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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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March 31, 2025
Learning Patience Under Pressure
A simple thought to start your week…We live in a world that is going by so fast that finding patience is becoming a lost art. However, one of the best ways to be patient is to carry on with life, knowing God is in control...not you. I will say it one more time, “God is in control, not you.” “Not...
prayerMarch 28, 2025
Standing Tall on Your Knees
“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), and because he gave it, I am filled with His grace. God has me covered...
words-matterMarch 26, 2025
Set a Guard Over My Mouth
You ever opened your mouth and said something you wish you didn’t? Maybe it was out of anger or maybe it was meant to be harmless but without thinking it came out wrong and hurt others? I swear, I do it sometimes without thinking and can’t believe myself afterwards…a lot is tied to my odd sense o...
spiritual-growthMarch 25, 2025
More Than a Spiritual Rinse - Seeking God with Your Heart
Well, spring has sprung as my allergies have alerted me of this fact. Anyhow, I’m randomly thinking I needed to wash my plane due to the long winter and pollen, 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...
forgivenessMarch 24, 2025
To Be Forgiven, You Must Forgive Others
So hear’s a thought…I’ve been talking last week about forgiving and how we can and should. But do you want others to forgive you? Even more importantly, do you want God to forgive you? My cousin and I talked about this just last night. You see, in order to be forgiven, you also have to be able to...
forgivenessMarch 20, 2025
Learning to Forgive - The Path to Inner Peace
You ever heard someone say, “that person’s hurt me so many times there’s no way I could ever forgive them”? I have...I may have thought it a time or two as well. Maybe you have? “Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against...
callingMarch 17, 2025
Finding Your God-Given Calling Amidst Life's Distractions
For much of my life I was a bit directionless. If someone asked me to do something and if it even kind of felt like a good idea, I would do it. I spread myself pretty thin. Because I could turn my hand to a number of things (to a certain degree) I was tempted to follow other people’s dreams and e...
faithMarch 14, 2025
This World Needs Jesus: Be Bringers of Hope
Well, we’ve made it to Friday. It’s been a weird week for me for sure. But something stood out this week that’s been eating on me. I had a conversation with a guy I know and he referred to something that clearly had God’s hands written all over it as, “that’s just good Juju…” whatever that means....
joyMarch 13, 2025
Finding Joy in Trouble: Christ Has Overcome the World
Jesus said in John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble…”That’s almost like a disclaimer for life on earth , you are going to have trouble, whether you are in Christ or not. But the hope that we have is what separates us from the world, and that is why Jesus goes on to say, “But take hear...
perseveranceMarch 12, 2025
Pressing On Through Failure: Choose Redemption Over Retreat
This life isn’t easy, in fact it’s hard. We all have struggled and we all have failed but we must move on...“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my...
purityMarch 11, 2025
Clean the Inside First - True Purity Starts Within
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.”Matthew 23:25-26 So, are we really th...
identityMarch 10, 2025
Who Are You Reflecting - God or the World?
So I had a great conversation down in Florida over the weekend with a buddy on this devotional chain about the different stages we’ve been through in life as it pertained to “stuff” we acquired. And when I mean stuff, I’m talking about the fancy cars and expansive homes, etc. We basically conclud...
patienceMarch 7, 2025
Finding God's Voice in Your Circumstances
Let keep talking about listening to God and looking for his answers. “for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”James 1:3-4 Look, I think it’s pretty evident that God sp...
prayerMarch 6, 2025
God is Always Speaking - Are We Listening?
So, I think it’s safe to say we all pray in some capacity for something, right? I would also think it’s fair to say that we are waiting for God to answer our prayers. We are constantly searching for that answer and to “hear” Gods answers for us. But here’s the thing; God isn’t the problem when it...
disappointmentMarch 3, 2025
When Life Disappoints, Hope in God for Better Days
I got to thinking about something over the weekend…do you ever feel like you could just scream or punch something? Man, sometimes life and people will disappoint you, let you down and just have you shaking your head...I think is happens to us all at times. Happened to me yesterday. You see, no ma...
born-againFebruary 28, 2025
Born Again: Christianity is About New Beginnings
“Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."”John 3:3 Jesus is telling us how we get to Heaven. You see, Christianity, in a sense, is about new beginnings. If we are not prepared to make a fresh start each day, putting the mistakes...
healingFebruary 26, 2025
Do You Want to Be Healed? Moving Beyond Circumstances
“After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.One man was there who had been an invalid fo...
faith-defenseFebruary 24, 2025
Ready to Defend Your Faith
“but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,”1 Peter 3:15 So, here it is. Are you ready to tell about or defend your faith when asked or challenged...
trustFebruary 20, 2025
Building Trust Through Dependability
It’s been a busy week already and it’s only Thursday and I had a good conversation spring up from our morning chats. 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.” I’ve had folks tell me this...
judgmentFebruary 19, 2025
Slow to Judge, Quick 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? I will be honest, I’m guilty of both. Look, no one likes to be misunderstood, yet we often make faulty judgments of people and situatio...
perseveranceFebruary 18, 2025
When Prayers Seem Unanswered: The Hope That Sustains
Have you been praying for something for a long time and it hasn’t happened yet? I think at times we all have. Look, we all know that life isn't always easy, I dig it. And more so for a Christian who wants to live a life contrary to the world's philosophies. Sometimes it is tempting to throw in th...
discernmentFebruary 17, 2025
Discerning Excellence in a Compromised World
“so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,”Philippians 1:10 What is Paul telling us when he says to approve what is excellent? Well, he’s talking about discernment. We need to become better at discerning what is right and what is wrong, or of G...
gratitudeFebruary 14, 2025
The Power of Gratitude in Building Friendships
So I was reflecting on a few things from over the last few days and specifically how thankful I am to have the people that I do in my life. I try the best I can to let you know how grateful that I truly am for you, but I may not be saying it as directly as I need to. Maybe you have people in your...
self-controlFebruary 13, 2025
Self-Control: Building Walls of Spiritual Strength
“A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”Proverbs 25:28 ESVI stumbled across this Proverb and I just had to take pause to think about it, so let’s discuss it. So God gave us free will to do what we want to do. We can eat unhealthy, smoke, drink excessively or...