Category: Encouragement

Jesus Picks Us Up: Rising Again When Life Knocks You Down

When we stumble through loss and hardship, Jesus picks us up. See how Proverbs 24:16 and Christ’s promises give us strength to rise again. Good morning, friend. Here is a simple truth worth holding onto today. The real character of a person is revealed in how they handle adversity. After all, it is easy to be gracious when things are going our way. But what happens when life knocks us flat? That is exactly where God’s Word meets us this morning.

God’s Plan for Your Life: You Were Meant to Be Here

God’s plan for your life began generations before your birth. Discover how Acts 17 and Psalm 139 reveal you were meant to be here on purpose.  I was born in South Carolina, and we Southerners have a soft spot for family history. Some folks even joke that we lean toward “ancestor worship.” Whatever you call it, genealogy fascinates us.  So here is something to consider. Go back just 20 generations. You have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, and so on, all the way up to 1,048,576 people in that twentieth generation alone. Add every generation together (2 + 4 + 8 + … + 1,048,576), and you arrive at 2,097,150 ancestral positions.

Be an Encourager: The MVP of the Gospel

Discover how Barnabas became the Bible’s quiet MVP. Learn to be an encourager like him and grow closer to Jesus .  Every team has a most valuable player, but the Bible’s MVP rarely stands in the spotlight. Barnabas never preached to the largest crowd or wrote a single book of Scripture, yet his fingerprints are all over the early church’s greatest victories. Today’s devotion celebrates a quiet hero whose generosity, courage, and encouragement changed the course of the Gospel — and whose example still calls us to action.