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 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 June 08:

The Thief 

A horrible thing happened to me today.....a thief broke into my house. It 
happened shortly after I awoke this morning. I got up and began rushing 
about. I had a thousand things on my list and was already running behind. 
Quickly, I gulped down breakfast, took a shower and got ready for work. In 
my rush, I forgot to turn the security system on at my house. 

It was just about a half an hour later that the thief broke in. Of course, 
he didn't make a sound....

Daily Encouragement For March 23:

When I was first incarcerated in 1987, the hardest part of doing prison time was being away
from my children. This is common with most of the women in prison, so often stories of our
children are shared among each other. 

Renee, a friend I had met in prison, was doing seven years for drug charges. She had a five-year-
old son that her parents were raising. She and the grandparents had told the five-year-old that 
Renee was away at school in order to protect him fr...