Our encouragement today comes from two realizations.

First, Effort IS success and secondly, Belief in Jesus Christ

IS our righteousness. Belief in Jesus Christ is our salvation.

Our encouragement today comes from changing our diets, our diets of words.

By devouring more positive, encouraging words, we change our thoughts

and by changing our thoughts, we become more upbeat and positive.

Our encouragement today comes from the excitement and extreme

enthusiasm of six young pink lemonade saleswomen. They know how to exude

energy, excitement, enthusiasm and encouragement. Listen and receive encouragement.

Our encouragement today comes from Omar Mohamed's book titled,

When Stars Are Scatterd. It's a refugees look at waiting, waiting, waiting.

But more than that, it's a way to find encouragement in the wait! This podcasts

was written earlier in June, but somehow fell through the cracks in being posted.

Our encouragement today comes from a psychotherapy concept.

That concept says, Know your purpose, notice and accept your feelings,

then do what needs to be done. Listen to how this changed my day!

Our encouragement today comes from looking around at those

things in life that are nearly 100% reliable, but then connecting with

the Lord Almighty who alone is 100% reliable.

Our encouragement today comes from seeing the little things in life

brought about through grandchildren. Lisa and I are richly blessed by our children

and our amazing grandchildren.

Our encouragement today comes from the fact that everything

that happens to us is designed to teach us holiness. If we are open and ready to

learn about ourselves, the Holy One and the peace that comes from holiness, we cannot lose.

Our encouragement today comes from changing our self-talk with one word.

We change 'I have to' to 'I GET to!' That one word change will transform your

attitude and give you an encouraging boost.

Our encouragement today comes from a radical thought.

We would quite frankly change the world if we worked, served, and loved one another

as if it were the last time we would do so.