Category: Encourage

10 Words of Prayerful Hope for the Struggling

by Chuck Lawless | Jun 16, 2025 | Encourage, Feature | 0

The psalmist wrestled at times with trusting God, but his faith in God also echoed throughout his...

‘We will keep going’: Widowed missionary returns to field

by Jacob King | Jul 20, 2024 | Encourage, Feature, Missions & Church | 0

Every morning when she opens her eyes, Erica Patrick thanks God for life and breath and another...

How To Be There for Those Walking Through Grief

by Jacob King | Jul 19, 2024 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Grief is a painful and difficult experience for those who’ve been stricken by its sting and grip....

7 Reasons Why Pastors Need Encouragement Today

by Chuck Lawless | Jun 18, 2024 | Encourage, Feature | 0

I’m always grateful for “Pastor Appreciation Month” every time it comes around in October. It...

Connect: Handling criticism

by Todd Fisher | Jun 17, 2023 | Encourage, Feature | 0

One of the joys of serving in this position is I get to talk with pastors. I talk with pastors...

Encourage: Keep on asking

by Hance Dilbeck | Jun 25, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to...

Encourage: Be mindful of the ‘Main Thing’

by Hance Dilbeck | Jun 10, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

This is my penultimate Baptist Messenger article—that is, next to the last. On June 25, I will...

Encourage: Remember or repeat

by Hance Dilbeck | May 28, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commemoration will take place on May 31. Politics is...

Encourage: Pray for 3,000 professions of faith at Falls Creek

by Hance Dilbeck | May 16, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Oklahoma Baptists, let’s ask God for 3,000 students to be saved at Falls Creek this summer. The...

Encourage: The value of children

by Hance Dilbeck | May 2, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

I am writing this article from a Best Western hotel room in a county seat town in southern...

Encourage: Reconciliation—the saving work of Jesus Christ

by Hance Dilbeck | Apr 16, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Earnest Hemingway wrote a short story titled, “The Capital of the World.” A boy named Paco defies...

Encourage: He is risen indeed!

by Hance Dilbeck | Mar 30, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

This is the fourth Easter since I began serving Oklahoma Baptists as executive director-treasurer....

Encourage: Prepare for Easter Sunday

by Hance Dilbeck | Mar 14, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

As you read this article, Easter Sunday 2021 is less than a month away. Hard to believe. You don’t...

Encourage: Silly questions

by Hance Dilbeck | Feb 27, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

Salome woke up that morning with a problem. She was prepared to get to the tomb at sunrise to care...

Encourage: Focus and boldness

by Hance Dilbeck | Feb 13, 2021 | Encourage, Feature | 0

I began 2021 reading Acts in my quiet time. I am struck by the focus and the boldness of the...