Daily Encouragement For July 13:

God's Provision And Protection

A missionary was serving as a medic at a small field hospital in Africa.
Periodically he had to travel by bicycle through the jungle to a nearby 
city for supplies. It was a two day trip so he had to camp out overnight.
He had made this trip several times without incident. One day however, he
arrived at his destination and saw two men fighting. One was seriously 
hurt, so he treated him and witnessed to him and went about his business.

U...

Daily Encouragement For July 11:

Unfolding The Rosebud

A young, new preacher was walking with an older, more seasoned preacher
in the garden one day and feeling a bit insecure about what God had for
him to do; he was inquiring of the older preacher. The older preacher 
walked up to a rosebush and handed the young preacher a rosebud and told
him to open it without tearing off any petals. The young preacher looked
in disbelief at the older preacher and was trying to figure out what
a rosebud could poss...

Daily Encouragement For July 09:

Tools For Sale

It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. 
On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; each 
tool being marked with its sale price. They were a treacherous lot of 
implements...Hatred, Envy, Jealousy, Deceit, Lying, Bitterness, Guilt, Pride, and so on.

Laid apart from the rest was a harmless looking tool, all worn out and priced 
very high.

"What is the name of this tool?" asked one of the purchas...

Daily Encouragement For July 06:

Overcoming Sin

There are many people in this world that have a problem with sin. They may be good people but
cannot resist the temptation. When we allow temptation to come into our life and follow through with whatever the temptation may be and sin, we are not only sinning against our body and spirit but we are also sinning against God.

We need to remember that in our own strength we cannot overcome sin and the enemy, but we can when we humble ourselves before th...

Daily Encouragement For July 05:

A Coincidence?

I was very proud of my daughter Emily. At only 9 years old, she had been carefully saving her allowance money all year and trying to earn extra money by doing small jobs around the neighborhood. Emily was determined to save enough to buy a girl's mountain bike, an item for which she'd been longing for. She'd been faithfully putting her money away since the beginning of the year. 

"How are you doing, honey?" I asked soon after Thanksgiving. I knew s...

Daily Encouragement For July 04:

Make Me Like Joe

Joe was a drunk who was miraculously converted at a homeless mission. Prior
to his conversion, he had gained the reputation of being a dirty wino for
whom their was no hope, only a miserable existence in the ghetto. But
following his conversion to a new life in Christ, everything changed.

Joe became the most caring person that anyone associated with the mission
had ever known. Joe spent his days and nights hanging out at the mission,
doing whatever ne...

Daily Encouragement For July 03:

Faith

No matter how tough life may get, let us rejoice in the Lord for His 
everlasting love and mercy. We are to thank God in every aspect of life,
even if we have trials that we would rather not have.

I believe praise and thanksgiving in the midst of our troubles is pleasing
to God where He will take pleasure in meeting our every need because
of our steadfast faith in Him.

If you are sick in your body, life up your hands to the Lord and thank Him that
your heali...