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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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September 13, 2021
Place Your Hope in God, Not Man
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”Joshua 1:8 We are talking about hope and yo...
trustSeptember 9, 2021
Building Trust and Dependability in Faith
It’s been a long week and I’ve enjoyed our readings and have had some good conversations springing up from them. One of which came up this week about trust. It came up in the context of one of you said, “I can count on and trust you sending the morning devotional.” That has sat on me a while and...
judgmentSeptember 8, 2021
Quick to Judge, Slow to Understand
“A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”Proverbs 18:2 How quick do you judge others? How often do you feel misunderstood? If I’m honest, I’d say for me, quite a bit on both...Look, no one likes to be misunderstood, yet we often make faulty judgments of peop...
patienceSeptember 1, 2021
Learning Patience with People and God's Timing
I have been forced to learn a lot about myself this year and one of the things I’ve learned is I need to get better with patience. Not only with life but mostly with people! I always thought I was a relatively patient person until I started trying to really learn what it meant to be patient...evi...
gossipAugust 30, 2021
Stopping Gossip and 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...
gratitudeAugust 17, 2021
Gracious Words Like Honeycomb
I was talking with my cousin Sunday and we were talking about what comes out of our mouths and what people see. “Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”Proverbs 16:24 Ok, let’s get real for today and do some self reflecting. What do the people around yo...
gods-planAugust 16, 2021
God's No Is Always 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...
peaceAugust 12, 2021
Finding Peace When Your World is Upside Down
Can we have peace in our hearts when our world is turned upside down?Pretty good question that requires an honest look inward. You see the kind of peace the world give us is pretty sketch at best. It can change on a whim with no notice at all. Happen to me three weeks ago, may have happened to yo...
spiritual-growthAugust 11, 2021
Growing in Christ - Living in Active Faith Mode
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...
mind-renewalAugust 10, 2021
Guarding Your Mind - Focus on What's True and Pure
Sorry I missed yesterday, I was having some technical difficulties post surgery. But I back! I want to talk about our mind, we don’t spend much time on it…Probably because I don’t use mine much. What are you thinking about? What are you feeding your mind? What we allow our minds to focus on influ...
gratitudeAugust 6, 2021
Giving Thanks in All Circumstances - Even the Hard Ones
This one has to be written today. There’s is no other topic more important to me right now than this one and we have to talk about it. Work with me a minute…“give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”1 Thessalonians 5:18 So, what did Paul mean when he...
blessingsAugust 4, 2021
Finding God's Blessings in 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...
gratitudeAugust 3, 2021
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”Psalms 136:1 Today will be short and sweet because God Love is simple and pure and easy to talk about. We have so much to celebrate and be grateful for because His love is forever. As believers, we are called to cel...
contentmentAugust 2, 2021
Finding Strength Through Every High and Low
“I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”Philippians 4:12-13So, we’ve all seen the scripture above and in most every case i...
trialsJuly 29, 2021
Finding God's Peace in Life's Unexpected Battles
Take a walk with me today if you will…What I’m going to talk about today, I wasn’t going to bring up at all. But I love each and every one of you and at the suggestion of brother John, I’ve decided to share some personal news. (Thanks bud!)I find it interesting, but not surprising, that when you...
graceJuly 27, 2021
What Is Grace? God's Most Expensive Gift Given Free
Grace. What is it exactly? I mean I sign off with,“Grace wins” everyday, but what exactly am I talking about? Well, in the book of Romans, Paul tells us that we can’t receive God’s favor, become righteous, by works alone. Meaning simply obeying the laws of the land wouldn’t get us His favor. So,...
evangelismJuly 26, 2021
Tell Someone About Jesus - Share Your Excitement
Being from Georgia, I get tickled at how the Chik Fil A craze has spread across the country. It’s good food and unparalleled service, what’s not to like right?It got me thinking, you ever get so pleased with a product or service you can’t wait to tell all your friends? I do all the time. I get so...
gods-planJuly 23, 2021
When God Says No - His Plans Are Always Better
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...
sharing-faithJuly 22, 2021
Share Your Peace - God's Gift Isn't Just for You
So pay close attention to what I’m about to tell you. That peace that God has blessed you with that is getting you through or has gotten you though tough times, well it’s not just for you. Yep, it’s true. As a good friend on mine told many many years ago, “if you want to keep it, you gotta share...
gods-willJuly 21, 2021
Bloom Where You're Planted - Trust God's Perfect Timing
You are exactly where God wants you right now. Contrary to the Meme you saw on your friends feed that tells you otherwise. You see when God is in us, we can trust He is going to get us to the other side. He is going to use the situation you are in for good. Although we sometimes can’t see what or...
peaceJuly 20, 2021
Peace in the Storm
Can we have peace in our hearts when our world is turned upside down?Pretty good question that requires an honest look inward. You see the kind of peace the world give us is pretty sketch at best. It can change on a whim with no notice at all. Happen to me just last week, may have happened to you...
courageJuly 19, 2021
A Walk to Remember with Jesus
“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...
sufferingJuly 16, 2021
Rain Falls on Just and Unjust
It’s been a “challenging” week, but one last thing on Job and suffering and let’s ring in the weekend. 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 featu...
sufferingJuly 15, 2021
God's Way Through Suffering
You ever notice that when we finally get out of whatever it is we are suffering from it never seems to be the way we thought we would get out of it? Like during our suffering we could never understand or see the way out that God has for us. It’s because it’s His plan for us not our plan for us. H...