Be diligent.  Diligence leads to blessing!  Your encouragement today:  be diligent! (Proverbs 21:5)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Have plans, but let God lead the plan.  As we diligently follow, blessing will come.  If we do not follow, we will be found empty.  Your encouragement today:  plan, and have plans.  But let the Lord lead THE PLAN.  (Proverbs 21:5)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Pride does not have to consume us and cause us to fall. Not at all. As we yield ourselves to the Lord, God can envelope us and elevate us in God’s grace. God’s grace that reminds us that all that we do and all that we accomplish is because of God. Your encouragement today:  relinquish unhealthy pride!  (Proverbs 21:4)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Arrogance and haughtiness lead to sin.  They do not benefit the individual or community.  May we bask in the blessing of humility, and rest our beings there.  Your encouragement today:  be humble.  (Proverbs 21:4)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Sacrifice is extremely admirable. It really is. Many balk at the need to do so. But doing what is right and just rises to the top in the Lord’s eyes. It is from a heart filled with righteousness and justice that sacrifice can come to the fore. Your encouragement today: do what is right and just. God will be pleased; multitudes will be blessed! (Proverbs 21:3)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Always let our motives be pure. Pure motives produce positive results. God always examines our motives. Pure motives result in blessings. Your encouragement today:  live with pure motives!  They will carry us a long way. (Proverbs 21:2)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Good leaders are in the hands of God.  Good leaders go wherever God sends them to serve God's purposes.  Your encouragement today:  be a good leader! Place yourself in the hands of God!(Proverbs 21:1)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

It’s important to take time to learn from our mistakes. Making mistakes and paying the price for them is never fun. The pain can run deep. But the powerful and positive possibilities that can come from our mistakes can transform us in profound and positive ways.  Your encouragement today:  let’s learn from our mistakes! (Proverbs 20:30)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Give God praise for youthful strength.  And give God praise for the prestige that graying hair gives to older age.  Your encouragement today:  give God thanks and praise for life! (Proverbs 20:29)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Always love.  And always live from a faithful heart.  Love and faithfulness.  These two gifts are two major keys to a long and prosperous journey.  They keep us when we need to be kept; they keep us at times when we don't even know we're being kept.  Your encouragement today:  be love.  And be faithful.  God will do the rest.  (Proverbs 20:28)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Let the Spirit of God in us shine.  As it shines, we will bless the world and bless ourselves.  Your encouragement today:  shine!  (Proverbs 20:27)#stayencouraged!...  Read More

Wisdom weeds out bad behavior that would burden us with unnecessary problems.  If it is not good for us, we need to leave it alone.  And, surround ourselves with those who have their eye on God who can help us leave it alone.  Your encouragement today:  Divine wisdom points the way to wholeness.  Be wise, stay wise, put your wisdom into practice. (Proverbs 20:26)#stayencouraged!...  Read More