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 June 29:

The Piano Lesson

Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took
the small boy to a Paderewski concert. 

After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and
walked down the aisle to greet her. 

Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the
little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked "No
Admittance." 

When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the
mothe...

Daily Encouragement For June 18:

A Death Brought Me To Repentance

My testimony may seem to unbelievers as very inhuman but the fact is, my
father's death brought about my repentance and it worked out for good. I
loved my father above anyone else. To be honest, he was an idol to me. I'm
not saying it's not good to love a parent but putting one above God or even
ones children is. 

My father wasn't a Christian but he was loving, generous and kind. He did 
have a temper and he also drank quite a bit. The...

Daily Encouragement For May 25:

A Bigger Frying Pan

Two men went fishing. One man was an experienced fisherman, the other 
wasn't. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put 
it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman
caught a big fish, he threw it back. The experienced fisherman watched 
this go on all day and finally got tired of seeing this man waste good 
fish. "Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch?" he
asked.

The inexperience...

Daily Encouragement For May 09:

Living The Christian Life

My name is Amanda. I am 15. I am not sure when I got saved because I was young. I learned that unless I believe that Jesus saves me forever when I asked Him to save me that I might not be saved. So, when I was about 8 or 9, I asked Jesus to be my Lord and Savior so I could know for myself that I am really saved this time.

Living the Christian life is a struggle just like anything else. You've got the whole world pulling at you, telling yo...

Daily Encouragement For May 05:

A Thousand Marbles

The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few 
hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.

A few weeks ago, what began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it.

I turned the volume up on...

Daily Encouragement For April 25:

Healed And Whole

One day I dug a little hole

And put my hurt inside
I thought that I could just forget
I'd put it there to hide.
  
But that little hurt began to grow
I covered it every day
I couldn't leave it and go on
It seemed the price I had to pay.
  
My joy was gone, my heart was sad
Pain was all I knew.
My wounded soul enveloped me
Loving seemed too hard to do.
  
One day, while standing by my hole
I cried to God above
And said, "If You are really there ...

Daily Encouragement For April 23:

Lynn Hanninen's Testimony

My name is Lynn and I'm paralyzed from the neck down and I can't speak. I would like to tell you a little about myself and what happened to me. I had a brainstem stroke. For two weeks before my stroke, my neck hurt. The day of my stroke I started out feeling like I had the flu. I was 27.

My brother and wife and two month old son, Christopher, lived in the same apartment complex. That Sunday afternoon I went over to their place to watch ...

Daily Encouragement For April 16:

We Can't Revive Her

...you need to pray," was the first medical report I heard after 
about ten minutes of anxious waiting. I had felt a sense of dread for 
several hours already that night, and this announcement only made it 
more acute. Maybe that is common, I don’t know but I had an overwhelming 
feeling that I was going to lose either my wife or my baby girl. 

I’m sure my fears would have seemed pretty unfounded just minutes before. 
It had seemed like a pret...

Daily Encouragement For March 30:

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19.
A basketball in Michael Jordan's hands is worth about $33 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6.
A baseball in Mark Maguire's hands is worth $19 million.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A tennis racket is useless in my hands.
A tennis racket in Pete Sampras' hands is a Wimbledon Championship.
It depends whose hands it's in.

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal.
A rod in M...

Daily Encouragement For March 28:

A man came into a shop with a 'Salesman Wanted' sign in a window. He
went up to the owner and said, "I-I-I w-w-waannn-t the j-joooob-b."

"I don't know if this job would suit you because of your speaking 
impediment," said the owner. 

"I h-h-havvve a w-wi-wiiiife and s-s-s-six k-kkkids, iiii-I re-really 
neeeed thi-thi-this j-j-job!" said the man. 

"O.K. Here are three Bibles. Go out and sell them." said the owner.

So the man went out and came back an hour later. "H-...

Daily Encouragement For March 21:

Well it was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer felt It was hardly worth his while, to waste much time on the old violin But he held it up with a smile..."It sure ain't much but it's all we got left, I guess we ought to sell it too...Now who'll start the bid on this old violin, just one more and we'll be through."

And then he cried, "One! Give me one dollar! Who'll make it two? Only two dollars! Who'll make it three? Three dollars twice! Now that's a goo...

Daily Encouragement For March 19:

I am free from failure, because I am DEPENDENT upon Jesus' strengthening me, enabling me to do all things. Phil. 4:13

I am free from want, because I am DEPENDENT upon Jesus to supply all my need according to his riches in glory. Phil. 4:19

I am free from fear, because I am DEPENDENT upon Jesus for the spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind that He has given me. 2 Tim. 1:7

I am free from doubt, because I am DEPENDENT upon the measure of faith that Jesu...

Daily Encouragement For February 16:

Are you looking at your life, contemplating your worth? Have no strife, it's time for a new birth.

Let go of the past, it's not in the forecast. Do not decline, come out and see the sunshine.

Do not say you are not important, it's a figment of your imagination, have no fear for your Savior is near.

That fact that you were born is proof that you are important and a part of God's perfect plan.

Just take His hand and you will understand.

The path may seem unclea...

Daily Encouragement For February 11:

We have much to be grateful for concerning God, we have the Cross, His grace, His mercy and forgiveness. We have His love, commitment, and favor.

We have much to be grateful for...

Be grateful for the things you do not already have, for if you received everything then you would have nothing to look forward to.

Be grateful for the things you do not know, for it gives you the opportunity to learn something new every day.

Be grateful for the difficulties in l...

Daily Encouragement For January 31, 2012:

A cheerful girl with bouncy curls, who was almost five years old, saw them as her mother was at the checkout stand, a strand of pearls in a pink foil box.

"Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please!" Quickly, the mother checked the back of the little foil box and read the price tag. "$1.95, she said. “That's almost $2. If you really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money...

Daily Encouragement For January 27:

The Christian life is a good, full, rewarding life like no other, but it is also one of great humbleness and humility. If God has called you to be truly like Jesus in all your spirit and soul He will put in you such demands of obedience that you will not even be allowed to follow other Christians.

In numerous ways, He seems to let other good people do things which He will never let you do. Others who seem to be very religious and useful may push themselve...