Author Archives: Daily Encouragement

“Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.”   (Psalm 55:22, NKJV)

The key to longevity and stability in a wide variety of aspects (e. g. moral, emotional, spiritual, relational) is the act of casting your cares on the Lord.  The more of our cares we give to Him, the more of His wisdom, confidence, and strength we receive in return.

The times we prefer to coddle our concerns in the privacy of our minds is the precise time we ought to be casting — throwing — those same concerns onto our heavenly Father.  Sharing multiplies our joys and divides our sorrows.

When we choose to keep to ourselves the very concerns that wring all of the joy from life, we deprive ourselves of a Confidant who has never revealed a secret; a Friend who has never betrayed a trust; a Defender who has never been defeated.  – Luther

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Holy Week: Musical Encouragement #2

Luther’s note:  As we enter the second day of Holy Week, our attention is fixed on the passion of our Lord.

The group that recorded yesterday’s Musical Encouragement, “It is Well with My Soul,” during the limitations of the Covid 19 pandemic — The David Wesley Virtual Choir — has since gone on to record other hymns in the A Capella style that allows us to hear music from the world’s first instrument: The human voice.

As we ponder the valleys and the mountains of our Savior during this week of reflection, prayer, and re-commitment; I hope the words of the hymn, “Christ Alone,” will help prepare your mind and heart to receive (as John the Baptist proclaimed upon first seeing Jesus), “The Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world.”

Without Him, we have nothing. With Him, we have everything.

Click here, and be encouraged by the matchless love of God for us — in Christ alone. Have a blessed week!

Holy Week: Musical Encouragement #1

Luther’s note:  Today’s encouragement came to me a few years ago from my good friend and fellow Kansan, Todd L.  Our musical encouragement is a rendition of Horatio Spafford‘s hymn, “It is Well With My Soul,” performed by a large group of Nashville, Tennessee-based singers who — with respect to Covid19 physical distancing guidelines during the pandemic — did their respective solo parts on their cellphones. The “parts” were then engineered by sound and video technicians and the result is truly arresting! 

Click here, and be encouraged by our eternal Hope.  Have a blessed Holy Week!

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