The first of many "Encouraging Words" from Danny and Kurt. We will discuss short passages in the Bible and use those to encourage you as you go through your week in the Lord. All in under ten minutes! We hope you enjoy them and that you are truly encouraged!

Hebrews 2:2 says, "looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Danny And Kurt will look at this passage and discuss what it means for the Lord in His passion and for us today, as we watch Him give His life for the whole world that we all may see His love for us.

There is an ominous message that is going out from our world leaders and top scientists. If we do not reverse our course as it concerns climate change, the destruction that is coming will be devastating to all humanity. In this episode, Danny and Kurt will look at these warnings and use the word of God to understand our place in all of this worldly concern. 

This is a title that needs some explaining. In this episode, Danny and Kurt talk about the difficult passage in James 1:2. "My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience." We should count it as joy when we face the trials that come our way and yet that is very hard to do. James tells us that we know the testing of our faith produces patience. 

In 1 Corinthians 12:30-31 Paul says, "Do all have gifts of healings? Do all have gifts of tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet now I show you a more excellent way." In this episode, Danny and Kurt discuss the more excellent way in 1 Corinthians 13 and how excellent it truly is.

In John's gospel, Jesus asks Peter three times, "Do you love Me?" Danny and Kurt look at this moment between the Lord and His apostle and discuss the question, its depth, and what it means for us.

The third and final time we hear the voice of Satan is found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Jesus was led out into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit and fasted for forty days and forty nights. The tempter came to Him at that time and what He has to say to Jesus is recorded for us. Danny and Kurt will look at that important conversation between the father of lies and the Prince of Life and see what we can all learn from our Lord and Savior.

Forgiveness is such a beautiful word. It's beautiful to the one who has been forgiven and it's beautiful to the one who forgives. In this episode, Danny and Kurt talk about forgiveness, its beauty, and the challenges that present themselves when it's time to forgive in a godly way.

The second time we hear the voice of the devil in Scripture is found in the first two chapters of the book of Job. When the devil spoke to Eve in Genesis 3, he accused God before man. This time he will go to God and accuse man before God. Jesus says this about the devil in John 8:44. "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it."

Why did the Lord choose a young shepherd boy to go out and fight Goliath? Why did the Lord tell Gideon that three hundred men would be enough to defeat the Midianites who were numbered as the sand of the sea? Why was Jesus, the Son of God born in a manger and why did He grow up in the home of a carpenter in Nazareth? Because God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty (1 Corinthians 1:27). In this episode, Danny and Kurt will discuss this amazing truth in God. He chooses the weak to defeat the mighty things of the world because no flesh shall glory in His presence (1 Corinthians 1:29).