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Keeping alert at your spiritual post of duty
Not many of us will ever actually have to serve on guard duty. But all of us have a duty to guard our thought from mental intruders.
Have you ever considered the far-reaching responsibility of someone on guard duty? This person may be entrusted to protect valuable property or ensure the safety of others. He may even be asked to guard an area so highly sensitive and strategic that an entire nation could be endangered if this area were not adequately protected from intruders.
The importance of standing guard, not just physically but mentally and spiritually, was brought home to me during my wartime enlistment. I served guard duty on a United States Army post, all areas of which had to be guarded adequately. Each guard was instructed to be vigilant and alert every second that he was on duty. Many a sentry call could be heard throughout the night as the guards would challenge intruders with a resounding: "Halt, who goes there? Advance and be recognized!"

May 18, 1987 issue
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Keeping alert at your spiritual post of duty
Carl Brinton Schultz
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The link between gratitude and healing
Gloria Delroy
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Does it help to pray about examinations?
Nancy W. Crofton
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There's no substitute for real joy
Nelle O. Sprowls
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He will shake heaven and earth, that only the unshakable...
George MacDonald
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The carpenter
Rosemary S. Pendery
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Are you floating or swimming?
Evelyn M. S. Duckett
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SECOND THOUGHT
Deborah Mason with contributions from Ann Belford Ulanov
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Practice!
Rebecca Peck Jones
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Toward a new humanity
Michael D. Rissler
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Signs follow believers
Carolyn B. Swan
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Not by words alone
Grace Hough Carter
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There are many blessings that I must give thanks for
Virginia Alston
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One Wednesday night I wanted to give a testimony at my...
Lori Leal with contributions from Jeanette Livingston
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Many years ago a growth appeared under my arm and despite...
Lois B. O'Kane
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Night had fallen when the call came to my squadron's ready...
Bradford Jealous