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2 Timothy 2:15 2 Timothy 2:15 is a call to the kind of work that does not need applause to sustain it. The worker who handles truth rightly is not performing for an audience. They are working for an audience of One. And that changes everything about how they go about it Does Encounter help you seek the Lord? Please consider giving! Where do you need God's help to handle truth rightly this week?

John 1:1 This meditation from John 1 is an invitation to begin your story earlier. Not with your birth, your wounds, or your plans, but with the Word who already was. John writes, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Before anything was said about you, Someone was speaking. Does Encounter help you spend more time with the Lord? Please consider giving! Wha...

Ephesians 6:18 Ephesians 6:18 is an invitation to a different relationship with prayer. Not prayer as obligation. Not prayer as emergency protocol. Prayer as the ongoing conversation that runs underneath everything else. The breath inside the armor. Does Encounter help you spend more time with the Lord? Please consider giving! How can you weave prayer into your life today?

Ruth 1:16 Ruth didn't have to follow. Naomi herself had given her permission to go. "Return to your own family," she said. "Find a new life." And Ruth said no. This meditation holds us in the mystery of covenant love -- love that decides before the conditions are favorable. Does Encounter help you love others? Please consider giving! Where in your life are you being invited to love?

Romans 8:11 This meditation from Romans 8 is an invitation to believe in resurrection while you are still breathing. Not as a promise reserved for the end of your life, but as a power dwelling in you now. Paul writes that if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal body through His Spirit who dwells in you...

Mark 4:9 Is there something you've been avoiding hearing? A nudge that keeps surfacing, that you keep outrunning? Or perhaps it's the opposite: you've been straining to hear something from God and the silence feels louder than any answer. Does Encounter help you receive God's wisdom? Please consider giving! What do you think God might be trying to help you understand right now?

Ephesians 6:11 When things go wrong, we reach for the most obvious explanation. The difficult person. The unfair circumstance. The thing we can see and name and argue with. Paul had a different view of reality. Does Encounter help you stand firm in Christ's strength? Please consider giving.  When a relationship or situation feels impossible, do you consider that there might be a battle happening t...

Exodus 33:14 Moses asked God not for a strategy or a plan, but simply for company. God's answer is worth sitting with. Not "I will send someone." Not "I will give you a map." But: "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Today's meditation holds us inside that promise. Does Encounter help you rest in God's presence? Please consider giving.  What would it feel like to step into you...

Isaiah 41:13 This meditation from Isaiah 41 is an invitation to notice the hand that has already taken yours. Not as a hand you must reach for in your bravest moment, but as a hand already holding yours in your most fearful one. Does Encounter help you walk hand-in-hand with God? Please consider giving! What fear can you give to the One holding your hand right now?

Hosea 10:12 The invitation of Hosea 10:12 is not a guilt trip. It is a promise. When you turn the soil of your heart and seek the Lord, He comes. He rains righteousness. He doesn't just observe your effort. He meets it. Does Encounter help you say yes to the Lord's invitation? Please consider giving! What has been left untended in your life?

Ephesians 4:2 This meditation from Ephesians 4 is an invitation to bear with the people God has placed in your life. Not as a burden endured through gritted teeth, but as a weight that love makes carryable. Paul writes, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love. Before it is a command, it is a description of how God has always held you. Does Encounter help y...

Psalm 126:5 In today's meditation from Psalm 126, we'll focus on learning to be mindful of how joy abides within every moment of our lives, becoming aware of how even our tears can reap shouts of joy. Does Encounter help you find joy?  Please consider giving! When last did you experience true joy?

James 5:8 This meditation from James 5 is an invitation to wait differently. Not as passing time until something happens, but as establishing your heart on something certain. James writes to weary believers, be patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. The Lord is not merely coming someday. He is near now. Does Encounter help you be patient while you wait? Please consi...

1 Corinthians 16:13-14 The theme for this meditation is learning to love without ceasing.  It is my prayer that you will become aware of endless moments to recognize and reflect on the love of God and be mindful of a world in constant need of His unceasing love. Does Encounter help you rediscover the love of God?   Please consider giving! Who can you love regardless of their love for you?

Matthew 5:44 I pray this meditation will help you see with new eyes, so you can transform a tired life with a newfound faith. Does Encounter help you see with new eyes?   Please consider giving to us! Who in your life needs to be truly seen today?

1 John 1:7 The theme of this meditation from 1 John 1 is living in the light.  It is my prayer that this meditation will help you acknowledge your darkness and accept the light of God, finding hope in Him. Does Encounter help you find hope?  Please consider giving! When have you experienced the light of God overtaking darkness in your life?

Galatians 6:9 Galatians 6:9 is not a command to stop feeling tired. It is a promise spoken into the tiredness. There is a harvest coming. God does not waste faithful effort. The seed that has been planted in prayer, in service, in quiet integrity, in the repeated choice to love well even when it is not returned. None of it is lost. Does Encounter help you find peace?  Please consider giving! Is th...

Luke 6:37 The theme for this meditation from Luke 6 is being seen.  Focus on being mindful of our actions so that others see the peace of God in what we say and what we do. Does Encounter help you find peace?  Please consider giving! What persecution have you faced? How did you respond?

Proverbs 11:25 Proverbs 11:25 is an invitation to bet your life on the generosity of God. Not recklessly. But trustingly. To live with open hands rather than clenched ones, believing that what you release will come back around in ways you could not have planned. Does Encounter help you trust the Lord? Please consider giving.  When was the last time you gave something away without expecting anythin...

Mark 11:24 This guided audio meditation from Mark 11 will offer you much encouragement as you seek to worship God today. I hope it will lead you to transparent worship, honest praise, and sincere longing. Does Encounter help you find authenticity?  Please consider giving! What masks do you wear?

1 John 4:16 This meditation from 1 John 4 is an invitation to abide. Not as a guest in God's love, visiting when you have earned it, but as someone who lives there. Does Encounter help you abide in the love of God?  Please consider giving! What would it look like to make your home inside the love of God?

Isaiah 60:3 The theme of this meditation from Isaiah 60 is hope. I pray you will find peace knowing there is a way forward because, with God, nothing is impossible. Does Encounter help you experience hope?  Please consider giving! When last did the light of the Lord outshine your black night?

Luke 16:10 In today's meditation, we'll talk about skipping shortcuts and being faithful in order to see actual results. Does Encounter help you increase your patience?  Please consider giving! Is there an area of your life where you need extra patience today?

James 3:13 James 3:13 is not a rebuke. It is an invitation. It is asking all of us the same question: does the wisdom you claim actually show up in your daily life? Not in your arguments. In your conduct. In the way you treat people when you are tired, when you are frustrated, when you have been given every reason to be anything but gentle. Does Encounter help you discover the wisdom of Christ?  ...

Psalm 34:19 The promise in Psalm 34:19 is not that your life will be free of hardship. It is far better than that. It is that God is present inside every hardship, and that His deliverance is never in doubt. "Out of them all." That is not a small phrase. That is the whole story. Does Encounter help you find freedom in Christ?   Please consider giving! When you are in the middle of your hardest sea...