Category Archives: Encouragement
No Regrets: Part 2
Bronnie Ware worked in palliative care for many years, tending to people during the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. In response to her interaction with the dying, she wrote the book The Top Five Regrets of the
No regrets: Part 1
For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the
What to do when it seems like God doesn’t care?
Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord. Shall I Who causes to bring forth shut the womb? says your God. – Isaiah 66:9, Amplified Bible (AMP) You are sick and
You can’t always get what you want.
Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. – Philippians 4:11, Amplified
Child Rearing 101
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. – Psalm 127:3, King James Version (KJV) In his book 30 Lessons For Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans, Karl
Thoughts on the death of Robin Williams.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. – Colossians 3:21, King James Version (KJV) For the past couple of days, fans around the world have been mourning the loss of actor/comedian Robin Williams, who took his
Why do you do what you do?
Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men. – Colossians 3:23, Amplified Bible (AMP) Why do you do what you do? In other words, what motivates
He Who keeps you will not slumber.
He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber. – Psalm 121:3, Amplified Bible (AMP) When children get scared, there’s nothing more comforting to them than the reassuring embrace of
Arise from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you!
Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!
Wallow in the luxury of God’s peace.
Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass. – Psalm 37:5, Amplified Bible (AMP)