Words of Encouragement

Today's word of encouragement: It is okay to be weak. Your frustration with the sin that clings so closely to you is not an indictment of your faith, but proof of it. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: “In my place condemned He stood and sealed my pardon with His blood, hallelujah, what a Savior.” Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: Jesus longs for all people to live in peace with Him. So much so, that He left His throne to be like us, suffer and die for us and resurrect to create a way for us. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: We do not come to God with our good works and strength, but with our frailties and weakness. Weeping may endure through the night, but joy comes in the morning. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: “Buddha’s final words: Strive unceasingly. Jesus’ final words: it is finished.” Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: no matter our motives or life circumstances, God is always ready to engage graciously with us. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: While we may stubbornly ask God for a sign, some relief to our problems, He has given it to us: the death and resurrection of Christ. It may not be what we want. But it is exactly the gracious gift we need. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: Jesus has the authority to define how we interact with God. And He says, over and over, we are in good standing because of His grace. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: “When Jesus died for a drunk world, He gave us to drink the cup of salvation. That cup, that wine, will never run out.” Paul Walker's sermon: Jesus Died For A Drunk World Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: On account of Christ and what He has done, hear these words come from the open doors of heaven – your sins are forgiven. Go in peace. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: In Jesus, the old you has passed away, behold, the new is here. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: Come and see Jesus. I promise He is who He claims to be. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement comes from a sermon I preached at Hope Evangelical Free Church on February 24th, 2022. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: The Chosen One of God did not wield power the way our world does. He defeated death by dying, sin by becoming sin, and shame by becoming shameful. He did all this so we no longer have to deal with these things but instead are freed from them. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: Fix your eyes on Jesus, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: we are far more like the Jewish leaders than we are John the Baptist…and yet, time and again we see that Jesus came to save & forgive sinners, the sick, those who know their great need requires a great Savior. In Jesus, we have this. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement comes from Luther’s sermon on this section: “What if all this is but a fallacious hope?...No says, the evangelist, this is not a fictitious and false grace; it is a grace free from hypocrisy, deceit, and duplicity; it makes all the words and actions of the Son not only pleasing to the Father, dear to Him, and cherished, but also genuine, and sincere, and the absolute truth. It is a real grace. Christ did not have to earn this grace; it was His by nature…All His words are true and reliable, without deceit and falsehood. His words are not only gracious or full of grace but also true.” Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement comes from a sermon I preached at Hope Evangelical Free Church on January 16th, 2022. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, knows you and forgives you. Point to Him. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound

Today's word of encouragement: God’s promised plan to rescue and redeem us from the darkness was present in the beginning. Not just as an idea, but as a person who would come to save us. Bump music: Dreams by Bensound