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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 4, 2025
From the Pit to the Rock: God's Redemption
Pull yourself together, seriously. “He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.”Psalms 40:2-3 I have a past...
sufferingAugust 1, 2025
When Life Gets Hard, God Still Loves You
I see a lot of post and stories in the media (that which I allow myself to see) and people seem, generally speaking, so mad and angry. Many times I see them questioning God or if there even is one. Why do we sometimes get frustrated or angry with God? Let’s face it, we all do it. We lose a job pr...
purposeJuly 29, 2025
Stop Wasting Time, Start Living Your Purpose
I’ve made the decision a long time ago to stop wasting time with things that keep me from being who and what God’s calling me to be, it’s just exhausting...Don’t look at others’ lives and believe for one moment that they are able to do more because they have more than you. We all have the same nu...
transformationJuly 28, 2025
Change Your Mind, Change Your Life
Could things be the way they are because you are the way you are? What’s one thing can you change that can change everything? It’s simple. If you want to change, you change the way you think. So many people want to have a better life, but they continuously do the same thing over and over. So many...
purposeJuly 23, 2025
Living Intentionally: Start Today, Not Tomorrow
Let’s shift gears a little and talk about where we are going? This time next year, where do you want to be? Who do you want to be? What type of follower of Christ, spouse or parent do you want to be? Whatever the answers are to those questions, know this: God’s calling you to live in the NOW & st...
forgivenessJuly 22, 2025
Forgiveness: The Path to Freedom from Bitterness
Last night my wife and I were “Netflix and chillin’”, I was going thumbing through some older devotionals and I came across something I wrote or shared a while ago. I am sure I’ve shared it before but it’s definitely worth sharing again.“Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and expecti...
faithJuly 21, 2025
Faith: The Assurance of Things Hoped For
We talk about our faith everyday. We lean on our faith to get through everyday. Our faith gives us hope. But what is Faith really?In Hebrews it tells us;“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”Hebrews 11:1 That’s it. It’s believing in something we canno...
salvationJuly 18, 2025
Why We're Still Here After Being Saved
You know, its the most amazing gift knowing we have been saved and promised eternal life in Heaven. But have you ever wondered why we are still here since we’ve been saved and promised salvation? I have, to the extent I find myself anxiously awaiting my turn. But I think I know why we are still h...
joyJuly 17, 2025
True Joy Beyond Politics and Circumstances
I was thinking last night about our country and how exhausting it can be if you let the politics absorb you. “Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!”Psalms 32:11 One of the the best parts about being an American is you have the right to life, l...
graceJuly 15, 2025
Freedom from Guilt Through God's Grace
When friends come to us, it’s our chance to bear witness to the Grace God has shown us. It’s our chance to share what has so freely and undeservingly been given us...it’s also a chance to remember the enemy is closer than we think. That in itself gave me pause to think. You know, we try all sorts...
gods-loveJuly 14, 2025
God Knows You and Loves You Anyway
It’s not a throwback Thursday, but I was talking over the weekend about this very topic and it reminded me of this one I wrote from several years ago...God knows you, he made you. So who are trying to kid? Why are we trying to hide from God? He can read our mind... “You know when I sit down and w...
gods-sovereigntyJuly 11, 2025
This Isn't My World: Finding Peace in God's Control
You know, it’s tough when things don’t go the way we think they will. All of us struggle every day to try to get control of our environments. We try to build financial wealth so that we won't suffer need. We try to take care of our health so we don't feel pain or suffer illness. We try to manage...
prayerJuly 10, 2025
Stop and Really Listen: What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Every once in a while I will stop, take a breath and really listen. What I mean is we live in such a fast paced world and our brains pick up on things that provide stimulus to us an it deciphers what we are hearing or reading without us consciously really reading or hearing it. You dig what I’m t...
fellowshipJuly 3, 2025
Having Church with Friends: Faith in Fellowship
“For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."”Matthew 18:20 So, I love it when I am talking with friends, making new ones or talking with people I have a professional relationship with and our shared Faith comes up. I love it when this happens, and to be honest, it happ...
repentanceJune 26, 2025
Let Go and Let God: The Refreshing Power of Repentance
I was thinking last night about my life and how it has changed over the years. It’s funny, things that I thought I couldn’t do without are oddly no longer part of my life. You know, thinking about our past and learning to let God show us a new way of life has me thinking about repentance. We all...
witnessJune 25, 2025
Let Your Light Shine: Living Credible Faith
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 care what others see from us, it’s our light. As disciples of Christ, we ne...
salvationJune 24, 2025
Salvation Security: God's Unbreakable Promise
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...
fearJune 18, 2025
Don't Let the Past Dictate Your Destiny
So, I’ve been thinking lately, reflecting on the 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. I think with the current environment we are all wonderin...
prideJune 17, 2025
Pride Goes Before the Fall
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...
givingJune 13, 2025
Give in Secret
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...
fellowshipJune 11, 2025
Exercising Faith Through Fellowship
We’ve talked about having Faith for the past couple of days now and I’d like to wrap 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, we were designed to go...
faith-vs-beliefJune 10, 2025
Faith vs Belief: Love That Casts Out Fear
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...
anxietyJune 9, 2025
From Anxiety to Faith: Who Holds 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...
heart-renewalJune 6, 2025
Restarting Your Heart: Aligning with God's Thoughts
So, as I think about letting God restart my heart, I am asking myself, “a restart is from what exactly?”Well, for me I think it is understanding that my understanding and thoughts about any situation I am facing is nowhere near as perfect as God’s thoughts...“For my thoughts are not your thoughts...