Encouragement simply means to impart courage; to build up, to edify, to enable another person to have strength of faith. Among the most important needs a person has is to be affirmed, accepted and loved. A person cannot thrive without these needs being met.

Courage is defined as mental and emotional strength to act righteously. Courage is a godly attribute because it engenders and defines right choices that honor God.

Not everyone agreed. This is sometimes forgotten. The risks were great. The costs were unknown. The sacrifice would be steep. The odds were long and the outcome very much in doubt.

This was the end of day one of the bloodiest battle on the North American continent up to that time. It was April 6, 1862, at a place along the banks of the Tennessee River called Pittsburg Landing. It would be one of the most significant battles of the Civil War. Historians know it as the Battle of Shiloh.

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America Reads the Bible is a national initiative designed and promoted by Bunni Pounds, the founder and president of Christians Engaged, based in Texas. Bunni has a passion for Jesus Christ, the Word of God, and the duties and opportunities of American citizenship.

In the garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus asks God to “let this cup pass,” He anchors the request in this declaration: “Everything is possible for you.” Very similar words were spoken to Mary by the angel Gabriel when she struggled with the concept of virgin birth. He said, “Anything is possible with God.” 

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Reconciliation begins with forgiveness—that sweetest and most profound of virtues…Forgiveness is the sincerest form of love. It is also the costliest and often most difficult.

The act of prayer teaches us our lowliness, which is a very useful lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favors without limiting us to pray for them, we should never know how poor we are

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I can understand why a person might consider a side-path to know God. Why? Because genuine, personal faith requires accountability at the highest level. To many people, being personally responsible to God is off-putting and even scary.

As the sun set over the beautiful Tennessee countryside, a tiny voice cried out. A baby girl, Wilma, premature and weighing only four and a half pounds, became the 20th child born to Ed and Blanche Rudolph, the result of Ed’s two marriages. Two more children would come later.

Christians Engaged’s state of the art mobilization network reaches one million Christians to pray, vote and engage — prior to critical U.S. primary elections

The Message Bible translates Romans 8:5-7 this way, “Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, and ends up thinking more about self than God.”

 It’s a fascinating litany of crises. All manner of difficulties, turmoil, terror, confusion, and hardship come. People’s hearts grip them in fear. They cry out in desperation. They implore God for his deliverance and salvation. They plead for his help. Before the rescue comes, the divine sovereignty is proclaimed. It starts with two words: “Give thanks.”

The Gospel of Christ—the story of Jesus’ unchanging love and saving grace; his death and resurrection; his perfect humanity and sovereign deity—doesn’t need to be redesigned, reformatted, or repackaged. It needs to be preached without compromise and without apology.