Take care of the outside work first, and then build the inside.  One equips one for the other.  One provides a foundation for the other.  Both require our intimate attention.  Your encouragement today:  handle your external business, then build your personal foundation.  And, let them feed each other.  (Proverbs 24:27)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Be honest.  Honesty is like a good kiss on the lips.  Soothing, relaxing, harmless, comforting, assuring -- full of love.  Your encouragement today:  be honest! (Proverbs 24:26)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Be fair.  Refuse to show partiality.  Practice justice.  These are the actions of wellness, order, peace, blessing and wholeness. Your encouragement today:  be fair, do not show partiality, practice justice.  (Proverbs 24:23-25)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Respect God; revere the Lord!  Do not unite with rebellious forces lining up against the Almighty.  Reverence results in blessing; rebellion results in devastation.  Your encouragement today:  follow the way of respecting the Lord through word and deed!  (Proverbs 24:21-22)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Don't trip off of evildoers.  Their time for doing evil is drawing nigh.  Let's just focus on doing the right thing for everyone.  Your encouragement today:  the goodness of God always prevails!  (Proverbs 24:19-20)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Wisdom is like sweet honey to our taste buds.  It's good.  So, live today knowing that divine wisdom is good for us, and the more of it we get, the stronger our future and hope will be.  Your encouragement today:  receive and enjoy the sweetness of God's wisdom.  (Proverbs 24:13-14)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Operate from a position of strength as best as we are able.  When trouble comes, we'll be able to withstand.  And, what we are unable to withstand, God will, in all of it, take care of us.  Your encouragement today:  operate from a position of strength!  (Proverbs 24:10)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Divine discipline keeps us from falling off the path, from tumbling to our destruction. So be divinely disciplined, embrace divine discipline, render divine discipline appropriately and when necessary, and trust that the divinely disciplined life will lead to a blessed life. Your encouragement today:  know that divine discipline will bless you. (Proverbs 23:13-14)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Be a learner.  Commit ourselves to gaining wisdom.  We will go very far in life with the plans of the Lord for our lives.  Your encouragement today:  learn something today; acquire a little more wisdom -- today! (Proverbs 23:12)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Do not waste time with fools.  They will twist our words and scandalize our names.  Instead, invest time with those who encourage and build up.  Your encouragement today:  don't waste your time with fools.  (Proverbs 23:9)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Let us be wise with our wealth. Let us not get lost in buying things that we have no money to pay for, lest debt destroy us. Instead, let us do our best to live within our means. Your encouragement today:  be wise with your wealth! (Proverbs 22:26-27)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Striving to live a disciplined life helps us overcome obstacles, avoid temptations and escape folly. Striving to live a disciplined life keeps us focused on the God of victory. Your encouragement today: be disciplined! (Proverbs 22:13-15)#stayencouraged!...  Read More