wash.; assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif.; died in a non-combat-related incident at Forward Operating Base Duke, Iraq. We must never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.
1 John 5:4
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
A comment about the text.
Our destinies and futures are not limited to the boundaries of our temporary existence as mortal passengers on our "tiny blue planet" in the vast enormity of the universe. Our future and our hope burst the boundaries of mortality and are tied to our faith in our resurrected and victorious Savior, who is coming back to bring us to his eternal home. This faith is displayed by doing God's will even when most people in our contemporary culture choose to chase what is fleeting and transient. Why? Because we await a better world, a new heaven and earth where life is free of earthbound limitations and human frailties and sin. (Philippians 3:20-21; Hebrews 11:14-16; 2 Peter 3:13) Yet we still yearn for that future world to burst forth in our mortal world and change people to await the Savior with us. We seek to partner with God in doing just that!
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
A comment about the text.
Our destinies and futures are not limited to the boundaries of our temporary existence as mortal passengers on our "tiny blue planet" in the vast enormity of the universe. Our future and our hope burst the boundaries of mortality and are tied to our faith in our resurrected and victorious Savior, who is coming back to bring us to his eternal home. This faith is displayed by doing God's will even when most people in our contemporary culture choose to chase what is fleeting and transient. Why? Because we await a better world, a new heaven and earth where life is free of earthbound limitations and human frailties and sin. (Philippians 3:20-21; Hebrews 11:14-16; 2 Peter 3:13) Yet we still yearn for that future world to burst forth in our mortal world and change people to await the Savior with us. We seek to partner with God in doing just that!
On this day, 4 August 2016, Lt. Col. Flando E. Jackson, 45, a native of Lansing, Mi.; assigned to the 194th Wing, Camp Murray, Washington National Guard, Wa.; died from a non-combat related injury. We must never forget those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.
Zachariah 4:5-6
He answered, "Do you not know what these are?"
"No, my lord," I replied.
So he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' " says the Lord Almighty
A comment about the text.
There are times in each of our spiritual lives when we face challenges far too big for our own resources and strengths. Zerubabbel faced such a challenge. God sent a prophet to remind him, and remind us through him, that our greatest victories will not be won by our power and might. No, these most significant victories — the ones that catch us up in God's great story of salvation — will occur when we trust that God's power is greater than our weakness and God's might is greater than our insufficiency (2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 3:14-21) The real question that each of us must face is very simple: in our personal lives, and in our ministry efforts, where do we place our trust, and what is the source of our confidence? Are they in our abilities, skills, insight, and strength, or God's?
He answered, "Do you not know what these are?"
"No, my lord," I replied.
So he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' " says the Lord Almighty
A comment about the text.
There are times in each of our spiritual lives when we face challenges far too big for our own resources and strengths. Zerubabbel faced such a challenge. God sent a prophet to remind him, and remind us through him, that our greatest victories will not be won by our power and might. No, these most significant victories — the ones that catch us up in God's great story of salvation — will occur when we trust that God's power is greater than our weakness and God's might is greater than our insufficiency (2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 3:14-21) The real question that each of us must face is very simple: in our personal lives, and in our ministry efforts, where do we place our trust, and what is the source of our confidence? Are they in our abilities, skills, insight, and strength, or God's?