PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS
Almighty God,
We commend to your gracious care and keeping All the men and women in our armed forces at home and abroad.
Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; Strengthen them in their trials and temptations;
Give them courage to face the perils which beset them; And grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
We commend to your gracious care and keeping All the men and women in our armed forces at home and abroad.
Defend them day by day with your heavenly grace; Strengthen them in their trials and temptations;
Give them courage to face the perils which beset them; And grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
--USA Chaplain Military Prayer Book.
Are you currently praying for a member of our military? If not, we urge you to do so.
You can select a troop to pray for HERE. You may also register a member of the military for prayer.
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http://www.presidentialprayerteam.org/troopsadopt.php
Pict 1 He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howizzitor. He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must. He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional. He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
Pict 2
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without
spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of
fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens
full and his feet dry. He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but
never to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own
clothes, and fix his own hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water
with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition
with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like
they were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that
is his job. He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the
pay and still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering
and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
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He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat
and is unashamed. He feels every note of the Na tional Anthem vibrate
through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning
desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand,
remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out,
far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying
the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the
American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.