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“EMOTIONAL READINESS” (“When Your Enemy Prospers”)

“EMOTIONAL READINESS” (“When Your Enemy Prospers”). Focusing your Life for Success On the Battlefield Chaplain Andy Meverden 2/135 th GSAB / 89 th Troop Command. Pre-Test. What is the 2 nd most-mentioned country in the Bible? Hint : Most-mentioned = Palestine / Israel

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“EMOTIONAL READINESS” (“When Your Enemy Prospers”)

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  1. “EMOTIONAL READINESS”(“When Your Enemy Prospers”) Focusing your Life for Success On the Battlefield Chaplain Andy Meverden 2/135th GSAB / 89th Troop Command

  2. Pre-Test • What is the 2nd most-mentioned country in the Bible? • Hint: Most-mentioned = Palestine / Israel • The garden of Eden was in Iraq. • Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization! • Noah built the ark in Iraq. • The Tower of Babel was in Iraq. • Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq! • Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq. • Jacob met Rachel in Iraq. • Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel. • Amos cried out in Iraq!

  3. Bible Trivia - Continued • Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem. • Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq! • The 3 Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the 4th person in the fiery furnace!) • Belshazar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq. • Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq. • Ezekiel preached in Iraq. • The Wise Men (“Magi”) were from Iraq. • Peter preached in Iraq. • The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was a city in Iraq!

  4. Aviation Safety Conference(Chaplain Presentations ’97 – ’05) • Law of Land Warfare • Teamwork – Ecclesiastes • How to Survive on Battlefield – David & Goliath • How to Avoid Mid-Life Crisis – David & Bathsheba • How to Beat Burnout – Elijah & Jezebel • 2006 ????

  5. 4 Lessons from Jonah’s Experience with Ancient Iraqis

  6. Question: Who is your enemy?

  7. 4 Lessons from Jonah’s Experience with Ancient Iraqis • God Blesses our Enemies with His Grace • Our Enemy’s Blessing Should Cause Us to Rejoice • When We Believe God’s Grace for Ourselves & Our Enemy, we Really Live • We Love our Enemy by Helping Him to Prosper

  8. Two Stories of Forgiveness “Go home, with no heaviness of heart…we forgive you!”

  9. Two Stories of Forgiveness “Chaplain, I don’t think my ID tags are correct…” “Now I am ready to go to Iraq….”

  10. Final Question: Who do you need to forgive? • To off-load excess “emotional baggage…” • To allow for distraction-free deployment… • To free you up for your best effort… • To make you emotionally ready for OIF… May God bless you as you prepare to go…

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