Posted by Emily Sears on Sep 21, 2012 in Military Prayer | Comments Off on To Love What is Just and True
Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give us calm strength and patient wisdom as we bring them up, that we may teach them to love whatever is just and true and good, following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
A Prayer Book for the Armed Forces 1988
From – “Endowed by Their Creator”
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Posted by Emily Sears on Sep 17, 2012 in Military Prayer | Comments Off on That Freedom Might Live
O God, ease the suffering of those fighting that freedom might live; comfort the wives, mothers, and children of men on the battle front; and save mankind from future greed that war may be banished from the earth. Amen.
Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche
The Commandant, United States Coast Guard
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book 1944
Prayer From: Endowed by their Creator: A Collection of Historic American Military Prayers 1774-Present
* In Picture – Paratroopers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team
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Posted by Emily Sears on Sep 13, 2012 in Military Prayer | Comments Off on Let Us Unite
Let us unite in imploring the Supreme Ruler of Nations to spread His holy protection over these United States to turn the machinations of the wicked, to the confirming of our Constitution; to enable us at all times to root out internal sedition and put invasion to flight; to perpetuate to our country that prosperity which His goodness has already conferred; and to verify the anticipations for this government begin a safeguard of human rights. Amen.
George Washington
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book 1944
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Posted by Emily Sears on Sep 11, 2012 in Military Prayer | Comments Off on Remembering Our Fallen
“ALMIGHTY God, the Saviour of all men, we humbly commend to thy tender care and sure protection, these thy servants who have come forth at the call of their country, to defend its government and to protect its people in their property and homes. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, be over us; let thy Holy Spirit be with us; let thy good Angels have charge of us; with thy loving kindness defend us as with a shield, and either bring us out of our peril in safety, with a heart to show forth thy praises for ever, or else sustain us with that glorious hope, by which alone thy servants can have victory in suffering and death; through the sole merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
Soldier’s Prayer Book 1861
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Posted by Emily Sears on Sep 7, 2012 in Military Prayer | Comments Off on The vigilant, the active, the brave
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature has place in our power… The battle, sir is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. – Patrick Henry
In the picture:
The Patrick Henry base is also sometimes known as Patrick Henry Villages, short for PHV. The base is located in the city of Heidelbergin the south west ofGermany. The base was completed in 1947 after World War II and it was named after the Governor of Virginia. The base is designed to facilitate troops and workers living with their families.
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