Author Archives: Rick

February 20, 2021 Today’s Encouragement is Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.  Rejoice – Always –  There are certainly times we don’t feel like rejoicing in this life.  Troubles and trials come, and struggles are real and often threaten to steal all our hope and all our joy.  So why would weContinue reading “Rejoice – Always”

Today’s Encouragement is Ezekiel 44:5 And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I shall tell you concerning all the statutes of the temple of the LORD and all its laws. And mark well the entrance to the temple and allContinue reading “Mark well”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 35:7 For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Without cause – King David wrote this Psalm and he had enemies!  He was a man after God’s own heart, yet he had enemies who hated him … without cause!   Perhaps it wasContinue reading “Without Cause”

Today’s Encouragement is Exodus 16:2-3 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, [3] and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots andContinue reading “They Grumbled”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 92:1-2 It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; [2] to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night. It is good to give thanks-   Ever known anyone with a grateful heart?  Everything they encounter is met withContinue reading “It is good to give thanks”

Today’s Encouragement is Matthew 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.  In order to be seen – Like the widow who gave two coins.  It’s not two coins – but that she, in Faith,Continue reading “In order to be seen”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 32:3,5 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long… [5] I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah I acknowledgedContinue reading “I acknowledged”

Today’s Encouragement is Mark 4:30-32 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows upContinue reading “The Kingdom of God”

Today’s Encouragement is Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” A door standing open –  The door to heavenContinue reading “A Door standing open”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! Be glad in the Lord-  Be glad, Rejoice, Shout for Joy.   Seems like we’re a long way from that… with a pandemic threatening, economic hardship, a political Cold War dividing our nation,Continue reading “Be Glad in the Lord”