Encouraging Words from Charlie Gross

Our encouragement today comes from a story about my love for certain pieces of classical music and the soprano voices in that music. The story also has an interesting twist as I interacted with my Alexa while driving along in my Toyota Prius Prime.

Our encouragement today comes from an amazing story with powerful symbology. You'll just have to listen to this saga about an incident that happened on the road to the Unter Uns Oktoberfest in Altoona, PA Then, pause, reflect and say a prayer of thanks to Jesus Christ.

Our encouragement today comes from another answer to prayer for a safe, serene, helpful bus tutorial for a young refugee woman. Let me recount the day and show you all the many ways that God guided me, blessed me, and helped me help someone else. After listening, spend some time in prayer and be amazed.

Our encouragement today comes from a connection nature helped me make between the diversity of beetles and the plethora of Christian denominations. I hope you can get the same encouragement that I did simply from the way we split, divide, and disagree over theology, but hold to the center of faith in Jesus Christ.

Our encouragement today comes from a simple little sticker on the back of a Toyota Sienna. It simply said, I hope something nice happens to you today. That simple message lifted my spirits and encouraged me to look for nice things, do nice things, and pass nice things along. Hope it does for you, too.

Our encouragement today comes from Jesus' attitude and focus in the story of raising Lazarus from the dead. In just the first 17 verses of John 11, we see two distinctly different attitudes portrayed by Jesus and his disciples. I hope you get challenged and encouraged by Jesus' attitude.

Our encouragement today comes from a beautiful, simple story of how the nudge of the Holy Spirit eased our travel woes. My hope for you is that you will be encouraged and blessed by this little tale of traveling mercies. Maybe you too will feel the nudge.

Our encouragement today comes from the Diane Sawyer ABC Special titled - The Mystery of Richard Simmons. This was a powerfully encouraging broadcast for at least three reasons. Listen to this five-minute podcast and be encouraged and challenged in new ways.

Our encouragement today comes from my daily Bible reading in Luke chapter 18:35-43. It's the story of the blind beggar outside Jericho. I'm encouraged by all of his asking. Especially, asking in faith! My hope is that after you listen to this, you too will ask in faith.

Our encouragement today comes from a rather wierd quirk I have while watching crime shows on TV. I usually Google the victim's name to see who dunnit and what sentence is handed down. But, there's some intereting encouragement in the WHY I do this. Check it out.

Our encouragement today comes from some great advice following an embarassing incident. The bottom line is to accept help when it's offered and maybe more than that, ask for help in accomplishing your tasks. I know it's not rocket science, but it could enhance your life.

Our encouragement today comes from Luke 5 where Jesus heals the paralytic lowered to him through the roof. He saw their faith and healed him. Then I askeed ChatGPT to give more examples of faith and write a sermon on it. It's a powerful sermon. Listen and be encouraged.

Our encouragement today comes from the simple concept of FREE. This simple idea came to me while riding my recumbent bike today because I found this bike listed for free on Facebook Market place. Listen to where this thought took me next. It's life-giving.

Our encouragement today comes from the words and faith of Habakkuk and especially when I updated the words from 600 BCE to words for today, in today's context. Listen to this short podcast and be encouraged to live by total faith in Almighty God.

Our encouragement today comes from the providence of listening to one of my podcasts from five years ago and how it fit perfectly with an upcoming Sunday sermon. The timing of all this was just amazing. And the topic could change your life.

Our encouragement today comes from a simple observation after pondering my response of, I wonder why? It went from there to a wild story from the 1800s about curiosity and efforts.

Our encouragement today comes from a brief shopping trip to Books A Million with my mom. Maybe you will be inspired or encouraged by mom, too.

Our encouragement today comes from the perfect timing of God's words for my worrisome life. I'm always amazed at how the Lord brings just the right words, stories, and images to me, when I most need them. My hope is that some of these encouraging, worry-free words are what you need to hear today.

Our encouragement today comes from the realization that we are at our best, we are in our zone, when we are being useful for someone else or for something greater than ourselves. This seems to be a recurring theme for me. In this podcast I show some of the factors around NOT being useful.

Our encouragement today comes from the simple realization that we are at our best, we are in our zone, when we are lavishing our gifts on the world and one another.

Our encouragement today comes from the integrity and the strength of Joseph. Joseph heard God's word through angels and obeyed. Joseph was a man of few words (none recorded in scripture) but he was integral to God's plan.

Our encouragement today comes from slowing down and spending time with God in prayer, conversation, and listening. I hope you can find encouragement in this too and spend more time in prayer.

Our encouragement today comes from simply asking for what I needed. It's a crazy story, but makes a powerful point. Oh, and since this is version 2, I included the original ASKING podcast from Oct 2020 at the end as an option!

Our encouragement today comes from some simple tools that helped snap me out of a funk, out of a depressed mood. It involves God's Word, prayer, exercise, Encouraging Word podcasts, and Moritist psychotherapy. Give it a try!

Our encouragement today comes from an idea that would help me to move closer to my overall purpose. It came out of some soul searching and then a few hours of concentrated work.