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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace” Isaiah 9:6   Wait, how can this be? How can the son who “will be given to us” be called “Eternal Father?” How is this possible?   How can “Eternal Father” God also be, at the same time, the “child” who “will be born to us?   The answer l

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace.” Isaiah 9:6   God’s son, Who has been graciously “given to us” that we would know Him as our “Wonderful Counselor,” is also “Mighty God.”   What does this tell us about our Mighty God?   I’m struck by how lovingly and tenderly God calls

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of peace” Isaiah 9:6   I love that “Wonderful Counselor” is the first name mentioned for the “son” Who “will be given to us” in this passage from Isaiah. Even before God mentioned His Own mighty, eternal presence and Lordship, He first wanted peop

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me” Exodus 30:30   God considers ministering “as priests to Me” to be an anointing and an act of consecration.   In this day we, the body of Christ, have been freely offered and called to this same anointing and consecration, to be “a royal priesthood, a people for God’s Own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who h

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: “You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagle’s wings, and brought you to Myself. Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; and you shall be to

Today's Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: "I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation." Psalm 118:21   If ever you cannot think of something to praise and thank your God for, then thank Him personally for saving you.   Yes, I encourage you to develop the most blessed grateful habit of thanking God, in His presence, for He has answered you and has become your salvation.   He may not have been the answer you were originally looking fo

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, ‘Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen’” Revelation 7:11-12   Look at the amazing company that thanksgiving keeps in this great verse from the book of Revelation.   As this verse s

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me” Psalm 50:23   How do we, as Christians, offer to God “a sacrifice of thanksgiving” in this day and why would it be a sacrifice at all to offer God thanksgiving?   If we are distressed and downcast, and don’t even feel worthy to enter God’s presence, and yet we sacrifice our feelings about ourselves and our state of mind, to praise our God anyway, this is a sacrifice of thanksgiving

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7   Which would you prefer; to be anxious while you pray or to be in the peace of God while you pray? Thanksgiving is the difference between these two states of awareness.   Prayer

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2   Here is a great piece of advice and encouragement for us, from the apostle Paul, concerning how we may experience a more enlivened and effectual prayer life.   Let us keep alert with an attitude of thanksgiving.   Giving thanks to God keeps us most blessedly aware of our Lord. Whereas praying without thanksgiving can lock us up in com