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1 CHAPLAIN S SITREP 18TH COMBAT SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT BATTALION Moms, Your Secret Sacrifices Matter by Shanna Mallon, desiringgod.org (Apr 27, 2016) I d been a mom for a few short days the first time it hit me. Sore and sleep-deprived, recovering from a long labor and emergency C-section that had the hospital suggesting I get a blood transfusion, I rode a wheelchair down to the parking garage, watched my husband, Tim, snap our barely six-pound newborn s car seat into the backseat and then, moving slower than I d ever moved before to get into my own seat, braced myself to be driven home. That was when I started to see what I continue to see now, months later with an active baby bouncing in the living room: Becoming a parent is bewilderingly sweet and Connect With Me facebook.com/chapcalvert Daily Scriptures CH (CPT) Andrew Calvert & SPC Malcom Williams May 2 Judg 10-11, Ps 111, 1 Co 1 May 3 Judg 12-14, Ps 112, 1 Co 2-3 May 4 Judg 15-16, Ps 113, 1 Co 4-5 May 5 Judg 17-18, Ps 114, 1 Co 6-7 May 6 Judg 19-21, Ps 115, 1 Co 8-9 May 7 Ruth 1, Ps 116, 1 Co 10 May 8 Ruth 2-4, Ps 117, 1 Co 11 undeservedly good. But, as every new parent would attest to, becoming a parent is also hard. In those first few weeks tucked in at home, family members making our meals, days turning into nights as we planted ourselves on the sofa caring for our beautiful boy, it took all my effort to move from the living room to the bathroom, from the bathroom to our own bed. Tim had to pick up Rocco and bring him to me every few hours during the night; I couldn t get up on my own. Tim had to change diapers for me; I couldn t bend over. And without other people nearby to see what we were facing in the especially hard work of those early weeks, how much effort it took for us to get from one day to the next, that was when I first heard the temptation: If you re sacrificing and serving and no one notices, what you re doing must not matter at all. AFFIRMATION FOR MOTHERING Jesus says to the disciples, Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven (Matthew 6:1). Parenting has long been a practice that demanded unseen sacrifice. Who remembers all the times their parents changed their diapers, got up with them in the middle of the night, comforted hurts, cared for injuries? How many meals does a mother cook for her family throughout their lives? How many of t h e k i n d w o r d s a n d t h o u g h t f u l conversations given from loving parents get Transformative Articles ~ Moms, Your Secret Sacrifices Matter ~ Prayer for Beginners ~ 6 Steps to Finishing Well in Life and Leadership Spiritual Forge Pg 5 ~ Scripture, Prayer and Discipleship Training Pg 6 ~ Days of Remembrance ~ Strong Bonds ~ Spiritual Fitness through Martial Arts Things of Interest ~ Today In Church History Pg 2 ~ Surviving the Elements Pg 3 ~ Bible Trivia Quiz Pg 6 logged permanently in a child s memory bank? But today, thanks to the world of social media, practicing the daily sacrifices of mothering doesn t have to be hidden. It is easier than ever to share. And in the monotony of cleaning spit-up, cooking another meal, responding to another tantrum, we can unknowingly begin to resist entrusting our unseen service to the one who knows all things. We seek affirmation from one another instead of from God (John 5:44). Right at our fingertips is a way to post a status or picture and, right that moment, feel the satisfaction of reassuring likes. MADE TO DELIGHT IN JESUS The allure of immediate validation is obvious, especially to someone who s f a c i n g n e w c h a l l e n g e s a t h o m e. Motherhood can feel isolating and lonely a n d, w i t h i t s c o n s t a n t d e m a n d s, discouraging in ways a woman has never before experienced. In my short stint as a mom, I ve already wondered, more times than I like, if I m doing it right. But looking to the reward of others approval on social media is not the answer to my heart s questions. When I find myself wondering if my days have value, how to have joy, there is only one source I can trust. So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 1

