Author Archives: Rick

Today’s Encouragement is John 17:17 [Jesus prayed] Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. Your word is truth- Billy Graham, in 1949, was a 30-year-old, struggling preacher, and some of his friends in seminary were questioning their faith in God and the veracity of the Bible, and leaning toward the still-popular idea thatContinue reading “Your word is truth”

Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 143:8 “Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.” Let me hear – I have been greatly blessed, and I truly believe that my life has been greatlyContinue reading “Let me hear”

Today’s Encouragement is Isaiah 55:10-11 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, [11] so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shallContinue reading “My Word shall succeed”

Today’s Encouragement is Acts 18:23 “After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.” Strengthening the disciples – Paul, and many other apostles, those sent by Jesus into ‘all the world’, visited the believers, and strengthened their faith,Continue reading “Strengthening”

Today’s Encouragement is Ephesians 3:20 “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us” Far more abundantly – Takes three words to begin to describe His power.  Not just more, but far more, even Far. More. Abundantly.  MoreContinue reading “Far more abundantly”

Today’s Encouragement is Colossians 3:16 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” With thankfulness in your hearts – Our Thankfulness, our Gratitude, recognizes who He is, and also what He hasContinue reading “With thankfulness”

Today’s Encouragement is Isaiah 43:25 “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” I will not remember- Such rich truth in these few words, as we find throughout His Word.  God is the one who erases, blots out, without a trace, all yourContinue reading “I will not remember”

Today’s Encouragement is Revelation 5:13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” The greatest glimpseContinue reading “The Throne”

Today’s Encouragement is Acts 20:24 “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” The Grace of God – Paul said, myContinue reading “The Grace of God”

Today’s Encouragement is Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” Treasure hidden – Like a miner who uncovers a nugget of gold as he’s sifting throughContinue reading “Treasure hidden”