Christian Report June 2025

How BIG is Your God?

Many of us are familiar with the story of Job, who was a righteous man who suffered greatly at the hand of Satan, who dared God to remove his hand of protection from Job’s life and all that he had. God gave Satan permission to test Job and Job lost everything, even to the point that his wife challenged him to curse God and die. Not only that, Job had three main friends (plus a younger man who spoke later) who came to comfort him but ended up accusing him instead.

To make a longer story short, there was a series of conversations with his “friends” and the younger man. Job did not receive a direct answer to his suffering, but he came to a place of trust and humility before God. Instead of demanding explanations, he acknowledges God's greatness and repents for questioning Him. As a result, God restored Job’s fortunes.

The section of the Book of Job that stands out the most in the heart of this old soldier is God’s response to Job (Chapters 38-41), followed by Job’s repentance and humility (Chapter 42).

God’s response to Job consisted of a series of profound questions that emphasized His power, wisdom, and sovereignty over creation. There are 21 questions. Here are just a few of them:

· “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?” (Job 38:4)

· “Does the hawk fly by your wisdom?” (Job 39:26)

· “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty?” (Job 40:2)

Why is this story so important to this old soldier? I’ll let A.W. Tozer, a Christian pastor and theologian answer that question. In his book, The Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer wrote:

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us."

Tozer believed that a person’s concept of God shapes their entire life, including their faith, character, and decisions. He emphasized that a low view of God leads to weak faith, while a high and reverent view of God leads to true worship and transformation.

So What? 

You might be wondering how it might apply a specific area of your life. I’m sure that many hours could be spent thinking about different areas of our lives and asking ourselves if they truly reflect a high view of God. I’d like to share just one example – personal evangelism.

If sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost world around us the main reason that God saved us (Matthew 28:16-20), it’s a good place to start. What does it mean to share the gospel with others with a ‘high’ view of God?

The short answer to that question is, in my view, “Get it right!” What does that mean?

I think it means that sharing the message of the gospel might not really begin with “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life!”

You could hear, “Well, I love me too and I also have a wonderful plan for my life!” You have just told your listener that God’s highest priority in loving us is the “wonderful plan” He has for us. Is it?

When the angel of the Lord told a nervous Joseph that the child Mary was carrying in her womb was God’s child and not another man’s, he also told Joseph “You shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.”  You can read all about in Matthew, chapter 1.

It looks like the greatest demonstration of God’s love for us is God’s sending His Son to die for OUR sin! That probably should be the starting point of our sharing the gospel message with other. God’s wonderful plan for our lives is certainly ‘good’ news, but sending His Son to bear the punishment for OUR sin is the ‘greatest’ news of all!

I know it can be a bit scary to start sharing the gospel message with the bad news of sin instead of the good news of God’s wonderful plans for us, but shouldn't we start our sharing of the gospel message where God started the gospel story?

So I’ll just leave you with the original question:

SGM Daniel Cartwright, USA (Ret.) is a 28-year veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces and long-time member of Christian Military Fellowship. Dan is a Local Rep at Ft. Carson. He currently serves on the CMF Board of Directors.

New Ministry Seeks to Comfort Gold Star Families

Introducing Carry A Heart  – A New Ministry of Comfort and Prayer

We are honored to announce the launch of Carry A Heart, a  ministry dedicated to supporting families who have lost a military member or veteran. This God-breathed ministry, led by Anthony Jarrett of CMF’s virtual ministry team, seeks to bring comfort, prayer, and hope to those carrying the deep wounds of such profound loss.

Carry A Heart was born out of a reverence for the high cost of freedom and a deep compassion for the grief left in its wake. While we cannot fully grasp or heal the pain that survivor families endure, we hold fast to our guiding motto: God Can and God Will. We believe in God’s power to comfort, restore, and carry these suffering souls through their darkest valleys.

At the center of the ministry is the Carry A Heart Prayer Circle — a committed network of prayer warriors providing faithful, ongoing spiritual support to enrolled survivor families. This circle symbolizes unity, the enduring strength of prayer, and the continuous spiritual connection that binds us together in Christ.

This ministry also cherishes the power of presence and listening. Every survivor’s story is sacred — shaped by love, loss, and resilience. When we listen with empathy, we are better equipped to pray with insight, compassion, and purpose — meeting each family where they are with the love of Christ.

In a spirit of unity, Carry A Heart  is actively partnering with local churches, ministries, and individual believers to broaden its reach and ensure no grieving family walks alone. Through these partnerships, we aim to foster meaningful spiritual connections that can help transform sorrow into strength.

We trust fully in the truth that God Can and God Will bring beauty from ashes, hope from despair, and healing from heartache. Through prayer, partnership, and compassion, Carry A Heart stands ready to walk alongside the brokenhearted —offering the assurance that they are deeply loved, faithfully remembered, and never alone.

How Can You Be Involved?

There is a deep and urgent need for prayer warriors to step forward and “adopt” a Gold Star wife, mother, or family — committing to lift them up in daily, consistent, intentional prayer. These families often walk through their grief quietly, carrying burdens only God can truly see.

By covering them in prayer, you become a vital source of spiritual strength and hope. Your faithfulness in intercession reminds them that they are not forgotten — that the Body of Christ surrounds them, and that God Can and God Will meet them in their need.

This is more than a ministry — it’s a sacred calling.  Will you answer?

Please email us at CAH@CMFHQ.org or call us at (800) 798-7875 if you are interested in supporting this ministry or if you know of someone who lost a family member in service who would be interested in receiving support.

Military Trauma Healing

CMF’s trauma healing program continues to offer hope and restoration to active-duty military, veterans, and their families. Through a Christ-centered approach, participants engage in a 12-week course designed to help them process and heal from trauma.

With the rising concern of military-related suicides, our program is committed to addressing this crisis head-on. Many veterans and service members struggling with trauma feel isolated and hopeless, leading them to consider destructive behavior or worse as a solution. Our mission is to intervene before it reaches that point. By providing practical coping strategies and a supportive, faith-based community, we empower participants to rediscover purpose and hope through Christ.

This program provides a safe space for individuals to explore spiritual, emotional, and psychological wounds. By addressing trauma holistically, we see remarkable transformations as participants learn practical coping strategies, experience community support, and find renewed purpose through faith in Christ.  We are blessed to witness the profound impact it is having on the lives of those we serve. 

Please let us know f we can start a trauma recovery group in your area.

Upcoming Trauma Healing Sessions:

National (Zoom)  — Tuesday June 10, 2025 Call the office at (800) 798-7875 if you are interested in participating in this upcoming session.

Are You Interested in Becoming a Local Leader?

Christian Military Fellowship exists to help you fulfill your calling in Christ to share the hope that is in you with those with whom you interact as part of your daily life. 

Briefly, CMF Local Leaders will start, and sustain a CMF fellowship made up of members of the military community in their area. While CMF is an “all ranks” ministry, our area of focus is on enlisted personnel.  Local leaders institute and lead the military community in Bible study, prayer, and fellowship, keeping in communication with participants. They should also seek to build relationships with the chaplains and the chaplain team.

Toward that end we encourage you to study and complete the CMF briefing material:

Orientation (Brief #1) that shares an overview of the CMF ministry.

Developing a Local Ministry (Brief #2) that shares the Biblical foundation for and delineates the logical steps in beginning your local ministry.

Pray and Plan (Brief #3) that shares the most important activity of all!  Asking Jesus what He would have you to do and then being obedient to follow His leading in your local ministry. If you choose to begin this process, please reach out to us at: leader@cmfhq.org.

We’re praying for you!