2 eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16 18) Because I was made to delight in Jesus, Today In Church History Monday - May 2, 1982 Lin Xiangao (Samuel Lamb) is arrested in Guangzhou for holding house church services. He had already served two sentences in prison for resisting Chinese laws against giving religious instruction to the young and refusal to submit to the government-run Three Self Patriotic Church. Tuesday - May 3, 1878 Death of William Whiting, master of Winchester College Choristers School. He had written the hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save when one of his students sailed for America in Later writers added stanzas for submariners, airmen and other branches of the military. Wednesday - May 4, 1945 Bandits torture and murder Vasily Martysz, a Polish Orthodox priest. After serving as a priest in Alaska and Pennsylvania, he had returned to Poland, where following World War I he organized a chaplaincy for the Polish army and labored to make the Polish Orthodox Church self-ruling. He had retired by the time of his death. Thursday - May 5, 1910 Death of Alexander McLaren, a nonconformist preacher who had preached from the original languages of the Bible and witnessed deep transformations in the churches he pastored. He had thought his sermons fell short, but posterity will regard them as among the clearest ever published. Friday - May 6, 1619 The canons of Dort, a Calvinist response to the Arminian Remonstrance, are promulgated in Dort s Great Church before a large congregation. Saturday - May 7, 1429 Joan of Arc leads the final charge ending the Siege of Orléans, reportedly after pulling an arrow from her own shoulder or breast. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years War. Sunday - May 8, 1792 Moravian missionary David Zeisberger establishes a mission at Oxford, Canada. the one who demonstrated perfectly what it means to give up life for another, I don t have to trade the temporal satisfaction of being noticed for the eternal glory that is to come. Instead of looking to hearts on Instagram to fill me up in quiet moments while the baby sleeps, I can look to the one who sees every momentary, little sacrifice and uses it for good. I can fight for faith that the hidden work of motherhood matters because nothing we do or think is hidden to him. Nobody else has to see this moment; he does. So as mothers, when we re wiping another mess, making another meal, losing sleep, or wondering if this quiet work matters at all, we can take hold of delight not just in the affection we feel for our precious children, but also in the truth that serving them matters to our God. This is why our humdrum, ordinary, simple days are important: Because we believe they are important to him. In every moment, he is with us. He is in us. He hears us. He sees us. He is, in our days at home as anywhere else, working out his purposes in a thousand ways we cannot see and like and comment on in this life. Prayer for Beginners by Marshall Segal, desiringgod.org (Apr 27, 2016) How s your prayer life? It s a simple question, but it can be tough to answer. Literally it sounds like, How has your talking to God been lately? Emotionally it might feel like, Sum up your relationship with God at this point in your life. Bible reading, by comparison, is clearer and more objective. How many pages? How far along in your plan? Which books have you been reading? What have you learned? Prayer doesn t fit into an Excel sheet quite as easily. God means for your life married or unmarried, student or employee, young or old to run on the power of prayer. Prayer fuels the engine of your heart and mind. It s not coffee, or Chipotle, or social media buzz; it s prayer. You need God in and through prayer more than you need anything else. We will not do anything of any real and lasting value without God, which means we will not do anything of any real and lasting value without prayer. And yet you probably feel as insecure about your prayer life as you feel about anything. Prayer might be, at the same time, the most pivotal and most puzzling activity in the Christian life. It is the lifeline and life-mystery for believers. We know we need to pray, but we know we don t pray enough. And we re not always sure we re even doing it right when we do pray. Should I even be asking God for this? Should I still be asking God for this? Do I even know what I need? CONSCIOUS, PERSONAL COMMUNION The Bible refuses to give us one small, simple picture or pattern for prayer. Jesus never intended for his model prayer (what we call the Lord s Prayer ) to be our only guide or counsel for prayer. It is a great place to start, but God s word gives us so much more material for our prayer lives. Prayer is objectively real a real God, real communication, real work, real answers. But it also comes in a million shapes and forms. Prayer happens in seconds short moments in the cracks of our day and it can happen for hours at a time, even throughout a whole night. P r a y e r i s c o n s c i o u s, p e r s o n a l communication with the God of the universe. A better question than How s your prayer life? might be, Have you been enjoying conscious communication with God over his word, in your daily needs, throughout your day? Has your relationship with him been real not a box to check, not just a hurried place for help, not a vague abstract idea hovering over your head and life? Has your faith been tying you to him in your heart? Have you been leaning on him, and not yourself? So how is your prayer life? If you (like me) are not happy or content with your answer, here are seven ways to grow in