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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me” John 5:39  The religious experts of Jesus’ day had made a big mistake in their approach to Scripture.  They thought that life was received in the understanding of the words.  But the words were lifeless without the Word of God, Jesus Christ.  Jesus told them that the Scriptures testified of Him.  The casual reader may no

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy” Revelation 19:10 The spirit, the purpose, of all prophecy throughout Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, is “the testimony of Jesus.”  Every word uttered by God has It’s ultimate goal being that of testifying and revealing Christ to us and to this world.  Let us gratefully approach and read the whole of God’s word in this same simple and direct way.  Let us receive and understand

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His face continually” Psalm 105:4 Seeking after God’s face strengthens us in “His strength.”  When we continually seek after God’s face, this means we are always beholding Him, “fixing our eyes upon Jesus” (Hebrews 12:2). This also means, perhaps even more importantly, that God’s face is always towards us when we seek Him.  We are not seeking after the back of God’s head. No, we are seeking His fa

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Glory in His holy name; let the heart of those that seek the Lord be glad” Psalm 105:3 Oh if only the hearts of all of God’s people were glad right now, this would help so much, for our own lives and for our testimony, with power, of Jesus Christ to this world.  This Scripture gives us such a simple, perhaps even childlike, yet direct and decisive way for us to “be glad,” even in the midst of this world and troubling times. Let us gl

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; speak of all His wonders” Psalm 105:2  When we allow His praises to fill our temple, the temple that is us, then all of our thoughts become purified.  Praise is intended to be like incense to God, filling the air in the temple with the overwhelming scent of the Holy Spirit.  The only scent (or thought) in the temple is the scent and the sense of praise.  Sing to God. Sing a new song. Make it up right

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples” Psalm 105:1 Here is a beautifully succinct way for you and I to live each day joyfully and effectively in the Lord.  First, let us give thanks to the Lord. Let us Give thanks for Who He is and for all He has done for us.  Second, let us call upon His name. Yes call upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior, our Good Shepherd, our High Priest and a

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace” Hebrews 13:9  Strange teachings carry us away from our necessary awareness of Jesus Christ, whereas God’s grace always strengthens our heart in Jesus.  It is good to be strengthened in Christ.  It is not good to be carried away from Christ.  If we look at the whole world of Christianity, we can easily see how a volume of

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” Proverbs 3:6 Thank God that He is here to make our paths straight.  When we put Christ first in all our ways, fixing our eyes upon Him, then God is able to make all our paths straight.  How does He do this?  God makes our paths straight through making us straight. In our acknowledging Christ first in all our ways, we become focused completely upon Him, and so we

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding” Proverbs 3:5 So, here’s the problem with leaning on our own understanding; it’s that we are leaning.  If we are leaning then we are not standing straight and if we are not standing straight then we are crooked. Also, if we are leaning then we are going to fall down.  This is what leaning on our own understanding does; it causes us to be crooked and falli

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “The life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God , who loved me and gave Himself up for me” Galatians 2:20 The best, most spiritually healthy way possible for you and I to live this new life we have in Jesus Christ, yet still dealing with living in this flesh, is for us to allow our complete focus to be upon “the Son of God, who loved... and gave Himself up for” us.  Jesus loved Paul; He gave Himself up for Pa