BeEncourage with Michelle Brown Reynolds

Join me in short prayer today.  BeEncourage as we face another day. 

1 Corinthians 6:9-20  Paul is seeking to help us understand the process of being set apart from the rest of the world. We were designed to live set apart from the ways of the sinful world; we are set apart for something greater. To be set apart is a life that all Christians are called to live. Although we play a part in our sanctification, it is a work God does in our lives as we follow him. The C...

How do you know that you are saved? What must you do to be saved?  Becoming saved is the easy part. Growing in, accepting, and understanding the faith is when it becomes tricky. Being saved seems to simplistic to many people so they doubt and question.  How can simply believing and confessing that Jesus Christ is Lord enough to give us eternal life? What is eternal life?  How many of you have John...

Hebrews 1:1-6 Faith plays an unrecognizable role in our daily lives.  The faith that God requires is different from the faith of the world. There is an element of trust that makes the difference. The faith of the world can be seen as a form of spirituality meaning he or she is a person of faith, others understand faith as a resolute or unwavering belief that something good will happen, and some ca...

Prayer In Luke 15 Jesus is telling 3 parables; the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. Each parable ending in celebration of the lost being found. Jesus is telling these parables after the pharisees and scribes complained against him welcoming sinners.  Like the two previous parables the parable of the lost son demonstrates God’s love for the lost and the joy He experiences when they retu...

Prayer Open your bibles with me to Romans 3:20-28 Context:  At the time that Paul is writing this letter there are two sets of jews, Gentile Christians who were very non-Jewish in costume and Jewish Christian who followed the law. Paul is writing this letter to the divided churches with the purpose of sharing the Good news that will unify the churches. Read romans 1:17-18 these versed reveals the...