your time alone with our God. 1. PICK A TIME AND PLACE. You can pray anytime and anywhere. Jesus met a woman beside a well who thought we all had to go to a particular place to pray and worship, as God s people had prayed in the Old Testament (John 4:20). But Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.... The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth (John 4:21 23). No longer in a place, but in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18). The freedom to pray anywhere, though, often leads to praying nowhere. We should absolutely pray spontaneously whenever and wherever prayers arise in our hearts during a break at work, before a test, in line with our groceries. But our lives are fueled by prayer, so we shouldn t leave it up to spontaneity (we wouldn t do that with fuel for our cars). Pick a consistent time and place when you can be alone. It might be in the morning at home, or during a long commute, or over your lunch break, or at a convenient time in the evening. The times and places can be different for different people one of the stunning blessings chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 2

3 Jesus bought but it should still be consistent for you. And Jesus is clear that it should be consistently alone (Matthew 6:6) not exclusively, but consistently. 2. LISTEN BEFORE YOU SPEAK. For some people, setting aside time to be alone with God is intimidating. In fact, for many today, any time alone at all no friends, no television, no phones is unnerving. We are speaking to almighty God here. He already knows everything we need and everything we are going to say. So what can we even say? One important thing to learn early on about prayer is that it truly is a conversation. Just as God really does speak to us in his word, he is also really listening when we pray. It may just feel like journaling out loud at times, but there is always someone on the other side of prayer. Jesus promises, Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened (Matthew 7:7 8). A real Giver, a real Guide, a real Host. On any given day, God may choose to move or speak in some unexpected way through his Spirit bringing something to our mind, altering some circumstance, saying something through a friend. But God has told us how he speaks, the only truly trustworthy way we hear his voice. All Scripture is breathed out by God (2 Timothy 3:16). Read something from the Bible (even just a verse) before you pray. Those words from God are living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the t h o u g h t s a n d i n t e n t i o n s o f t h e heart (Hebrews 4:12). John Piper writes, Oh, how precious is the Bible. It is the very word of God. In it God speaks in the twenty-first century. This is the very voice of God. By this voice, he speaks with absolute truth and personal force. By this voice, he reveals his all-surpassing beauty. By this voice, he reveals the deepest secrets of our hearts. No voice anywhere anytime can reach as deep or lift as high or carry as far as the voice of God that we hear in the Bible. ( The Morning I Heard the Voice of God ) When you sit down to pray, let God speak first. Let him have the first word. Put his living and active words into your ears, and let them shape and inspire what you say back to him. If you learn something new about him and his ways, tell him. If the verses raise questions, ask him. Eventually, you can move on to today s burdens, but Shelter McNab, Chris Special Forces Survival Guide; MJF Books, Willow-Frame Shelter The willow-frame shelter takes some effort and skill to build, but is worth the investment if you are to spend any length of time in the wilderness. Make sure the stakes are firmly embedded in the ground. begin by worshiping him over and through his word. Enjoy the relationship. With reverence and awe, be a son or a daughter, and listen well. 3. PRIORITIZE THE SPIRITUAL OVER THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL. Often when people ask how they can pray for me, I immediately try to assess if I have any unusual needs right now (like, this minute). If I don t, I start to think about people close to me that do. Pray for my coworker whose dad passed away last week. Or, Pray for my grandmother who s back in the hospital, again. It s not wrong by any means (we should be praying for these things, and asking others to pray, too). But if we take that mentality into prayer, we may only ever pray for physical or circumstantial needs. Physical needs are important, but they pale in comparison to our spiritualemotional and eternal needs. Paul says, We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places (Ephesians 6:12). Does that mean we will never have to worry about or spend time on our physical needs food, work, cancer? Absolutely not. Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11). It means life is mainly about unseen realities. At the end of each day, what matters most happens at the spiritual and emotional level, not the physical and circumstantial. That reality should be lived out in our prayer lives. We should spend as much time praying for our souls, for the salvation of our loved ones, for the spread of the gospel, and for the establishment of God s glory and his kingdom as we pray about anything. Those prayers shouldn t be tacked on to the end of our real needs. They are our deepest and most enduring needs. 4. DON T BE AFRAID TO STOP AND PRAY NOW. Prayer should be prioritized and scheduled, but the beauty of our newfound freedom and mercy in Christ is that prayer can happen anywhere. It should start alone with God in your prayer closet, but it never needs to stay there. It must not stay there. Bring prayer into the cracks of your day. And I don t just mean before meals. When you feel the impulse to pray, seize it. Take it as the prompting of the Spirit (Satan certainly won t encourage you to pray). A few years ago, I saw a friend in passing. We caught up for a few minutes. At the end, I asked him if he would pray for something I had shared with him, assuming he would just take that request home with him. To my surprise, he responded, Sure! Can we pray right now? It felt awkward the first time, but I learned an important lesson. One way to ensure you do pray for someone and their need is to pray right there in the moment. It only takes a minute or two, and more than meeting a need, it draws you both Godward in the middle of a day. It can be a brief and unexpected (and needed) meeting with the Almighty. 5. IDENTIFY YOUR PRAYER CIRCLES. When I say prayer circles, I m not talking about circles of people that pray in a group, but concentric circles of people in your life. When it comes to praying for the needs around you, you will have to prioritize some people over others (at least consistently). Otherwise, you will do nothing but pray. I pray outward in circles, beginning with my own soul, then for my wife, then for our families, then for our small group and our church, then for our nation, and lastly for the nations, especially the unreached in the world. I don t hit every ring every time, but the circles lead me as I pray each morning. The rings should not keep us from praying for the random stranger we met yesterday. chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 3

4 They re just meant to keep the consistent people in our life consistently before us in prayer. If prayer is the most important thing we can do for someone, shouldn t we structure our schedules to do that for the most important people in our lives? Try praying through your circles. And be willing to pray for someone or something that doesn t quite fit. 6. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH LITERALLY ANYTHING. If we re honest, many of us lack courage and imagination in our prayer lives. We have a tiny little box of routine things we re willing to ask God for, and we take on everything else our questions, our frustrations, our dreams on our own. We assume God s not interested in or doesn t have time for the small details of our day. And we can t even imagine him conquering global crises like 27 million in slavery and millions more enslaved to sin and headed to hell. And so we settle for middle-of-theroad mediocre requests. We wait to pray about something until it becomes serious enough for God to care about, and we don t pray for something unless we expect him to do something in the next 24 hours. And so we deprive ourselves of his mercy and power in massive areas of our life and world. Do we have enough courage to pray that God would save the 136 million men and women in the Shaikh people group in Bangladesh? 0.00% Christian. Is that too big for God? Is anything too hard for the LORD? (Genesis 18:14). Do we have enough imagination to ask God to end sex-trafficking in India (and in Minneapolis)? We pray to a God who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think (Ephesians 3:20). Jesus says, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain the sex-trafficking slave trade or an unreached people group of 120 million in Japan Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20). Will we believe Jesus and pray for big things? Do we have enough faith to think God cares about another Monday morning at work or with the kids? God cares about everything in your heart and life, down to the very smallest things. Paul says, Do not be anxious about anything your random conversation with that friend, your sleep tonight, this month s budget but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God (Philippians 4:6). Anything and everything, every day. Don t be afraid to pray big prayers, and small ones. 7. BE WILLING TO ASK ONE MORE TIME. Jesus knew we would lose heart in prayer, specifically that we would pray for things for long enough that we would start to question if God