Daily encouragement for Christians
My nine-year-old grandson lives with us. We were talking recently when I told him that he would soon grow up and move away. He said that he wasn’t going to move away explaining: “I will stay here and take care of you.” I joked, “Well thank goodness! I’ve been wondering who will take care of […]
If you are reading this you have successfully made the transition from 2019 to 2020. It’s a new decade, a new year, a new day. Somehow it has the power to give us new hope for the future. Why? It’s just another day in time. I have never been one of those many people who […]
Can you imagine the world before electricity? For centuries the world ran on God’s time clock. “You made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to set. You bring darkness; the time when all forest animals prowl. The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. The […]
Luke 10:41-42 “Just stay still.” Those were the words I heard as I read this morning’s message from a beloved co-encourager: “I shall watch him work!” I have a home office, a room where God and I meet to talk, to read his Word, and to write messages for encouragement. It is my go-to […]
John 4:9, 23-24; Hebrews 10:24; Jeremiah 29:13 Do you attend a church meeting regularly? If you do, what motivates you to go? Do you feel it’s your religious duty–it proves to God and people how devoted you are? I was raised feeling that way. There was no question on Sunday mornings, we were going […]
Proverbs 3:5-6 Have you ever found yourself in a situation way over your head? How did you get there and how did you get through it? Several years ago my girlfriend was dying and not being properly cared for at home. I knew I had to take her into my home and care for her. […]
“The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power kept coming out from him, healing everyone.” (Luke 6:19) They came in droves, and they kept coming. Jesus’ power was never exhausted. Don’t you wish your power was unlimited? So often it seems our human bodies just collapse in the night, spent, done for the […]
Exodus 4:10-13, 24-25 Our first instinct when God calls us is to come up with all the reasons we can muster that we will never be acceptable for the position. Doubt, a weapon fashioned by Satan to steal, kill and destroy. Doubt of our own abilities, doubt that God could or would care enough about […]
