Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 56:3-4 NLT But when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. I praise God for what he has promised. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me? David writes that he IS afraid, he’s writing while still IN hisContinue reading “I Trust”
Tag Archives: Faith
Living In You
Today’s Encouragement is Romans 8:9 NLT But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) Living InContinue reading “Living In You”
Control Your Mind
Today’s Encouragement is Romans 8:6 NLT So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. Control Your Mind – Remember Saturday morning cartoons? A recurring theme was the hero having a little angel on one shoulder and a little devil onContinue reading “Control Your Mind”
Sounds Foolish
Today’s Encouragement is 1 Corinthians 2:14 NLT But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Sounds Foolish – To those who don’t believe, everything we believe sounds foolish!Continue reading “Sounds Foolish”
Your Father
Today’s Encouragement is Matthew 6:6 NLT But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. Your Father – Jesus always referred to God as – Father. “Well, of course He did, He was God’s Son.”Continue reading “Your Father”
The Aroma
Today’s Encouragement is 2 Corinthians 2:15-16a ESV For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. The Aroma – Ever consider what effect you have onContinue reading “The Aroma”
But God
Today’s Encouragement is Psalm 73:26 ESV My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. But God – Even when our human abilities, our ‘flesh and heart’ begin to fail, we just don’t have the strength, the will to go on… BUT GOD… is ourContinue reading “But God”
Best Of All
Today’s Encouragement is 1 Corinthians 12:31b NLT But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all. Best of All – This sentence introduces the 13th chapter, often called the “Love chapter.” You can probably quote some of it, like v4, “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealousContinue reading “Best Of All”
To Cleanse Us
Today’s Encouragement is 1 John 1:9 ESV If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. To Cleanse Us – Is God disappointed in us when we sin? In many of our prayers, even in some worship songs, we may say somethingContinue reading “To Cleanse Us”
As A Light
Today’s Encouragement is John 12:46 NLT I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark. As A Light – Consider Jeremiah 20: 7-18, He pours out an extended, bitter, even miserable complaint to God… and inContinue reading “As A Light”