Morning Encouragement

 A Morning Message of Hope After an Election “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:7-8)

Attitudes Shaped by Grace | Day 38 “Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that ‘We all possess knowledge.’ But knowledge puffs up while love builds up.” (1 Corinthians 8:1, NIV) Grace and peace to you as this day begins. Most of us can still name two teachers from our school years. One made us feel small for raising a hand, and before long we stopped raising it. The other made every question feel welcome, and we learned more in that room than we ever expected. Both of them may have known their subject equally well. What set them apart was what they did with what they knew.

Attitudes Shaped by Grace | Day 36 “On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” (1 Corinthians 12:22-26, NIV)