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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 10, 2022
What Are You Really Talking About?
Welp, I guess we gotta keep talking about election stuff for a while longer…it’s a bit exhausting really. It’s all I’ve been hearing people talk about. But let’s take a minute and think about what we are always “talking about”. If you’re like most people, and I assume you are, you’re talking abou...
mind-renewalNovember 8, 2022
The Power of Your Mind: As You Think, So You Are
“As he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7Lets talk about the strongest part of our body. The most powerful. Our minds. While admittedly, some of us may not exercise that part as much as we should or as others, it’s still not arguable that it’s the most powerful. Our minds control our...
hateNovember 4, 2022
Hate is Pride Leaving the Body
This has been an emotional roller coaster week for me and I’ve had plenty to think about…the reality of life for one, so it got me thinking. How often do you find yourself hating things? Oh, I do all the time. I hate this traffic, I hate all this rain, I hate bad scans or bad text results, I hate...
prayerOctober 31, 2022
When Others Get What You're Praying For
You ever been praying for something in your life only to see the very thing you’ve been praying for land on someone else? I know I have, and I suspect you have too. But here is the good new when that happens. God is still answering prayers! He just hasn’t answered yours yet. It also doesn’t mean...
gods-faithfulnessOctober 27, 2022
God's Unchanging Purpose in Our Changing World
Life changes but God remains the same! Yep, it’s true. Look it up. You see, God is going to continue to do what he’s always done and that is he heals and forgives us. He’s going to continue to watch over us and set our path. His path for us remains the same and His purpose hasn’t changed. What is...
faithOctober 24, 2022
Surrendering My Plans to God's Perfect Will
I choose to be a believer so that God can make miracles happen in my life.You see, every time I have tried and figure things out myself, I’ve failed. Oh, don’t get me wrong, my intentions were always good but my plan was mine. And in my unconscious attempt at rebellion of Gods will for me, I scre...
repentanceOctober 21, 2022
Getting Back on Track: The Power of Repentance
I got to thinking about how life seems to ebb and flow with good times and bad. More specifically, I got to thinking about how we can get stuck in the bad. I’m talking about that “stop the world I just want to get off this ride” feeling. We’ve all had it, but what do we do to get off “that ride”?...
gossipOctober 20, 2022
Restraining Your Lips: When Words Are Better Unspoken
So, I’m in meetings all day yesterday around a lot of people I’ve worked around for 23 years. It was generally filled with catching up with old colleagues, friends and hearing new company rumors. It’s the last part that causes me frustration. You see the Bible mentions that in the multitude of wo...
patienceOctober 19, 2022
Finding Patience: God's Control in Life's Pressures
Are the horrible election campaign ads ever going to stop? Good grief…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “...
peaceOctober 17, 2022
Jesus Is Your Peace: Finding Rest Beyond Circumstances
Peace and serenity. We all seek it, we all crave it and we all need it. But where is it exactly? You may be like me and think it’s just in the absence of noise or conflict. But it’s not in the absence those things. It’s the tranquil feeling that’s not dependent on you circumstances. The peace we...
forgivenessOctober 12, 2022
To Be Forgiven, You Must Forgive
So hear’s a thought? So I’ve been talking all week about forgiving and how we can and should. But do you want others to forgive you? Even more importantly, do you want God to forgive you? My cousin and I talked about this just last night. You see, in order to be forgiven, you also have to be able...
forgivenessOctober 11, 2022
Learning to Forgive: Practice Makes Perfect
In keeping with forgiveness, nobody ever suggested forgiving would be easy. I certainly didn’t and I’m not saying it is, because it’s not. But God challenges us by giving us the ability to forgive. But at the same time, it is one of the hardest things He asks us to do. But you can learn to forgiv...
forgivenessOctober 10, 2022
Forgiving Doesn't Mean Forgetting
You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...
forgivenessOctober 7, 2022
Forgiveness: The Key to Freedom from Bitterness
As we ease into the weekend, I want to talk about something that caused me some restlessness last night. Forgiveness. You see, I had something come up yesterday where somebody has decided to not take responsibility for something they did to me. A random person, whom I don’t know, has decided not...
worryOctober 6, 2022
Live One Day at a Time: Tomorrow Has Its Own Troubles
I seem to find myself on this topic a lot…maybe I’m telling myself this? Maybe it’s just important enough it bears more attention?You still worried about what happened yesterday and sweat what going to happen tomorrow? Yeah, well let it go. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorro...
hopeOctober 3, 2022
What This World Needs Is Some Jesus
Last week I spend my vacation deep into the Ozark Mountains competing in a National Backcountry Flying event. I had zero, nada, zip, not even a little bit of cell service until I re-entered society yesterday. Let me tell you, it was amazing! There was probably over a thousand people there between...
hopeSeptember 26, 2022
Joy Beyond Circumstances: Jesus Has Overcome the World
Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble…”That’s almost like a disclaimer for life on earth , you are going to have trouble, whether you are in Christ or not. But the hope that we have is what separates us from the world, and that is why Jesus goes on to say, “But take hear...
perseveranceSeptember 23, 2022
Pressing On: Moving Forward from Failure
Short and sweet going into the weekend…This life isn’t easy, in fact it’s hard. We all have struggled and we all have failed but we must move on...“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I...
restSeptember 20, 2022
Finding Rest in a Chaotic World
“Treatment Tuesday” is here and I wanted to leave you with a thought that I think we all feel more often than we admit. That’s the feeling of needing a rest! If you’re like me, as the year comes to an end, we find our selves wide open and wondering where the year went. Well, it went the same plac...
patienceSeptember 16, 2022
God Speaks Through Our Circumstances
Let keep talking about listening to God and looking for his answers. “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”James 1:3-4 Look, I think it’s pretty evident that God sp...
prayerSeptember 15, 2022
Two-Way Conversation: Learning to Hear God
So, I think it’s safe to say we all pray in some capacity for something, right? I would also think it’s fair to say that we are waiting for God to answer our prayers. We are constantly searching for that answer and to “hear” Gods answers for us. But here’s the thing; God isn’t the problem when it...
wordsSeptember 14, 2022
The Power of Words: Life or Death
Let’s talk about the words that come out of our mouths for a moment. These words can be from in person speech to the written word…they can also be from how we respond to someone’s comments as well. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.”Proverbs...
lonelinessSeptember 12, 2022
Beyond Social Media: Finding God in Loneliness
So, I’m having a great talk this weekend with a friend reflecting about how my treatments and things are going. He said, “man, it looks like you’re doing great! Flying, riding and staying active, etc. “. To a degree, he’s right. I feel pretty good given the circumstances, but don’t be fooled by w...
disappointmentSeptember 9, 2022
When Life Disappoints, Hope in God
Ever feel like you could just scream or punch something? Man, sometimes life and people will disappoint you, let you down and just have you shaking your head...I think is happens to us all at times. You see, no matter how much we want to put our hope and aspirations on people and things of this w...