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Scripture-rooted encouragement by Frank Mann Jr., written every weekday morning since 2018. Browse by topic, scripture, or the message you need today.
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November 1, 2024
The Gift You Have to Share
Did you know you have a gift to share? You do, whether you are aware of it or not you’ve got one. Some times these gifts may be internal knowledge or a skill you share. Many times is as simple as sharing a gift God has blessed you with. Maybe it’s a ride for a friend when their car is broken down...
perseveranceOctober 31, 2024
Grinding It Out: How Perseverance Builds Character
Grinding it out and persevering builds character. Plain and simple. Something about endurance has the incredible capacity to refine you. I guess it’s kind of like a fire for silver, removing impurities and strengthening the character. Often because endurance goes hand-in-hand with trials and tria...
resilienceOctober 30, 2024
Bouncing Back: Finding Resilience Through Faith
How fast do you bounce back after a loss?One of the great tragedies in modern-day Christians is that we are losing our ability to rebound, to find the grit and determination to come back from defeat. Yeah, we may suffer some setbacks, but we should never be defeated. If we lose faith in the fact...
evangelismOctober 24, 2024
Sharing Hope: Living Out the Gospel Mission
So, we’ve talked about what God did for us by sending his one and only son to die for our sins. We’ve talked about loving God passionately and loving others selflessly. But how do we really share the Gospel? By staying on a mission! Now you and I know about God’s grace and the salvation from our...
courageOctober 18, 2024
God Is With You Wherever You Go
We’ve spent last week primarily talking about letting go and trusting God with his plan for us. So, I thought I would send us into the weekend with Joshua 1:9“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherev...
prayerOctober 17, 2024
Prayer and Trust Go Hand in Hand
“Good Lord willing …”How many times have we heard this saying as response to questions about our plans we have for our lives? I’ve heard it a lot! I’ve said it! I suppose it’s meant to express our beliefs that we believe and trust that if ______ is God’s will then it will be. But are we praying f...
patienceOctober 16, 2024
Waiting on God's Perfect Timing
How are we doing waiting on God’s Plan for us? I ask because I’ve been a bit “all over the place” lately wanting to be done with treatments but knowing they’re going to be indefinite…it’s frustrating, but I have to relax and wait. “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wa...
repentanceOctober 14, 2024
Sorry vs. Repentant: The Difference That Matters
My rain has been stuck on forgiveness, so bear with me a little. It’s on my heart and I’m tuned in right now. Let’s talk repentance, something I know a lot about. “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times...
forgivenessOctober 11, 2024
Pull Off the Bandaid: Forgiving Those Who Hurt You
Let’s pull that bandaid off this morning on one of my favorite topics and get the weekend started off right!“Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you” Luke 6:27-28 Wow, this is a tough one...We are called to forgive those that hurt us, unconditiona...
humilityOctober 10, 2024
Following Jesus: Living with His Mindset
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”Philippians 2:3-4 What are we doing here? What is reading the Bible, prayer, and Christianity all a...
graceOctober 9, 2024
Hard Work as Worship: Paul's Lesson on Grace
We can learn a lot from Paul...“For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, bu...
sufferingOctober 7, 2024
Job Had It Worse - God's Sovereignty in Suffering
This past week was one I won’t forget for a long time, in fact in ways it’s still going. Flying supplies and helping with some ground coordination and answering questions for folks that want to help those in NC/TN. As I got in my truck and drove away from the airport yesterday, I couldn’t help bu...
mind-renewalOctober 4, 2024
Renewed Mind, Transformed Life
Our lives are driven by our most strongest thoughts, both positive and negative. I can tell you, over the last week, I’ve fought with all of them and often. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God,...
self-denialOctober 2, 2024
Deny Self and Follow Jesus
It seems like every time I open up social media or watch TV, there is someone talking about self help, self talk, the inner self, love yourself...blah blah blah. While there’s nothing wrong with wanting to better ourselves, God has plans for us. But all this “self” gets misconstrued when we descr...
compassionOctober 1, 2024
Showing Compassion to All
So, I’ve been thinking about what is really means to have compassion. I pray nightly that God lays compassion on my heart towards others...specifically those who oppose me. It’s hard these days with so many labels, differences of opinion, lifestyles, etc. to always connect with people. Anyhow, we...
humilitySeptember 30, 2024
Overlooking Offenses with Grace
I was reading last night and ran across a quote/idea I’m sure I’ve written about but it’s worth revisiting. I’m sure many of you have heard of C.S. Lewis. He was a prominent 20th century theologian who said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.” I bring it up...
gossipSeptember 27, 2024
Believing the Best in Others
I don’t know about you but I’ve got to do better at turning off gossip when I hear it. I also need to not “enable it” when I hear it by giving a participatory laugh or, “now way!” It just makes it worse. It seems as if now days we believe the negative stuff about people more than the positive stu...
bible-studySeptember 26, 2024
Abiding in His Word
I’m not sure if I’ve told ya’ll this before, but on occasions, I get some feedback from y’all and I have to say, it makes my day. Yesterday, was one of those days. I am grateful for my little audience. To me you’re the world. As I was thinking yesterday about how much I enjoy sharing the word in...
mind-renewalSeptember 24, 2024
Taking Every Thought Captive to Christ
Anytime we are sick, lose a loved one, have a serious injury, etc. negative thoughts and doubt creep into our minds. It challenges our faith. Today is “Treatment Tuesday” so this is fresh on my mind…this got me thinking about how critical it is that we try and keep our minds in check against the...
responsibilitySeptember 23, 2024
Bearing Our Own Load with God's Grace
You ever feel like you have such a huge load or responsibility you find yourself ducking them or delegating them to someone else? I certainly do. But getting someone else to do them doesn’t change the fact you’re responsible for them. But when you take up the responsibility that’s in front of you...
great-commissionSeptember 18, 2024
Finding Value in Everyone We Meet
You know, a few days ago I was talking about The Great Commission and how we are called to share the story of Christ. Well, today I got to thinking about the people we surround ourselves with and the people we express our gratitude towards. You see, sharing our gratitude with others is a great wa...
gracious-wordsSeptember 16, 2024
Words Like Honeycomb: The Power of Gracious Speech
“Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”Proverbs 16:24 Ok, let’s get real this week and do some self reflecting. What do the people around you see on your face? What do the people around you hear when you speak? Do your words, actions and attitudes tell...
intentional-thinkingSeptember 13, 2024
Being Intentional with Your Thoughts and Focus
Well, as this week has come to an end, I find myself coming back around to a question I ask a lot. Whatcha thinking about? For real, what has your attention and mind lately? I ask because I’ve been thinking about a discussion I had not long ago and we talked about being “intentional” with our thi...
gratitudeSeptember 11, 2024
Finding God in Life's Ordinary Moments
You ever stopped for a minute and looked around at all the blessings God has bestowed on you? I mean, look we all get excited and share His work when it’s something big like a new job, birth of a child, etc. But do you ever really stop and look around and see how His blessing are everywhere? Thin...