"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:26 The vision for this blog is to be like David, who "encouraged himself in the Lord" when times are hard. We live in days when encouragement is so necessary. Encourage is from an old French word meaning literally "with heart". To encourage means to impart hope, courage, or confidence; to hearten. So the goal is that every post written on here will be for that purpose.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
September 22nd, 2014
When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." Psalm 61:2
Most of us know what it is to be overwhelmed in heart; emptied as when a man wipeth a dish and turneth it upside down; submerged and thrown on our beam ends like a vessel mastered by the storm. Discoveries of inward corruption will do this, if the Lord permits the great deep of our depravity to become troubled and cast up mire and dirt. Disappointments and heart-breaks will do this when billow after billow rolls over us, and we are like a broken shell hurled to and fro by the surf. Blessed be God, at such seasons we are not without an all-sufficient solace, our God is the harbour of weather-beaten sails, the hospice of forlorn pilgrims. Higher than we are is he, his mercy higher than our sins, his love higher than our thoughts. It is pitiful to see men putting their trust in something lower than themselves; but our confidence is fixed upon an exceeding high and glorious Lord. -Charles Spurgeon
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
September 19th, 2014
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
whenever trouble comes your way,
let it be an opportunity for joy.
For when your faith is tested,
your endurance has a chance to grow.
James 12:3
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
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