Ideally, any time we bow our heads in prayer our hearts should overflow with thanksgiving for the many blessings we have received from God’s hand, chief of which is our salvation.

Give careful thought, prayer, and preparation if you decide to serve in the military. Pray in the end that, no matter your vocation, that you would glorify God in all that you do, even through your military service.

All too often I think pastors see themselves as lumberjacks. They go into a church and look at the problems as trees that need to be chopped down. They fire up their massive chain saw and start cutting into the tree to bring it down. They grab their ax and start hacking away until the problematic tree lies on the ground.