Having good children is a great blessing.  Good children bring the family much joy.  Your encouragement today:  take time to hug your children. They are an incredible blessing from the Lord. (Proverbs 17:21)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

May our motives always be good. In that way, we avoid inviting trouble to ourselves. Your encouragement today:  live with good intentions. There’s enough trouble out here. Don’t invite it! (Proverbs 17:19-20)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Develop the discipline of living within our means.  In that way, we won't be caught up trying to get something for nothing, nor will we acquire massive debt that we cannot repay.  Your encouragement today:  live within your means!  (Proverbs 17:18)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Friends are those who love us in and through every life situation.  Families are families when we stay tight through every form of trouble.  Your encouragement today:  be a friend.  Be family.  To whomever God has and will connect you with.  (Proverbs 17:17)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Discerning people discover wisdom.  God provides wisdom to those who seek it; those open to receive it.  Your encouragement today:  be open to receive God's wisdom and it will be yours! (Proverbs 17:16)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

May we not be a society that acquits the guilty and condemns the innocent.  But instead, may we be a society that pursues justice for all, one that encourages all to live right, fair and just lives. God will be pleased with that. Your encouragement today:  let us pursue and do the right thing! (Proverbs 17:15)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Seek common ground, not quarreling. Quarreling leads us to points of no return. Common ground leads to unimagined possibilities.  Your encouragement today:  seek common ground with others! (Proverbs 17:14)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Do good for God and good will follow us. Evil and rebellion do nothing but destroy us. Your encouragement today:  in all things, do good. For God. (Proverbs 17:11-13)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Trouble is all around us. Every kind is there. When we keep our minds staid on Jesus, we will fare very well. Your encouragement today:  stay focused! (Proverbs 17:11)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

When we err, oftentimes a gentle correction is all that’s needed rather than a blatant rebuke. Discern the situation and act accordingly. Your encouragement today: draw people close when you can; as best as you can, don’t push them away. (Proverbs 17:10)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Don’t let forgivable offenses cost us friendships. Instead, forgive and forge bonds that cannot be broken. Your encouragement today: save the friendships that can be saved. Don’t end the ones that can be enduring. (Proverbs 17:9)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

“Gift” somebody today with a blessing, not a curse. It may be the beauty many, including ourselves need to see. Your encouragement today: give somebody a gift! (Proverbs 17:8)#stayencouraged!...  Read More