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Daily Encouragement - March 29

Mark 6:47-48 “When evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he [Jesus] was alone on the land. When he saw that they were straining...

Daily Encouragement - March 27

The Lord is my strength and my song. Exodus 15:2 For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10 You know her. You see her every...

Friday Greetings - March 26

The old hymn urges us “your Redeemer’s conflict see, watch with him one bitter hour. Turn not from his griefs away; learn of Jesus Christ...

Daily Encouragement - March 26

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to...

Daily Encouragement - March 25

Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,...

Daily Encouragement - March 24

John 12: 44-50 CEB Jesus shouted, “Whoever believes in me doesn’t believe in me but in the one who sent me. Whoever sees me sees the one...

Daily Encouragement - March 23

Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into...

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...