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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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August 23, 2019
Faith Gets Us Through Tough Times
This is a hard morning to write to you all as within the hour or sending our message out yesterday, my father passed away. But I’m not going to sit here and talk about his death, but rather something he believed in and said often in the face of tragedy. “I don’t see how people make it through tou...
christian-communityAugust 22, 2019
We Need Each Other in Faith
So I’ve spent the afternoon yesterday with family and friends brought together by the sudden illness of my father. And as we gathered and shared stories, cried together and prayed together I couldn’t help but to write something about how we as Christians support one another...so I went digging. “...
gratitudeAugust 21, 2019
Nothing Compares to Christ
You ever take a minute and look around your life and reflect on the blessing He has given you? I’m sure you have, we all do at times. This morning, as I was digging into the word, I was reflecting on some of those things and it struck me that much of what I was grateful for were things of this wo...
christian-witnessAugust 20, 2019
Shine as Lights Without Grumbling
Ok, so I’m still reading and working through Philippians and this happens;“Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,”Philippia...
graceAugust 19, 2019
Saved by Grace, Not Works
Ok, so last week we talked about being a good witness for Christ, bearing good fruit and trying to be more like Jesus. All of which we should be doing. However, I think it’s worthy of discussion as to just how these “good works” are viewed. While we may be confident in our work, confidence in our...
witnessingAugust 16, 2019
Effective Witnessing: Be Like Jesus
So I’ve been reading throuus gh 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...
witnessingAugust 15, 2019
Sharing Christ Through Acts of Love 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 today, 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 to reach...
humilityAugust 14, 2019
Humility: Thinking of Ourselves Less Often
“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...
perseveranceAugust 13, 2019
Standing Firm: Building Faith Through Trials
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...
living-for-christAugust 12, 2019
Living for Christ: This World Is Not Our Home
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”Philippians 1:21 Are you living “in Christ”? What I mean is that are you living for the pleasure and joys of the flesh that this world offers or are you living as a servant of Christ. What do we really have to lose as Christians? Nothing in this w...
gospel-sharingAugust 9, 2019
What Matters is Christ is Preached
As we close the week, I wanted to touch on a something that has been with me the last few days. It’s a thought centering around my own sharing of the gospel and the sharing I receive from others. More specifically who “should and shouldn’t be sharing”? “Some indeed preach Christ from envy and riv...
faithAugust 8, 2019
Growing Love Through Faith
As I sit here watching the sun come up this morning, I can 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 challen...
loveAugust 7, 2019
Love in Action - God and Others
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 other and our relationship w...
compassionAugust 6, 2019
Finding Balance Through Compassionate Service
I was talking to one of you yesterday about the days writing I sent out. I always appreciate a good conversation around the messages I send out. Especially when they hit home and are appreciated. I genuinely cherish each of you and love the exchanges. “When two or more are gathered” right!? Anyho...
prideJuly 25, 2019
Don't Believe in Yourself - Believe in Jesus
I had a great conversation yesterday with one of my friends (and new member to the devotional beginning today) and we were discussing times when we feel like “we got this” and we believe in our own selves and stop relying on God. You see this is caused by or led by Pride, the first sin. Pride tel...
waitingJuly 24, 2019
Who's Really Waiting? God's Perfect Timing in Our Lives
You ever feel like your waiting for God’s plan for you? I sure do, but what if all this waiting isn’t really us waiting for God but rather Him waiting for us? What I am getting at is who is actually doing the waiting? We may think it’s us, but we could be wrong. Think about when Abraham asked God...
golden-ruleJuly 23, 2019
Loving the Difficult: Seeing Others as God's Masterpieces
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 with no trailer lights going 17 miles an hour in a 4...
immanuelJuly 22, 2019
God With Us: Why Jesus Came to Be Close
“"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel" (which means, God with us).”Matthew 1:23 Have you ever thought about why God sent Jesus? It’s pretty amazing to think about. God could have chosen any number of ways to save us. But He sent His Son, Jesus,...
listeningJuly 19, 2019
Listen First: How Jesus Heard What Truly Mattered
So you remember the WWJD (What would Jesus Do?) bracelets that folks wore that were so popular, right? Well recently while I was playing on social media I’ve noticed that there is a new bracket out, a follow up to WWJD, that has the initials HWLF (He would love first). I like it! But it’s got me...
graceJuly 18, 2019
Grace Over Judgment: Standing 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...
hypocrisyJuly 17, 2019
Live What You Believe
You guys know I tend to write what is on my heart. It’s what helps me drive the content I send each morning. You ever stopped and though about why so many people often quit going to church these days? Not even attending church, just believing! I have, and the main reason I believe is that people...
gods-presenceJuly 16, 2019
God Never Leaves You
I’m back! Sorry I missed yesterday but I was traveling back home. 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...
surrenderJuly 12, 2019
Give God the Wheel
I want to wrap up this week by simply saying, “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 situat...
graceJuly 11, 2019
Finding Grace in Our Struggles
Man, what a day yesterday was! It’s as if the last few days of my writings were preparing me for my own failure and struggles...“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;”James 1:19 I would have loved to have stopped today, meditated on the a...