115: Semper Fidelis

[00:00:00] So do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41 hey, welcome to the Grace Ops Podcast. Brian Phillips here with you today for this devotional edition. I'm reading out of a brand new printed version here. So this is awesome. We've got six of these seven day devotionals, one for each of our values, honor, affection, liberty, war and valor. I'm reading out of Valor today, day six. I'll get into that in a moment. All of this is downloadable and it's all in our app. So if you haven't downloaded the Graceops app yet, you can check that out. By just going to your app store and searching graceops. You'll be able to soon order packs of these through our website. So they're really awesome tools, man. Guys are freaking loving these things and this is a great one. You could order these just to hand out to first responders or to military. And it's all these seven days of just devotionals kind of written to them in their world and then also bringing in God's heart for them and for kind of bringing them into a powerful thought process and journey. So love to have you check more of that out graceops. Net or get our app. [00:01:26] Okay, here we go. We're going to get into today's day six out of valor and thanks to Zach Hazel. He designed these things and they look sick. So I'm going to just read the devotional. So here we go. It's Semper Fidelis, which means always faithful semperfi. To the brave men and women of the Marine Corps. Your model semper Fidelis, always faithful resonates deeply, not just as a battle cry, but as a way of life. It is a commitment to duty, to each other, and to the nation. But have you ever pondered the origins of this unwavering faithfulness? The Scripture from Isaiah is a call to trust in the Lord's enduring strength, much in the same spirit as Semper Fidelis. It serves as a reminder that when faced with adversity, we are not alone. God assures us of his presence, His strength, and his unwavering support. Just as Marines are trained to rely on one another in the field, our ultimate source of strength comes from our trust in God. The same God who promises to strengthen and uphold us is the foundation upon which faithfulness is built. [00:02:35] In your moments of doubt, or when the weight of your responsibilities feel overwhelming, remember Isaiah's words. Know that God's strength is unmatched and his faithfulness is eternal. Lean on him and you will find a source of power that never falters. [00:02:52] Always faithful, always strong. Not just as marines, but as believers and protectors of both country and faith. May this devotional inspire marines to draw strength from their unwavering trust in God, echoing the commitment and resilience represented by semper Fidelis. [00:03:11] A couple questions for action in our lives today. [00:03:15] As you face the challenges ahead, how can you lean more into God's promise of strength and unwavering support? [00:03:24] So as we face challenges, how can we lean more into God? Think about that. [00:03:30] How can we take little steps of discipline or better action steps towards trusting God more? The one who's always faithful, the one who's never failed us, how can we lean into him and trust him more? The second question, in what ways can you embody the spirit of Seperfidelis? By placing ultimate trust in God's enduring strength and faithfulness in your daily life. [00:03:55] So how can we embody that spirit of always being faithful to the things of God and enduring anything that we face? All right, I hope this is a great blessing to you today. We'd love to see in the app. There's great chat rooms in there. There's free courses, all kinds, great things. The app is kind of like the core of all of our culture, so we wanted to put it in your pocket, in your phone. All right, God bless you. Have an amazing day. And until next time, live upright.