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Category: Daily Dose of Encouragement

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 30

    We have reached the end of November where we have focused on being grateful. May we continue to be grateful throughout the year! What are you grateful for today? I am grateful for the beauty of the first “big” snow of the season. I am looking out on it as I write this. The streetlights…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 29

    YAWN! Today, I am thankful for a nice warm bed. Not everyone has that. It is something we take for granted until we don’t have it. (And, this morning, I wanted to stay in it a bit longer!) What are you grateful for today? God provides for us! Psalm 34:10 “10  The young lions do…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 28

    Today, I am thankful for windows, specifically car windows, more specifically, driver’s side windows. It is amazing how lack increases gratefulness! My driver’s window broke yesterday, 50 miles from home, in Michigan. In the midst, there was so much to be thankful for. It wasn’t raining or snowing or sleeting. It was at the end…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 27

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! What are you grateful for today? I am thankful for you in Home Connections. It is wonderful to walk this journey together. Praise Him! Psalm 150 1  Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: Praise him in the firmament of his power. 2  Praise him for his mighty acts: Praise him…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 26

    Today, I am grateful for my medical team. Yes, it is a whole team of doctors that help me stay on top of my conditions. What are you thankful for? Sometimes, family gatherings can be tense. Sometimes, it is hard to love others who treat us poorly. Yet, Jesus has a different way to respond.…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 25

    Psalm 9:1-2 “1  I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2  I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.” Today, I am thankful to have a voice to sing praise to God. A…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 24

    Seasons of life change. This morning, I was thinking about those changing seasons and how God is the same through all of them. He is there in all of them. We can glorify Him through all of them. I am thankful that we can serve and love God through all of the seasons of life.…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 23

    As I type this, Christmas lights twinkle around me. A friend came to help decorate for Christmas yesterday. I love the quiet peace of Christmas lights. I am grateful for lights as they make me remember the Light of the world who brought light to our darkness. What are you grateful for today? John 8:12…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 22

    Today, I am grateful for my parents. My father was a pastor. Yes, I am a dreaded “Preacher’s Kid.” My mom served faithfully beside him in the church. They both taught us to put God first in everything, to love God and to love people. They taught us to serve cheerfully and faithfully to the…

  • Daily Dose of Encouragement: Gratefuls – 21

    What are you grateful for today? Today, I am grateful when God does something more than we could imagine possible. This week, I am experiencing that. For years, I had to work through the Thanksgiving break due to one report. Last year, I was able to take Thanksgiving off. This week, we are finishing the…