Leaders need to speak with integrity, not with lying lips. God gifted leaders to inspire people to something greater than ourselves, not to act like fools. Your encouragement today: speak with integrity!  Our words can bless people; do not speak them to harm people. (Proverbs 17:7)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

If we are parents, be sure to take pride in our children.  Children are such a blessing.  And if we are grandparents, that's just icing on the cake.  And if we are guardians of children, praise God for those we nurture.  Your encouragement today:  give God thanks for the offspring God has given you! You are gifted!  (Proverbs 17:6)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Honor the poor. In so doing, we honor God. To dishonor the poor, we dishonor God. Your encouragement today: be that supporting hand to somebody in need! Somebody supported us in our need! (Proverbs 17:5)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Let us be discerning about who and where we receive advice. May it be from people oozing with wisdom and not disguising deceit. Your encouragement today: be discerning. (Proverbs 17:4)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

The Lord is always looking at our heart.  God examines whether our motives are sincere and centered in the well-being of others as well as ourselves. May God’s heart checks on us always find us in a good place. Your encouragement today: take care of your heart! (Proverbs 17:3)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Live with integrity and a divine inheritance will be ours, regardless of our “status” in society. Your encouragement today:  be true to God, true to others and true to yourself! (Proverbs 17:2)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Desire peace, work for peace, be at peace. Be content with the small things that bring peace rather than the big things that produce quarreling. Your encouragement today: seek peace. (Proverbs 17:1)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

God always has the final say.  Always. We can do what God leads us to do, make every move we need to make, take every step we need to take, but at the end of the day, God has the final say. Your encouragement today:  trust that. And trust that whatever God says, it is okay. (Proverbs 16:33)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Patience. The one who is patient wins the day.  The one who maintains self control, waiting on God to move, finds victory time and again. Your encouragement today: be patient! (Proverbs 16:32)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

For those of us graying, know this:  in God’s wisdom, gray hair is a sign of distinction. It is the revelation of a life that has sought to do right. Your encouragement today:  appreciate the gray!  It is God’s prize to you for pursuing God’s righteousness for as long as you have! (Proverbs 16:31)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Focus on good. There’s too much evil in the world. People need our good; not the nastiness that many espouse. Your encouragement today: follow the path of good.  (Proverbs 16:27-30)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

May we live life not just having an appetite for God’s righteousness in the world.  May we hunger for God’s righteousness until our internal groans are satisfied and the world becomes a loving, harmonious place for all of God’s people. Your encouragement today: work to satisfy your hunger! (Proverbs 16:26)#stayencouraged!...  Read More