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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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January 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...
graceDecember 28, 2018
God's Grace: Learning to Love Through the Mess
We are wrapping up 2018 and I am just thrilled at how this little devotional has gone. We’ve spent a lot of time talking about loving others and forgiving others, but we should never forget to love ourselves. Once we get ahold of the truth of grace, not only does it empower us to forgive and love...
forgivenessDecember 27, 2018
Forgiveness: Losing Count, Not Keeping Score
So, I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and got a chance to spend it with family and friends. I sure did. The down time (and hundreds of Merry Christmas texts) got me thinking about friends I’ve seen and those I haven’t in a long time. I started thinking about the “why” behind the absence...
christmasDecember 24, 2018
Immanuel: God With Us at Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and by now, us guys, we should be getting started on the Christmas Shopping! But seriously, Christmas is a great time for family, giving and sharing the “Christmas Spirit”! But are we stopping to soak in what Christmas is all about? I mean, we all know that it is a celebration...
integrityDecember 21, 2018
Choosing Truth Over Compromise
Sorry for the late delivery yesterday, I posted my devotional and forgot to hit send...happens, I seem to do more and more of that these days. Anyhow, let’s talk some more about integrity and how we end up compromising our integrity and why. Choosing anything but God’s truth leads us to compromis...
integrityDecember 20, 2018
Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
12/120/18So, a day or so ago I was writing about integrity and what it means, how we get it, etc...Well, as I’m studying and thinking about the topic of integrity again, my sweet puppy Emma is laying on my leg. She goes everywhere with me and is just so full of love. I would love to love uncondit...
spiritual-growthDecember 19, 2018
More Than a Spiritual Rinse: Deep Faith Requires Work
So, as I was washing my Motocross bike on Sunday, for some reason, I reminded myself of a saying I heard somewhere along the way that said, “it’s not clean until a rags hit it”. Got me thinking that this simple task of cleaning my bike could be a metaphor for our relationship with Christ. You see...
integrityDecember 18, 2018
True Integrity: Living by God's Standards
What is integrity and do you have it? Are you living a life of integrity? I pray I am, and I try. Integrity is hard to define. Most would say it’s doing whats moral and ethically right and having people view us as trustworthy and good. Not all wrong, but I think incomplete. True integrity is simp...
scripture-studyDecember 17, 2018
Are You Really Hearing God's Word?
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.”Revelation 1:3Each weekday I’ve been writing about what I read in my daily study of the Word and I hope you are enjoying it. With that said, ar...