was listening or might ever answer. But he didn t want us to lose heart or give up. He wanted us to keep asking, keep pleading, keep praying. he tells his disciples a story about a widow seeking justice from a judge, "who neither feared God nor respected man. She pled and pled with him. Luke writes, For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming. And the Lord said, Hear what the unrighteous judge says. And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? (Luke 18:4 8) The widow was rewarded for her persistence by an unrighteous judge. How much more will God listen to his precious sons and daughters who ask and ask and ask? If the unrighteous judge could not ignore her, how much more will our heavenly Father hear us? Don t think now about praying for that need or desire for decades. Just focus on today. If God has given you a burden or a desire for another day, and you really believe that burden or desire might be from him, be willing to ask him one more time one more prayer for relief, for reconciliation, for provision, for a breakthrough, for salvation. He s still listening. Are we still believing? Jesus says, Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! (Matthew 7:9 11) He won t give you a stone. He won t give you a serpent. He loves you. He knows what s best for you. And he s listening. Don t be afraid to ask, again. 6 Steps to Finishing Well in Life and Leadership by Ron Edmondson, ronedmondson.com (Apr 25, 2016) Everyone wants to be successful in life, but the truth is many people never really achieve what they set out to accomplish. Many of us fall short of obtaining our dreams and goals. This is true in life and leadership. After years of observing a lackluster success rate among some of the people to whom I minister and to leaders I coach, I began to examine why some people never seem to succeed. What is it which keeps people from being achieving what they claim to want most in life? Are there some steps which can be taken to enhance our chances of winning in this game of life? If I am asked to coach someone to be a winner, these are some of the steps I will start. STEP ONE: GET IN THE RIGHT RACE. Many people never achieve the success they wanted, because they entered the wrong competition. They are aiming for the wrong targets. We should ask ourselves where do I want to go in life and what do I eventually want to accomplish? Until we know how we want our life to end we will never know the steps to take to succeed. This is true for leaders. If you don t have a vision for your leadership where you re leading people you re failing before you get started. Of course, I believe in life this starts with a decision to allow Christ to set your path. Proverbs 16:9 says, In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. STEP TWO: DISCIPLINE FOR THE RACE. Winning happens over time not in an instant. The greatest athletes work hours outside the game in order to perhaps win even a single game. Victory doesn t often happen without hard, painful work to get there. It takes diligence and consistency to be a winner. Many times victory was just around the corner, but the people gave up too soon. The best leaders I know also learn their individual skills and continue to d e v e l o p t h e m a n d t h e y s u r r o u n d themselves with people who complement them and cover for them in their weaknesses. STEP THREE: DEVELOP CHARACTER FIRST. People who truly win in life spend a great amount of time on the development of themselves and others around them. Most of the successful business people and church leaders I know set aside time each week for personal development. They are frequently in the gym, reading a good book, and attending church on Sunday. They develop their mind, body and spirit. They recognize that they must be relationally, physically and spiritually healthy if they want to have success in life. STEP FOUR: ACCEPT FAILURE M o s t w i n n e r s a r e b u i l t t h r o u g h brokenness. The greatest leaders have chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 4

5 failed many times. Before inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison failed a thousand times. Babe Ruth had 714 home runs and 1,330 strikeouts. Abraham Lincoln was said to have failed so many times, in business, in his love life, in politics but finally became one of the greatest President of the United States. People who finish well in life and leadership allow failure to be their friend not their enemy. STEP FIVE: IGNORE UNNECESSARY DISTRACTIONS. Winners don t give up when obstacles get in the way of achieving their goals. They find a way to work around them. They don t waste a lot of time and energy on the wrong things. They build upon the strength of others. Life is full of disappointments and set backs, but those who finish well learn to keep pushing forward even through the darkest days. STEP SIX: STAY IN THE RACE. If