Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent (Morgan James Faith)

A book of Christian wisdom, comfort, and strength derived from the Bible specifically for military personnel and their families during times of deployment. There is much preparation made in advance of an upcoming deployment, but sadly spiritual readiness rarely makes it to the check-off list. While war may inflict injuries on the souls of our service members, faith is the balm that can help the healing process and make a difference when living under difficult circumstances. Faith Steps for Military Families explores the themes of the fifteen Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120–134) in the Bible's book of Psalms. These special psalms reveal God's wisdom about common military concerns, such as living in unfriendly environments, enduring desperate times, and coping with unforeseen conditions. They also touch on many other issues faced by twenty-first century military families, such as family resiliency, trusting in God during times of fear, and a deeper understanding of God's nature as protector, keeper, and the night watchman. Lisa Nixon Phillips, a retired military wife shares some of her experiences, while walking you through these essential and richly meaningful verses. Marriage is hard these days, but a military marriage has all the challenges of a typical marriage but it also comes with an unique set of circumstances and challenges. The military community agrees that faith makes a difference in doing more than just coping with the military lifestyle. Faith is that extra special something that makes your marriage and family more resilient. Are you looking for something different in a book for military families? Faith Steps for Military Families , named as a 2015 Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, explores the themes of fifteen psalms. These special psalms, packed full of rich and descriptive metaphors reveal common military themes such as traveling to or living in unfriendly environments, enduring dry and sometimes desperate times, mastering restlessness and dissatisfaction in a complex lifestyle, coping with unforeseen conditions, fear, lack of unity, and other topics. The ancient Israelites, called, Pilgrims sung these psalms while traveling by foot to the great festivals of Jerusalem. Lisa Phillips, a retired military wife shares some of her experiences, while walking you through the meanings of these Psalms, then translates them into the lives of 21st century military families. These fifteen themes build resiliency and will revitalize your familys spiritual foundation to persevere through the challenges of an arduous and stressful lifestyle. As you do, youre on your way to deeper appreciation, devotion and fellowship with God. By unpacking the meanings of the metaphors, youll discover Gods methods and His nature in ways youve not likely thought of before. Like the early Israelites, military families are todays pilgrims, always on a journey---always looking ahead to the next duty station. Military life can get overwhelming. Invite God on your unique journey and discover key elements for laying the foundational stones to a stronger spiritual footing that leads to a life of blessings. Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent delves into the 15 themes found in the 15 Psalms of Ascent in the book of Psalms. Through descriptive metaphors, the Faith Steps for Military Families depict the annual journey to Jerusalem. These special psalms explore the rich meanings of these metaphors intended originally for the Israelites, and then translates them into the lives of 21st-century military families. Themes include building a stronger spiritual foundation, family resiliency, a deeper understanding of God's nature as Protector, Keeper, and the Night Watchman, trust in God during times of fear, or of the unknown, coping in unfriendly environments, understanding how God's strength surrounds His own, honoring God while living out a difficult lifestyle, developing trust and contentment and other biblical guidance for dealing with the complexities of the military lifestyle **A book of Christian wisdom, comfort, and strength derived from the Bible specifically for military personnel and their families during times of deployment.**There is much preparation made in advance of an upcoming deployment, but sadly spiritual readiness rarely makes it to the check-off list. While war may inflict injuries on the souls of our service members, faith is the balm that can help the healing process and make a difference when living under difficult circumstances.__Faith Steps for Military Families__ Lisa Nixon Phillips, a retired military wife shares some of her experiences, while walking you through these essential and richly meaningful verses.