Encouraging Words

Read2 Timothy 4:1-5 Thought for the Day: Good sermons help us understand God’s Word!  The word sermon never appears in Scripture. You may ask: ‘How could this be!?’ What about Jesus’s words in Matthew 5-7 that we call The Sermon on the Mount? Or haven’t we all...

Read Psalm 119:105-106 Thought for the Day: Every smartphone is actually a pocket Bible. In an age of immediate internet access, it is easy to get discouraged about the seemingly adverse impact of constant cellphone use. Do a quick search online (there’s irony for you), and you...

Read Isaiah 7:10-17 Thought for the Day: God is with us! In the early 1990’s, Regina, David, and I lived in Rhode Island while my parents lived in Fargo, North Dakota. Because we had no internet or cell phones, we stayed in touch the old fashioned way...

Read 2 Timothy 1:3-7 Thought for the Day: Today, I can stop comparing myself to others. Several years ago, my wife and I visited New Orleans for the first time with one objective: to find and eat the best authentic po-boy sandwich. Of course, as bona fide...

Read Luke 14:1-11 Thought for the Day: It is far better to go in humble! One day, Jesus was invited to a fancy dinner party at the house of a prominent religious leader along with a group of prestigious guests. While some people in Jesus’ ministry sought...

Read John 4:1-45 Thought for the Day: I can wait and listen (before reacting). In the fourth chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus did something astonishing. Rather than walking around the region of Samaria (as was standard for First Century Jewish people), he walked right in, sat down...

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - Psalm 118:29 “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His steadfast love endures forever!” This Thanksgiving Day, we pray that you have a wonderful time with your family, as we enjoy time with ours. We are grateful for you...

Verse of the Day - Malachi 2:10-17 Thought for the Day: Faith starts at home. A friend once told me that if you want to understand the quality of someone’s sobriety, see how they treat others at home. The same is true in our relationship with God....

Read Matthew 6:5-15 Thought for the Day: When forgiveness feels elusive, I need to pray! Corrie Ten Boom lived a life of amazing, courageous faith both during and after her experiences in the Holocaust. A few years after her imprisonment, she spoke at a church on the...