Encouraging Words Devotional

The Power of Encouragement

Helen, a junior high math teacher, could see one Friday that the lesson she was trying to teach was not going well. So, she asked the students to make a list of all the kids in the class and write the nicest thing they could think about each one. On the weekend, Helen took the lists and made each student a paper of all the nice things the class had said about him or her. On Monday, she passed out the lists to each student. The kids were surprised at how encouraging the remarks were.

Three Ways to Combat Aging

When we were kids, we could hardly wait for birthdays to roll around. Parties with friends and family, presents, cake, ice cream—to children it's all so exciting. You've probably noticed, however, that the older you get, the faster birthdays seem to come around. And while they're still fun, we begin to see the effects of aging that birthdays bring to us. 

How to Do the Will of God

It's one thing to know what God's will is for you in a situation—that is, what He wants you to do. It's quite another thing to follow through and do His will. In one of his sermons, Bible teacher and author A. W. Tozer pointed out that we have a part to play in doing God's will.

When You Face a Situation Bigger Than You

When God was giving instructions to Moses, He knew his people would sooner or later go to war against an enemy stronger than they were.

Understand God’s Love For You

For years Dr. Margaret Brand served as a missionary eye surgeon in southern India.  In the rural areas she would sometimes do a hundred cataract surgeries in a single day.

Find Out How To Put Back Together A Broken Life

A young woman in prison wrote me the following story:

My life was like a bottle. I always thought I was going to be something special. Maybe I'd be used to hold some costly medicine, or I might be used as a fine vase on some rich person's table. But I ended up just a plain green bottle sent down a conveyor belt and filled with cheap wine.

Stop And Turn To God Today For Your Needs

Sometimes Bible verses become so familiar that we gloss over them without applying them in a practical way to our lives. Isaiah 9:6 is one of those. 

Discover God’s Purpose For You

While I am convinced that every one of us is here on earth for a reason—that each of us is created for a purpose, whenever I speak on this subject, inevitably the question comes up, "But what about people with disabilities? How can they ever attain their purpose? Did God make a mistake when He made them?"

How To Wait And Trust In God’s Timing

When I was growing up, we used to sing a country Gospel song that went,

"Farther along we'll know all about it,

Farther along we'll understand why."

Where Is God When We Pray?

Sometimes when we pray, we sense the presence of God in the room with us. Other times God seems so very far away. Somebody quipped, "If God seems far away from you, guess who moved!" But I don't think that is necessarily true. That would be tantamount to asserting that if you can't "feel" God's presence, then He must not be there.