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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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February 5, 2019
Grace to Start Over: A Different Life Beyond Understanding
One of the things I think about a lot is the grace that God has shown me. Like in the song, “I was blind but now I see..”. But no matter how grateful I am, I still have the moments when I think back on my life to times that make me cringe. I look back and realize no matter how hard I tried, I mad...
spiritual-longingFebruary 4, 2019
That Feeling Like There's Something More
You ever get that feeling like there is something more? That you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? I have. Pay close attention to that feeling though, it’s from God. We see people everyday who seem to be “put together”. People that have a lot of seat time in church and m...
fellowshipFebruary 1, 2019
When Two or Three Gather: Having Church in Everyday Life
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."”Matthew 18:20 So, two days I was talking to a broker/client I work with and next thing I knew we had spent an hour and a half talking not so much about work anymore but about our lives with Christ. I love it when this happen...
forgivenessJanuary 31, 2019
Finding Peace Before Speaking: A Heart Change
I’m keeping with yesterday’s theme, how many times have you “let it fly” with your tongue and emotions raging because of what we felt were unjustified wrongs done against us, and before we could bring those emotions to Christ, we let them fly. If this sounds familiar, believe me, we all have had...
speechJanuary 30, 2019
Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak: Taming the Tongue
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;”James 1:19 I’ve been thinking about this verse for a few days now and I think it’s time to discuss it. You see, I fail miserably with all of the above. I know HOW I should behave, I just struggle to...
salvationJanuary 29, 2019
Knowing You're Saved: It's Not About Performance
Hey, What’s up?Is it presumptuous to fully know you are saved? Absolutely not! It is written throughout the Scripture that God wants you to have the assurance of knowing you are saved so that not only can you be secured in your salvation but assured. But I mean, come on, how do we know, right? Mo...
gods-planJanuary 28, 2019
God's Plans Are Greater Than We Imagine
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11 Friends, read it again,Over and over...it never gets old. For that reason, I won’t stop writing about it. You see, God has a plan for us, it’s for good and...
witnessJanuary 25, 2019
Let Your Light Shine: Why Your Witness Matters
So this has been weighing heavy on my heart today so I want to discuss it. Should we care what people think of us? Should we care what we post on social media? I mean, we hear all the time, “God’s judgement is the only one that matters”, right? While I agree with the later, I disagree. We should...
salvation-securityJanuary 24, 2019
Your Salvation is Secure in God's Hands
You ever wonder if you’re saved by God through Jesus Christ, can you lose it? Can God change His mind? Let’s be honest, as good as we try to be, we all fail and will fail some more. But God doesn’t break promises he makes and your salvation is one of his promises. Jesus talks about being born aga...
justificationJanuary 23, 2019
Living in the House of Grace
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that s...
attitudeJanuary 22, 2019
Guard Your Heart from Bad Company
Continuing with attitude, we need to look at what influences our attitudes. Most often than not, it’s the people around us that tend to shape our attitudes. To change our attitude, we may need to change who we are letting influence us. The words of the people closest to us permeate our heart, whi...
attitudeJanuary 21, 2019
Attitude Based on Christ, Not Feelings
Attitude determines so much of our lives. It governs the way we perceive the world and the way the world perceives us. It drives behavior and sets the tone for conversations. Attitude literally affects every area of our lives, yet most of us don’t have a good handle on it...but we can. I’m trying...
overcoming-fearJanuary 18, 2019
Don't Live in the Rear-View Mirror
So I’ve have a wonderful 50th birthday and I’ve spent quite a bit of time reflecting on my past, both good and bad. And one of the things I keep coming back to is what and why I feared some of the things I’ve been through and survived and what or why would I fear what’s ahead of me. But fear is o...
prideJanuary 17, 2019
Pride Goes Before the Fall: Make Thoughts Obey Christ
The Bible tells us that the devil lost everything he had because arrogance took roots in his heart.How many times have we watched this play out in the lives of famous athletes, celebrities and even people we’ve know in our open lives?We need to be careful with our thoughts. Some of them are proud...
positive-thinkingJanuary 16, 2019
Set Your Mind on Good Things
Set your mind on the good things and your heart will follow. “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”P...
givingJanuary 15, 2019
Give in Secret: Let Your Heart Lead, Not Recognition
Let’s continue down this journey of what lies in our heart that is behind our actions. Yesterday we talked about having to lofty opinion our ourselves and how that aligns with God’s views of our actions. Today, I’d like to take this a little further and talk about how we give and why. We live in...
self-judgmentJanuary 14, 2019
God Weighs the Heart, Not Our Self-Image
Have you ever thought about how we judge our own actions versus how God judges our actions? As some point we are all apt to judge our actions too favorably and to have too lofty an opinion of our own character. While this conceit and self promotion may look great on Facebook and drive a lot of “l...
faithJanuary 11, 2019
Overcoming Fear Through Faith and Fellowship
We’ve talked about having Faith for the past couple of days now and I’d like to close the week by wrapping up how we exercise that Faith in overcoming our troubles and fears through fellowship with others. When was the last time you shared your fears and struggles with a close friends? You see, w...
faith-vs-beliefJanuary 10, 2019
Faith Beyond Belief
So I made the comment yesterday that, “Believing is not Faith”. I’m confident of this and I believe that, while related, they are drastically different. Faith is not believing in God’s goodness only when we are out of the storm; faith is believing in God’s goodness right in the middle of it. The...
anxietyJanuary 9, 2019
Trusting God with Your Future
Are we addressing the real issues in our anxiety over what the future holds? Is our anxiety a product of not knowing what the future holds? I submit to you that we are anxious because WE are trying to control what happens and not truly giving our lives to God to navigate. We may “believe” he has...
giving-gloryJanuary 8, 2019
Giving God Glory in Victory
So as I sit here in the airport this morning, I can’t help but reflect on a couple of things I saw last night as I watched Clemson win a National Championship. I saw two men giving the glory to God and bearing witness on the biggest stage in college football, The National Championship game!First,...
loving-godJanuary 7, 2019
Loving God with All Your Mind
So, if you’re like me (especially on a Sunday night before the work week starts), then your mind is probably on a million different things. I mean its not unusual for me to replay the weekend over and over all the while trying to set my mind on whats going to happen or what needs to happen starti...
heart-renewalJanuary 4, 2019
Letting God Restart Your Heart
So, as I think about letting God restart my heart, I am asking myself, “restart is from what exactly?”Well, for me I think is understanding that my understanding and thoughts about any situation I am facing is nowhere near a perfect ad God’s thoughts...“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neit...
offenseJanuary 2, 2019
Turning Offense Into Opportunity for Growth
Well I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years! I’m excited to get back on track for 2019! So, I’ve been trolling through social media and looking at all the New Years resolutions, etc. and it’s pretty exhausting, comical and sad all at the same time. Not sad because people are trying t...