Good people are also good to their animals. Good people treat their animals with special care and respect.  Bad people kick and abuse their animals.  They may be “good hearted” people, but animal abuse suggests a dark side needing transformation. Your encouragement today:  be one of the good people!  (Proverbs 12:10)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Be ordinary and watch God bless you and I with an extraordinary life.  When we try to be something we are not, we miss our blessing and end up empty. Your encouragement today:  be ordinary! (Proverbs 12:9)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

In this world filled with wild conversation, talk sense. Talk sense with the wisdom and judgment of God in all things. When we talk sense, chaos will give way to community.  Division will lead to peace. Your encouragement today: talk sense. Godly sense. (Proverbs 12:8)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Wickedness always comes to a destructive end. Righteousness always holds firm. Your encouragement today:  do the right thing. You will find God helping you stand firm. (Proverbs 12:5-7)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

May our relationships with others be defined by goodness and mercy, not disgrace and shame. Yes, it takes work. But by God’s grace, it can happen. In that way, love and respect can color our interactions, not frustration and foolishness. Your encouragement today:  pursue good with everyone. (Proverbs 12:4)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Pursuing what is right is the formula for favor with God. Chasing what is wicked will leave us empty in the end. Your encouragement today: do the right thing. For God, for others, for our own well-being. (Proverbs 12:2-3)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Wise souls embrace and give God thanks for discipline. For wise souls understand that discipline brings knowledge that we need to live a whole life. Your encouragement today: cherish discipline.  It can keep us from stupidity and missed opportunity! (Proverbs 12:1)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Seek good. Seek the right thing. And God’s favor will abound, even in inexplicable ways. Your encouragement today:  do what’s good, do what’s right in all situations. Avoid the pathways of the foolish. (Proverbs 11:27-31)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Let’s make it our goal to be people who bless, celebrate and refresh others. When we pour into others like this, not only do we make the lives of others better, we also open ourselves up to be poured into by God.  We make space within for God to do God’s thing in us. Your encouragement today: blessing others always produces great reward — far beyond what we can imagine! (Proverbs 11:25-26)#stayenc...  Read More

Generosity is a beautiful thing. When we are generous, we gain far more than we can imagine. When we withhold, we lose out. Your encouragement today:  find yourself being as generous as you possibly can. The blessings you share with others will ultimately come rushing back to you in some form or fashion. Particularly when you aren’t looking for them. (Proverbs 11:24)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Kindness and righteousness before God always lead to life and life to the full.  Deception, trickery and evil always hook up to a destiny of ruin. Your encouragement today:  outdo one another in kindness.  Live a righteous life. A door you’ve been waiting to go through just might fling open to possibilities you couldn’t even dream of!  Be kind!  (Proverbs 11:16-23)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Do not make deals with those we don’t know. It could lead to trouble for which we simply don’t have time, energy or money. Instead, wait on God for the wise and timely decision. God does not disappoint.  Your encouragement today:  be steady. (Proverbs 11:15)#stayencouraged!...  Read More