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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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December 4, 2020
Born Again to Living Hope Through Christ
Take this into the weekend with you. Wow, just let this sink in this morning...“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that i...
happinessDecember 2, 2020
Eliminating Life's Parasitic Drag for True Joy
So I have decided recently to get back to being intentional in my pursuit of happiness. One of the ways in which I am doing so is to reduce the parasitic drag in my life. In aviation, parasitic drag is drag not formed from lift. Lift is what gives you the ability to fly. So parasitic drag are for...
kindnessDecember 1, 2020
The Gift of Presence: Learning from Job's Friends
“"He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.”Job 6:14 In the Bible we are told that during Job’s time of grieving, his three friends came to mourn with him and to comfort him. For the first 7 days they sat and wept with him because he was in deep sorrow. “No one sp...
faithNovember 30, 2020
Faith That Keeps Moving Forward Through Trials
I want to talk about what it means to have faith. When I think of faith, I think of many times in my life where I have struggled and wanted to quit or give up. But I didn’t. I kept moving forward. But the most recent, has been this year learning to fly. You see, when I first decided to take it on...
thanksgivingNovember 25, 2020
Grateful for God's Perfect Timing
Because of travel and family time, today will be the last devotional for the week. We will start back again on Monday. But I want to just say that I am most thankful this season for God’s perfect timing. You know, we sometimes carry burdens we were not created to carry and we were not created to...
thanksgivingNovember 24, 2020
A Prayer of Thankfulness and Trust
As I’m reading about thankfulness this week, I came across this prayer of sorts about being thankful. I couldn’t write it any better so I thought I’d share it for today;Lord, everything you do is righteous and holy. Though I don’t always understand the things that happen, my heart is set upon you...
thanksgivingNovember 23, 2020
Standing Tall on Our Knees in Thanksgiving
As we start this week of thanksgiving let’s try and focus on just that...“Nobody stands as tall as a Christian on his knees”I love this anonymous quote. It reminds me to spend time on my knees and thank the Lord for all his blessings and forgiveness. I need it. And because I need it (forgiveness)...
salvationNovember 20, 2020
Jesus Knows Your Name, Not Your Labels
“He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamor...
gods-careNovember 19, 2020
He Sees and Cares: Finding God in Our Pain
So I’ve been getting pretty deep in my reading the last few days on how I/we should try to get our minds and thoughts in order. I mean, we’re dealing with a lot right now but I know Job had it worse and God is in control, yet my mind still goes down rabbit holes. I know He is still there though....
mindsetNovember 18, 2020
Getting Your Mind Right: Spirit vs Flesh Mindset
So lately I’ve been struggling with what I would call, “getting my mind right”. I think I allowed this year, this election, this environment to slowly sneak up on me, without me knowing it and messing with my mind. Just this week I made the decision (and the phone call) to get rid of TV. I litera...
trustNovember 16, 2020
The Lord is My Shepherd: Finding Rest in the Storm
As a thought about what to write last night I was just laying there quietly reflecting on everything when I saw a book on my nightstand my dad had given me about the promise of the Psalm of David, Psalm 23. “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He lea...
encouragementNovember 13, 2020
Take Heart: Finding Peace in a World of Tribulation
“Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have...
peaceNovember 12, 2020
Finding Peace in a Chaotic World
I was talking to a friend last night and I somewhat in jest said, “I wish the world would just let me live in peace!” Ever felt this way?We live in a world where there are so many situations, people and voices that want to steal our peace. But as children of God, I believe that we must have an at...
self-disciplineNovember 11, 2020
Don't Be Your Own Worst Enemy
You ever thought to yourself that maybe we could be our own worst enemy? Shoot, I have a lot! I remember beating my head against the wall trying to get in better shape for racing knowing it would take a ton of dedication and commitment only to find myself eating poorly and skipping a workout beca...
moneyNovember 10, 2020
Money and Happiness: Give, Save, Live
I want to turn the topic of happiness a little and talk about how money can and can’t bring happiness...check this out:“No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."”Lu...
happinessNovember 9, 2020
Find Happiness by Serving Others, Not Yourself
It’s hard to be happy when you’re selfish. It’s way easier to be happy helping others...don’t believe me, try it...As strange as it sounds, one of the best things you can do for you is to quit doing so much for you. Maybe you’ve experienced this before when you volunteered somewhere or worked on...
happinessNovember 6, 2020
True Happiness Comes From Who, Not What
I just noticed I threw all of you back to October 4th yesterday...sorry! Maybe I could have been a vote counter!? Ha!Anyhow, I got to thinking about happiness and how it has evolved for me over the years after a heartfelt conversation with a friend who is overcoming a problem with drinking and fi...
graceNovember 4, 2020
God's Grace Is Sufficient: Finding Him in Your Struggles
In 2 Corinthians 12:9 God says, “my grace is sufficient for you”. I feel like this is a message for us to the answers we seek. What I mean is we pray for God to remove certain things from our lives and sometimes it feels like He’s not answering. But what if He has already answered us with a hidde...
sufferingNovember 3, 2020
Your Thorn in the Flesh: Understanding God's Purpose
Yesterday I talked about the “thorn” that was placed in Paul’s side or his flesh as it were. You got one of those in you? A thorn is something that seems so small but, in reality, comes to occupy and consume all of our thoughts.Our thorns...these are the financial difficulties that seem to persis...
frustrationNovember 2, 2020
Finding Peace When God's Ways Don't Make Sense
I’ve got to be honest, the last few weeks have been the most frustrating weeks I can recall in a long time. It’s been a never ending barrage of gut shot after gut shot. Trying to carry the burden of others and taking care of my own at the same time. I’m sure you’ve been there, we all have. So, I...
forgivenessOctober 30, 2020
When Expectations Are Violated: Choose Forgiveness
First, let me apologize for being late a few days this weeks and especially yesterday. Things have not been going my way AT ALL and to add to the crap-o-la, we got hit by the storm and lost a huge tree and power. (We still don’t have any)With that being said, I want to wrap up the week of forgive...
forgivenessOctober 29, 2020
Breaking Free from the Victim Mentality Through Forgiveness
It’s hard to see the news today and not see one faction of our society playing the victim over something. I’m fact, I think we as a society have become victims. It’s like nobody wants to be held responsible for their won actions. It’s like the decision we make doesn’t matter anymore because when...
forgivenessOctober 28, 2020
Unforgiveness is Poison - Let It Go
I’m rolling to the forgiveness thing right now so allow me some latitude if you don’t mind. It’s my favorite subject. The best way I can think of to describe unforgiveness — or holding onto hurt — is it’s like a poison or cancer inside you that is slowly eating you alive. The more it’s in there,...
forgivenessOctober 27, 2020
Forgiveness Isn't About Deserving
The longer I live, the more I get surprised by people. By surprised, I mean hurt. What really sucks is no matter how righteous we think we are, at least for me, I will forgive them but some times hang onto a feeling of, “I forgive you, but you don’t deserve it!” Ever had that thought? You probabl...