a person wants to win he or she has to stay in the race. One cannot be a quitter and still win. Many times the winner is the one with the most heart. I know some leaders who need this encouragement and, they will need it many times in their career as a leader. Often we see the underdog team come from behind to win simply because they have more passion. If you want to be a winner if you want to finish well stay in the game! Choose today to be a winner! Finish well! Don t let your hope to do s become your wish you had s. Daily Devotional 2 MAY 26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and give no opportunity to the devil. (Ephesians 4:26-27, ESV) Anger followed by sin is a wide open door to the devil. Be careful with what you say and do when you are angry. Prayer: Lord, help me to think before I act. 3 MAY 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation 6 and my God. (Psalm 42:5-6a, ESV) Lift up your head, the C r e a t o r o f t h e universe is with you! When you get depressed, remember that God loves God : His Love 20 Psalm 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love, you and He will use the trials and circumstances of life to make you a better person. Prayer: Lord, shape me by your sovereign grace. 4 MAY 17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:17-18, ESV) Need I say more? Prayer: Lord, bring me comfort. 5 MAY 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God; (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, ESV) THE WILL OF GOD. As believers we search for the will of God for our lives. What would God have me to do next? Well, here is a big part of His will. Stay pure! Prayer: Lord, strengthen me to remain in Your will. 6 MAY 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:19-21, ESV) How do you lay up treasures in heaven? You do it through your good deeds here on earth. Are you prepared for the big award ceremony in the sky? Prayer: Lord, I want to serve you with my whole life. 7 MAY 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26, ESV) What do you put your stock in: strength, youth, power, riches, control, personality? All these are fleeting. They will fade as a mist in the morning. God is our portion and our strength. Put your trust in Him. Prayer: Lord, you are my strength and portion. I trust in you. 8 MAY 16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18, ESV) Focus on things that last. You can get a Coke out of a machine in a second. But the good things in life, the eternal things, take work and time. Don t go for the fleeting smoke of instant gratification. Invest your life wisely. Make it count. Prayer: Lord, help me to make eternal investments. Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 36. What are the benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification? A. The benefits which in this life do accompany or flow from justification, adoption, and sanctification, are, assurance of God s love, peace of conscience, joy in the Holy Ghost, increase of grace, and perseverance therein to the end. Q. 37. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? A. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united in Christ, do rest in their graves, till the resurrection. Q. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection? A. At the resurrection, believers, being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgment, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity. Q. 39. What is the duty which God requires of man? A. The duty which God requires of man, is obedience to his revealed will. Q. 40. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience? A. The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience, was the moral law. chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 5

6 Strong Bonds for 16th Sustainment Brigade Strong Bonds for Couples: August Curriculum: Lasting Intimacy through Nurturing Knowledge and Skills Location: Edelweiss Lodge & Resort Registration: TBD Speak with the UMT or your Company Training Spiritual Fitness & Family Resiliency through Martial Arts Training TUESDAY & THURSDAY 18:30-20:00 at Tower Barracks Physical Fitness Center in the Combatives Room. Ages 10 to Adult. Parents must remain present with children years old. For More information see soartsd.com or contact CH Calvert. 5 May: Bldg 134, Rose Barracks PRAY FOR THE PERSECUTED Weekly Bible Quiz 1. Who sang a song celebrating the downfall of Sisera? 2. What happens to treasure laid up on earth? 3. Whose mother was instructed to drink no wine or strong drink during her pregnancy? 4. Who was the successor to Moses? 5. What should you not throw before swine? Answers 1.Deborah & Barak (Jdg 5:1) 2. Becomes corrupted and thieves steal it (Matt 6:19) 3. Samson s (Jdg 13:7) 4. Joshua (Josh 1:1-6) 5. Pearls (Matt 7:6) chapcalvert@gmail.com to be added to or removed from the electronic distribution of this Newsletter. 6