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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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June 13, 2022
God's Presence Remains Even When We Sin
You ever get the feeling sometimes that when we sin, that God has left you? Like the feeling you had when you were a kid and you got in trouble with your parents and they punished you and during that moment you felt like they have left you? I have for sure. But the thing is, that feeling that our...
surrenderJune 10, 2022
Let Go and Let God Have the Wheel
I want to wrap up this week by simply saying, “Quit driving, let 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 situati...
gods-planJune 9, 2022
Bloom Where You're Planted: God's Purpose in Trials
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”Jeremiah 29:7 God didn’t put you where you are by mistake. He doesn’t make mistakes. When we believe in our hearts God is good and that His though...
integrityJune 8, 2022
Guarding Against Pride's Fall Through Community
Yesterday, I was in a conversation with a co-worked, friend and member of this group, and we were talking about the erosion of faith and integrity in our country and people in general. So, I got to digging and recalled an article I posted three years ago titled, “The ungrateful American”. The art...
wisdomJune 6, 2022
Ask for Wisdom: God's Generous Gift 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...
trialsJune 3, 2022
Count It All Joy: Finding Purpose in Trials
Aight, look here…we all know people who are going through a rough season in their life. Heck, you may be too.While I certainly feel empathy, I can’t help but reflect on the fact the If you live long enough in this world, you will inevitably go through some kind of suffering. But as Christians, yo...
peaceJune 2, 2022
Non-Anxious Presence: Finding Peace Like Jesus
So I’ve been reading and writing about “finding peace” of and on for a year 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 taught and tha...
gods-disciplineJune 1, 2022
Infinite Possibilities: God Makes Beauty from Ashes
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-christMay 31, 2022
No Condemnation: Your God-Given Legacy of Freedom
“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...
addictionMay 27, 2022
Breaking Free: Finding Connection Beyond Addiction
Look, I get it, we all need to feel a reconnection with God and with people after we have done something wrong or been through a difficult circumstance. But if we don’t find that bond, we will try and comfort ourselves with something else, anything else, to numb the pain. Our addictions are norma...
transformationMay 25, 2022
Spring Cleaning: Putting Off the Old Self
“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...
great-commissionMay 20, 2022
Using Your Blessings to Make Disciples of All Nations
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”Matthew 28:19 So let talk about these blessing we’ve been given. I got to thinking more about why, at certain times, we feel we are blessed more than others. And by “ot...
callingMay 19, 2022
Am I Doing Enough With What God Has Given Me?
Giving my current unique circumstances, I am wondering if I’m doing enough. Not enough by way of treatment, but enough by way of am I doing enough with what I have left. God has blessed me with certain skills, traits and talents. Am I using them correctly, efficiently? Am I using using it to glor...
friendshipMay 17, 2022
Hold On to True Friendships - We Need Each Other
Hold on to those friendships. A true friend is a blessing. I believe that the Lord Jesus wants me to encourage you to look after your friendships and not neglect them, nor take them for granted!We need each other, especially in these turbulent times in which we are living. In the book of Ecclesia...
forgivenessMay 16, 2022
The Great Restorer: Jesus' Command to Forgive
You ever think about how powerful Jesus is and His command for us forgive, as God has, those who have hurt us? I mean think about this, with that one selfless action, He becomes the great restorer. Pretty awesome I think. “"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you...
humilityMay 13, 2022
True Humility: The Secret of Biblical Heroes
This past week has been somewhat disappointing but at the same time gratifying. You see, somewhere in the crazy journey of mine to grow my relationship with Christ, I think I’m beginning to learn what humility all means. For years I set my sights on accomplishing thing that defined “who” I was......
preparationMay 12, 2022
Spiritual Protection: Being Ready for the Unexpected
I’m so sorry I missed yesterday, but my Tuesday treatments have become so agonizing that I’m wiped out for a solid 48 hours. But, I’m back and feeling better this morning…thanks for your patience and prayers. Why do we protect ourselves with seat belts when driving, helmets and boots when riding...
truthMay 9, 2022
Truth vs Lies: Satan's Native Language
Why do people tell lies? We live in a world full of them. Well, that’s easy. Because lying might enable guilty people to escape responsibility and consequences for their misdeeds. Because lying might preserve the illusion of their innocence. Because lying helps the sinner avoid having to face up...
sufferingMay 6, 2022
The Vagrant Faith: Owning Nothing, Having Everything
This has been an extremely difficult week for me. I’ve felt some of the lowest lows due to pain from treatment and the highest high from the relief. Yet for some reason, it’s given me pause to think about things I’m fighting to hang on to and things I need to let go. What are you trying to hang o...
missionMay 5, 2022
Called to Heal: Sharing Your Story of Forgiveness
“And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."”Luke 5:31-32 You see, God sent His only son Jesus to Earth for primary purpose: to give us new life. In Luke, Jesus rewords His miss...
sinMay 4, 2022
Returning to the Shepherd: From Lost to Found
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”1 Peter 2:24-25 Have you ever gotten lost? It can be one o...
afflictionMay 2, 2022
Finding Purpose in Pressure: Relying on God
Let keep digging into 2 Corinthians;“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us...
resilienceApril 25, 2022
Learning to Bounce Back from Life's Losses
We went to a wedding yesterday and I got to see some friends I haven’t seen in a few years. Heard some personal stories of struggle and friends overcoming life’s hurdles. I’ve had some recently myself and it got me thinking…How fast do you bounce back after a loss?One of the great tragedies in mo...
materialismApril 22, 2022
When Money Crowds Out God
So, I want to end this week talking about some of the things that in many ways separate us from our relationship with God. The pursuit of “more” is definitely one of those things...“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.”...