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Daily Encouragement - May 27

Beatitudes were not a new thing in the world of Jesus. They were pretty much common sense sayings that expressed what everyone already...

Daily Encouragement - May 26

The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took...

Daily Encouragement - May 25

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so...

From the Bishop: An Aldersgate Letter

Dear United Methodist friends, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. This year, Ascension Day and Aldersgate Day converge...

Daily Encouragement - May 23

Hebrews 6:1-2 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the...

Friday Greetings - May 22

You ever go to a place with so many things to look at that you feel almost over-whelmed? Where do I let my eye settle? Do I focus on the...

Daily Encouragement - May 22

In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to...

Daily Encouragement - May 21

After his suffering Jesus presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking to...

Daily Encouragement - May 20

Psalm 46 Common English Bible God is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of great trouble. That’s why we won’t be afraid...

Daily Encouragement - May 19

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and...

Daily Encouragement - May 18

One of the suggested readings for last week comes from Genesis 9 where God tells Noah, “I have set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a...

Daily Encouragement - May 16

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 So, how are...

Friday Greetings - May 15

When our son, Nathan, was little he would frequently say “I have a plan” and then explain why we should do what he thought would be fun....

Daily Encouragement - May 15

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay...

Daily Encouragement - May 14

John 13:34-35: I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you should also love one another. By...

Daily Encouragement - May 13

Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people. When Jesus noticed this,...

Daily Encouragement - May 12

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to...

Daily Encouragement - May 11

Key verse: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to...

Daily Encouragement - May 9

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under...

Friday Greetings - May 8

Eugene Peterson describes what he calls a “tourist mindset” by saying that for some, “religion is understood as a visit to an attractive...