Today’s Encouragement is, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6 NLT Pray About Everything – Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere, Anything — prayer is available to all of us, always. It is an obvious but rarely acknowledged truth: Prayer is theContinue reading “Pray About Everything”
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Real Love
Today’s Encouragement is, “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love- not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.”Continue reading “Real Love”
Change Your Mind
Today’s Encouragement is, [Moses prayed] “‘Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!’ So the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had threatened to bring on his people.” Exodus 32:12a,14 NLT Change Your Mind – In this situation, God was furiousContinue reading “Change Your Mind”
The Word Became Flesh
Today’s Encouragement is, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 ESV The Word Became Flesh – Only John described Jesus as “the Word.” Here in John 1, the introduction of hisContinue reading “The Word Became Flesh”
The Word of God
Today’s Encouragement is, “For the word of God is living and active.” Hebrews 4:12a ESV The Word of God is Living- There are two aspects to the concept of “The Word of God.” One is the Bible, the written word addressed here; the other is Jesus, the Living Word. The two are not separable. TheContinue reading “The Word of God”
These are Written
Today’s Encouragement is, “The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power ofContinue reading “These are Written”
Know His Voice
Today’s Encouragement is, “After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. [5] They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.” John 10:4-5 NLT Know His Voice – These are Jesus’ words; His explanation ofContinue reading “Know His Voice”
Let Your Roots Grow
Today’s Encouragement is, “And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:6-7Continue reading “Let Your Roots Grow”
Bring Him To Jesus
Today’s Encouragement is, “So I asked your disciples to cast out the evil spirit, but they couldn’t do it.” Jesus said to them, “You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.” Mark 9:18b-19 NLT Bring Him To Me – TheContinue reading “Bring Him To Jesus”
Remain Faithful
Today’s Encouragement is, “Jesus said to the people who believed in him, ‘You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” John 8:31-32 NLT Remain Faithful – We quickly respond, “But nobody’s perfect!” We want to be truly disciplesContinue reading “Remain Faithful”