Firefighter Faith Builders

09/06/2026

SUNDAY CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
9/6/2025
“Waves”

2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

As I sat on the beach, lost in my mediation, I watched the waves and their methodical pattern. I notice how with every wash of the waves, whatever was in the sand was being erased. They washed away everything from footprints to sand castles. Nothing escaped the cleansing of the waves. It was all short lived.
This natural truth kinda put life in perspective. The Bible says in James that life is like a vapor…meaning it is short.
So why, do we waste so much of it on things that doesn’t really matter. We are all only given a certain number of days on this earth, so we’d be wise to make each day count…to BE THE DIFFERENCE!!

The second truth that God revealed to me as I watched the waves and was pondering my own short life…was the mistakes I have made or things I should’ve done different. Then as the wave washed over me, I remembered today’s verse! Our God is a redeeming God…just as the waves cleansed the sand, God cleanses us through His Son, Jesus!!
Yes, we are ALL messed up to some extent…read Romans 3:23, if we seek Him and let Him…He will make us a new creation to start anew…just like the sand!!

This week, I pray each of us take the time to meditate on our lives and allow Him to cleanse us to make us and our service pleasing to Him!!
And may He bless us and our families with His protection!!

Serving You For Him,
Chaplain Jason

08/30/2026

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08/28/2026

08/23/2026

SUNDAY CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
8/23/2026
“The Next Generation”

Psalm 71:18
“So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim Your Might to another generation, Your Power to all those to come.”

Over the past several weeks my bees are in what they call a dearth. A beekeeping dearth is a period when nectar or pollen sources are scarce, causing bees to struggle for food. I have been providing supplemental food to ensure my queen bee and her workers have what they needs to continuing laying eggs, so I will have enough bees to make it through the winter. About every 7-10 days, I check on her progress and to make sure she is building the next generation. This constant laying eggs and building her brood is essential for the colony’s survival.

As I was thinking about this process, I started thinking how we could learn a few things from these flying insects.
See, in emergency services, we are struggling to fill positions. Our agencies are robbing neighboring agencies to fill their vacancies. We are all fishing from the same bucket. We are in a dearth of our own!
The problem being, unlike the honey bees, we are not raising our future generations like we once did. Many of our youth programs are falling to the wayside, or we limit the actual hands-on activities. In return, the interest just isn’t there. Don’t get me wrong…some departments do have summer programs, but it takes more than a week to get them hooked. We can’t just leave all the recruitment to a committee. We should all be working to pull in individuals and share OUR passion with them.

Guess what?!?
The same is true for our Christian walk! Like our verse says today…we should be talking and telling of what the Lord has done for us! Even in our latter days, we are called to be drawing in and leading our next generation, so we don’t get caught in a dearth!

So this week, whether it’s with our agency or with our faith, I’m praying that our attitudes, words, and actions will be such to encourage others to follow and join us. I’m praying that we continue working with our young people to build them up to fill our shoes when we are gone! And may He bless you and your family with His protection!

Serving You For Him,
Chaplain Jason

08/16/2026

SUNDAY CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
8/16/2026
“A Name For Ourselves”

Genesis 11:4
“Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves;”

Most of us began our time in emergency services in hopes on serving our communities. We were so eager to volunteer our time to become a servant to help others in their time of need. We asked nothing in return…only to serve our fellow mankind.
But somewhere along the line as we began to take classes and get our certifications, we started to rise in rank and seniority. We began to make a name for ourselves, and as we started to build our name, the need to defend and protect our name shifted our focus from our actual desire to serve. While there is nothing wrong in rising in rank, the flaw comes with the pride that robs us of our initial purpose.

Today’s verse comes from Genesis and early in the history of mankind. The people came to build a city, but in the process, they were lost in their pride. They planned to build a tower to heaven to make a name from themselves. Again, there was no wrong in building a city. Like with us, their flaw was their OWN selfish ambition. They wanted to build it for their OWN glory.

Now in Genesis, God confused their language to stop the rise of the Tower of Babel to prevent their selfish goal…that was fueling their pride.

As we reflect on this story, may we cautiously evaluate ourselves. What if God allows us to get caught up within our own pride…what if progress eludes us because we are seeking the glory, instead of giving the glory to the One that blesses us with breath and life to become the servants that we are called to be??

My prayer today is that we will be strive to complete His calling for us… that we seek to improve our service… BUT we give Him the Honor and Glory for it all!
And may He bless us and our families with His protection and safety!!

Serving You For Him,
Chaplain Jason

08/09/2026

SUNDAY CHAPLAIN’S CHAT
8/9/2026
“Our Daily Walk”

Ephesians 4:1-3
“I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

This week at our Wednesday Pray-Day at the Sheriff’s Office, the preacher that led our devotion spoke about our daily walk. A topic that I hit on quite often. Mostly because, I think it is one of the toughest things we do as believers. During our daily walk, it is so easy to get tripped up by life itself and lose sight of our purpose.
See, we forget that how we walk in this life is not only a testimony of ourself, it is also how we bear witness to our Savior. Many of us like to act like we have it all together, but if the truth is known, many of daily actions are for our own benefit, not for the benefit of His Kingdom… and that my brothers/sisters is where the difficulties lie. We easily forget WHO we represent!

Our Christian walk is like our calling in emergency services. When we took the oath, picked up the badge, or signed on to our agencies, we did so as a called member to that agency. We become an ambassador for that agency…our agency!

We, then, are no longer free to our selfish ambitions. This is why the Apostle Paul called himself, a prisoner of the Lord. Not because Paul was a chained slave, but because he was indebted to the Savior whose name in which he inherited the Lord’s mercy and grace…and the same should be said for us!

So, my prayer this week is… that we “lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” In other words, we walk in a way that brings honor not only to our Lord and Savior, but ALL those who were represent! And may He bless you and your families with His protection and safety!!

Serving You For Him,
Chaplain Jason