✨ Verse of the Day
“For we live by believing and not by seeing.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT)
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Bring Your Empty
What if your emptiness is an opportunity for God to work? When life leaves us feeling drained, we often focus on what we don’t have. We don’t have enough strength to keep going, enough answers to know what to do, or enough resources to meet the challenges in front of us. We look at what…
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You’re An Influencer
Your greatest opportunity to impact the world may be closer than you think. When we think of influence, we often think of a large Instagram following or millions of views on a YouTube video, yet our most impactful influence can actually be small in number. It can be at home, work, church, or among friends.…
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What Do You Have in Your Hands: A Lesson from a Flask of Oil
What do you have in your hands? What if the thing you keep overlooking is exactly what God wants to use? Imagine being a widow with creditors knocking at your door and no way to pay your debts. You have almost nothing left. Then someone asks you what you have, and your answer is a…
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Finding Contentment
A Content Life In a 2010 interview, Eunice Sandborn, age 114, said she had a happy life. She didn’t have any complaints. She believed complaining was a choice, and in her 114 years, there were times she had to choose not to complain. Eunice was content as she celebrated her birthday making her the oldest…
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Be Like Barnabas: The World Needs More Encouragers
Are you like Barnabas? He rarely receives the attention given to believers such as Peter and Paul, yet Barnabas had much influence on the early church. He truly lived up to his name, which means “son of encouragement,” and left a legacy worthy of modeling. Amid his generosity and faithfulness, we see that Barnabas believed…
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“I believe, but help my unbelief.”
His son was in trouble, and the father’s world was rocked almost to its core. Mark tells us an evil spirit had seized the boy and would often cause him to have convulsions. This would often cause the boy to fall into fire or water. The dad had faith, but his faith had been pulled…
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Podcast Episode: Finding Faith In Change
Pip: Get Encouraged lives up to its name this week — Chris Miller has been busy covering the kind of territory most of us navigate quietly: doubt, invisibility, setbacks, and the stubborn ordinary Tuesday. Mara: Right — the posts move through questions we bring to God, what it means to feel unseen, and how to…
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Showing Up: Don’t Underestimate the Power of Your Presence
“I don’t know what to say” has been my thought many times. A loved one or close friend is hurting, and I can’t manufacture words to ease the pain. Can you relate? When people are hurting, we often feel pressure to find the perfect words. We want to say something that will remove the pain…
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A Teachable Heart
A Teachable Heart One of the greatest obstacles to growth is the belief that we have nothing left to learn. Think about how much things change at work. The tools we use, the methods we follow, and the technology available to us are constantly evolving. We have to keep learning if we want to keep…
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You Are Noticed. The Lord Doesn’t Overlook You.
Do you feel overlooked? You work hard every day, but it seems everyone else receives the recognition and praise. You’re constantly on the move to care for your home and family, but you don’t even receive a grunt of thanks from your spouse. You give it your all, but it seems no one notices. It…
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