Encouragement for Today Quotes

“Hope is at the core of our faith in Christ. As we allow His hope to flow into us, it will flow through us even in the most difficult circumstances. If you are struggling today, take heart.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“Dear Lord, please forgive me for harboring anger. Equip me with a supernatural ability to forgive those who have hurt me. Guard my heart when old emotions threaten to surface. Strip my heart of anger and replace it with joy. In Jesus’ name, Amen. REMEMBER Anger only worsens any situation, but selfless forgiveness brings freedom. We are all called to forgive even when wronged, just as God forgives us.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“God understands what we’re going through. His Word promises He will help us in times of trouble. When adversity strikes, God offers Himself as our refuge and His strength to weather life’s storms. No matter the problems tossing us about, we don’t have to feel like we’re simply hanging on. Instead, we can trust the One who offers us peace and carries us through until we get to calmer shores. Dear Lord, I feel beaten down by the storms of life, drowning in a sea of adversity and stress. I commit to depend on You as my refuge and I place my trust in You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“A simple offering from a willing heart is capable of restoring hope. Be still; listen; administer mercy.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. We must constantly strive to keep our integrity intact. When wealth is lost, nothing is lost. When health is lost, something is lost. When character is lost, all is lost.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“There are times when our strength isn’t enough, when our wings feel heavy. In those times God invites us to rely on Him. God’s promise through the prophet Isaiah is that when we are weary, we can soar like eagles. It’s not our strength that causes us to soar, but God’s strength as He lifts us up and out of our weary places—in His might.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“Whenever you feel frustrated, weak, and alone this week, reassure yourself of God’s promised presence. Apply these truths—”I can’t, God can” and “I’m going to let Him”—to every situation you face.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“If you are living and breathing, your purpose has not yet been fulfilled. No matter what you have done or what has been done to you, God has a plan for your life.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“I’ll continue to look for His goodness because, truly, the most beautiful thing in the midst of pain is a faithful God. One who stands by. One who redeems—all things. One who creates masterpieces out of muck. A God who took the most hopeless situation and the ultimate death and resurrected hope. Resurrected our hope: Jesus.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“Have you prayed for a loved one’s salvation? Or sought God’s favor to restore your child, parent, spouse, or sibling to Him? Maybe you’ve planted every seed you can think of. Gotten on your knees. Shared verses. Given a Bible. Yet no sprout is appearing from the hard ground of your loved one’s heart.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). The key to balance is seeking God’s will for me in this season, and not spending time on assignments meant for other people. Overcommitting myself is always a temptation. But with God’s wisdom and an updated list of all my commitments, I get ongoing reality checks that help me make wise decisions. And although I’m not really good at math, I know that a cup and a half of something will never fit in a one-cup container.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“One of the strategic ways Satan initiates a separation is by luring us into a place of complaining. If he can get us to focus on what is aggravating and negative in life, little cracks of distance start forming in our relationships. The grass starts looking greener everywhere except where we are standing.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living

“Satan’s goal is to cast something between two people in order to cause a separation. Satan wants to separate us with conflict, hurt feelings, misunderstandings, and frustration of all kinds. He wants to separate us from our neighbors, our friends, our coworkers, our parents, our spouses, our kids. He wants to separate us from God’s heart.”
― Renee Swope, Encouragement for Today: Devotions for Everyday Living