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Daily Encouragement - March 22

“The Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who...

Daily Encouragement - March 20

Job 29:1, 21-25 (from The Message) Oh, how I long for the good old days, when God took such very good care of me. Men and women listened...

Friday Greetings - March 19

There is all the difference in the world between being alone and being lonely. Being alone can be a time for reflection and renewal....

Daily Encouragement - March 19

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not...

Daily Encouragement - March 18

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about...

Daily Encouragement - March 17

Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV) When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began...

Daily Encouragement - March 16

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in all the earth. (Psalm 46:10) The fields are...

Daily Encouragement - March 15

Jeremiah 31:31 “The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of...

Daily Encouragement - March 13

Job 18:5-6 (from The Message) Here’s the rule: the light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished. Their house...

Friday Greetings - March 12

This week, we come across an interesting place where our scriptures from the Hebrew and New Testament texts intersect in a really...

Daily Encouragement - March 12

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, “My servant Moses is...

Daily Encouragement - March 11

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven; A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a...

Daily Encouragement - March 10

Mark 11:12-14 New Revised Standard Version On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig...

Daily Encouragement - March 9

And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” So...

Daily Encouragement - March 8

Joel 2:28-29. Then afterward I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and daughter will prophesy, your old men shall dream...

Daily Encouragement - March 6

Job 4:5-6 (from The Message) But now YOU’RE the one in trouble - you’re hurting! You’ve been hit hard and you’re reeling from the blow....

Friday Greetings - March 5

A great many of my friends and colleagues have given up the use of social media for the season of Lent. I haven’t this year, but have in...

Daily Encouragement - March 5

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a...

Daily Encouragement - March 4

Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord...

Daily Encouragement - March 3

As long as you have the light, believe in the light so that you might become people whose lives are determined by the light.” After Jesus...