Faith Community Church of God

09/06/2026

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We can all learn from the lessons of the women going to the tomb of...

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Remember that we are all in a battle on a daily basis.

In a riveting scene in the movie, “Saving Private Ryan,” an American soldier named Jackson is firing on German troops from inside a church’s bell tower.

His back against the wall, he begins praying a psalm, “Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight….” (144:1 KJV). He pauses, fires twice, then continues, “My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer…” (144:2 KJV). Again, he pulls the trigger, then continues, “My shield, and he in whom I trust” (144:2 KJV).

Moments later, as he sees a tank about to fire on his location, his dying words are a shout to a friend, “Parker, get out!”

That cinematic use of Psalm 144 by a soldier in World War II is a powerful reminder that the psalms are not old. Every day they are a “new song,” as fresh and potent now as when they were written.

The God who trained David’s “hands for war” and “fingers for battle,” and who did the same for Jackson in the movie, has not retired. The Lord teaches us all how to fight, for there are no noncombatants in the kingdom of God, though how and where we fight is unique for each of us.

When a father walks into church, holding the hand of his little girl, his own hands and those of his daughter are trained for war and fingers for battle. This outwardly simple act is done in defiance of hell’s rabid hatred of truth, love, family, and worship.

When we pray, labor, and serve; when we feed the poor and stand up for the innocent; when we “take up the whole armor of God” to “stand against the schemes of the devil” (Eph. 6:11), Psalm 144 is our prayer.

When I pray these words, I also picture Jesus on the cross, stretching out his hands to rescue and deliver us (144:7). He looks left then right, at his hands and fingers, impaled and bloody, going to war, to win for us the fight of all fights.
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From my book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms, https://a.co/d/07kzVw4V

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Another lesson in fluid dynamics.

09/04/2026

It’s not easy to grow.

Pastors say they are reaching new people and keeping most as active members of their congregations. https://research.lifeway.com/2026/09/01/pastors-report-growing-attendance-but-fewer-unchurched-newcomers/

09/04/2026

1838, Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery, aided by a disguise and job skills he had learned while forced to work in Baltimore shipyards.

Douglass posed as a sailor when he grabbed a train in Baltimore that was headed to Philadelphia. He was also given papers from a freed black sailor to help in the journey.

"My knowledge of ships and sailor's talk came much to my assistance, for I knew a ship from stem to stern, and from keelson to cross-trees, and could talk sailor like an 'old salt,'” he later said in his autobiography.