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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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March 19, 2024
Stop Gossip, Start 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...
responsibilityMarch 18, 2024
Taking Responsibility: Grace Helps Us Bear Our Load
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...
faithMarch 14, 2024
Walk By Faith Not By Sight
So we’ve been talking about gratitude off and on all year and while it’s always a great topic and one we need to continue to be intentional about, I want to shift gears a little bit. Why? Well, because I want to talk about something else, like faith! I’ve been having to lean on my faith a lot lat...
gods-willMarch 12, 2024
God's No Is For Your Good
When we talk about our struggles and how we are just trying to get through “it” aren’t we really just talking about how we are to deal with God’s NO? I mean think about most of the disappointments you’ve experienced. Probably the one thing they all had in common is they didn’t fit into your plan...
courageMarch 7, 2024
Be Strong and Courageous
“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 wherever you go.””Joshua 1:9 When I think of being courageous, I think of the story of Peter and his willingness to step over in the storm and walk to Jesus on the...
sufferingMarch 6, 2024
Good and Bad Happen to All
I had a great dinner with one of you last night and Job came up…so, one last thing on Job and suffering. Job was a tremendously righteous man and suffered greatly. So do we assume that the more righteous we are the more suffering we are to expect? Not necessarily. The large part of Job’s life fea...
witnessFebruary 28, 2024
Being an Effective Witness: Living Like Jesus
So I’ve been reading through Philippians and talking about how we need to get to work to spread the word of Jesus. It’s been enlightening reading about Paul and his struggles and his witness. But it’s been brought up to me and asked, “how exactly do we be an effective witness?”Well, look at it li...
evangelismFebruary 27, 2024
Sharing God's Love Through Action and Kindness
We have a lot of work to do yet. We need to always be sharing the name who has delivered us, Jesus. Just the other day, I came across a young girl that I could tell needed to smile. I had a kind word for her, she smiled and what a wonderful smile she had. That was Jesus at work. Now is the time t...
humilityFebruary 26, 2024
Choosing Jesus Over Self: Living in Humility
“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility coun...
sufferingFebruary 23, 2024
Standing Firm Through Trials and Opposition
I want to stay with Paul in Philippians because I think it’s important to understand how he was using his imprisonments as an advantage to further the message of Christ. “so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righte...
faithFebruary 20, 2024
Growing Love for God Through Faith
As I sit here watching the sun come up this morning, I can’t help but marvel at the beauty God has made. How do I know he made it? Well, I have faith that he did. It’s the same faith that I have in Him that allows me to grow closer to Him. You see, developing a love for God is a little more chall...
golden-ruleFebruary 19, 2024
Love in Action: God and Our Relationships
So, we’ve been talking about seeking balance in our lives and our relationships with God by showing compassion and serving others. What’s interesting though, is this has me circling back to our discussion of the “Golden Rule” and how that affects our relationship with others and our relationship...
balanceFebruary 15, 2024
Finding Balance: Priorities and God's Grace
Ever thought about what it means to have a good balance in you life? Have you ever sought to find it? I’m talking about when we starve ourselves from God’s word and the things He designed for us to utilize our lives for. We too often replace those things with short term, self-fulfilling solutions...
golden-ruleFebruary 12, 2024
Loving Like Jesus: Seeing God's Image in Everyone
So, I’ve been reading and writing about how we need to try and live like Jesus would etc. As kids we were taught the Golden Rule (Jesus’ rule) threat others the way we want to be treated. Great idea, not so easy to do. Just yesterday, the clown driving slow in the left lane texting on the interst...
listeningFebruary 8, 2024
Learning to Listen Like Jesus
These days, it’s easy to be valued for your opinion. Everyone wants to be an Instagram influencer or a popular Facebook friend. And while there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, we do need to take a step back and think. Are we trying to be so loud that we’re missing opportunities to listen?Je...
graceFebruary 7, 2024
Stand Up for the Outcasts
“And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."”John 8:7 In a world where opinions can go viral minutes after they’re posted, and social media debates go from zero to 100 in a hot second, it’s wise to re...
faith-journeyFebruary 5, 2024
Quit Driving, Give God the Wheel
“Quit driving, give God have the wheel!”Look, I’ve talked about this many times before, but God continues to show me time and time again that He is in control, not me. No matter how many times I pray for something to happen or I try and drive a situation in my life the way I HAVE IT PLANNED, God...
wisdomJanuary 29, 2024
Asking God for Wisdom in Hard Times
Alright, so you are probably asking yourself, after Friday’s message, “how exactly am I supposed to stay rejoicing during these hard times?” Well, I hear you and I get it. James is telling us to rejoice during our times of struggle because this faith produces perseverance. The Bible teaches us th...
peaceJanuary 25, 2024
Finding Peace Through Non-Anxious Presence Like Jesus
So I’ve been reading and writing about “finding peace” off and on since we started this now. To me, it is one of the most essential parts of my relationship with Christ. My vision of Jesus, in part, is peace. But I have learned recently about a phrase that young students in seminary school are ta...
gods-loveJanuary 24, 2024
Defined by God's Love, Not Your Mistakes
Listen, I’ve been rambling on for the past week about our bad habits and how God can remove them from us and restore us. So check this out;“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I...
freedom-in-christJanuary 23, 2024
No Condemnation: Your Identity as God's Heir
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh A...
new-creationJanuary 18, 2024
Putting Off the Old Self, Putting On the New
“But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and...
spiritual-growthJanuary 15, 2024
Living in Growth Mode with Christ
So here’s a question for you. Are you living in growth mode with your relationship with Christ? What I mean is, are you actively reading, meditating and growing your relationship with God?Let’s be honest, none of are going truly going to “get there” with our relationship until we meet Jesus face...
honorJanuary 12, 2024
Honoring God's Creation: Treating Others with Divine Respect
You ever think about what it means when we treat others the way we want to be treated? I think what it means, other than love your brother, is to honor what God has made. Honor isn’t a new idea. In fact, it is actually a key component in the scripture we read. God created each one of us, and ever...