WELS Military Devotions

Watch the DevotionBased on Ephesians 1:15-23 Who’s in charge here?I don’t know how many movies and TV shows that I’ve watched where there was some military situation and someone bursts through the door or storms onto a battlefield and demands, “Who’s in charge here?!” It’s almost laughable because all that individual would need to do is to look at the rank on the uniform of the war fighters that...

Watch the DevotionBased on John 14:15-21 You Need HelpDeployments come, schedules shift constantly, uncertainty hangs in the air—who holds things together? Who carries the weight at home? Who steadies the children, manages the household, bears the worry? Military spouses do. You live a life of quiet sacrifice. Of constant adjustment. Of strength that often goes unseen. You step in again and again...

Watch the DevotionBased on John 14:6The Only Way InLast week I had a meeting at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Someone asked me, “How were you able to get into the Pentagon for a meeting?” I had to have someone vouch for me. Someone set up the visitor background security form for me to fill out. Someone else had to agree to serve as my escort once I passed through security in the building....

Watch the DevotionBased on Psalm 23Walk the Darkest Valley with Your ShepherdThere is a canyon less than 50 yards from our front door. Before you enter the canyon, a sign explains that area was once known as Camp Elliott and served as a training area for artillery during WWII. At the bottom of the sign there is a warning: “Salvage work has been done to remove unexploded shells, but it is possible...

Watch the DevotionBased on Luke 24:13-35Walking with Jesus’ Promises“This is not what I thought it would be.” I’m not sure what the Navy recruiter told him, or what he expected life in the Navy to be, or what he chose to hear from his recruiter, what his friends or family said, but after two years in, this is not what he expected. I can see you smiling as you listen to this devotion – because you...