The Daily Reminder: Recent Episodes
Travis L. Edwards
This podcast is a daily reminder of promises and principles that will help us enjoy a full and meaningful life.
Life can be difficult, so have fun whenever you can to the glory of God. -Pete Scazzero
The better we know the word of God, the better we will know the will of God -Warren Wiersbe
Sometimes it appears it's more important for us to be "right" than to be Jesus -Bob Goff
If you can trust God to save you for eternity, you can trust him to lead you for a lifetime. -David Platt
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip. -Billy Graham
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. -Edward Everett Hale
Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind. We are useless. - Charles Spurgeon
To desire revival... and at the same time to neglect (personal) prayer and devotion is to wish one way and walk another. — A.W. Tozer
When you stand before the Lord, he will not examine your title but your towel. -Unknown
The Holy Spirit's main ministry is not to give thrills but to create in us Christlike character. J. I. Packer
Our eyes should be taken off self, removed from our own weakness and allowed to rest implicitly upon God’s strength E.M. Bounds
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.Robert E. Lee
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Robert Murray M'Cheyne
God has answered every prayer i have ever prayed. He either gave me what I asked for, or He gave me what I should have asked for.~Puritan Pastor
Now there is one hour more that I must answer for. -Ignatius of Antioch, (When he heard the clock strike)
The answer to the national dilemma is not the Oval Room of the White House, but th upper room in God's house. -Leonard Ravenhill.
God is responsible for the consequences of our obedience, WE are responsible for the consequences of our disobedience Charles Stanley
Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won't take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother Barbara Johnson
Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire -Tim Keller
There are many sorts of broken hearts, and Christ is good at healing them all Charles Spurgeon
If we want to go deeper in our relationships, we can't go shallow with our authenticity. -Bob Goff
I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. Smith Wigglesworth
Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way. — Zig Ziglar
God does not give us everything we want, but he does fulfill his promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to himself.-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The driver on the highway is safe not when He reads the signs, but when He obeys them - A. W. Tozer
We shall not grow weary of waiting upon God if we remember how long and how graciously he once waited for us. — Charles Spurgeon
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
How different our standard is from Christ's. We ask how much a man gives. Christ asks how much he keeps. -Andrew Murray
Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath. -J. Oswald Sanders
This generation of Christians is responsible for this generation of souls on the earth! -Keith Green
In every storm there is a 'Peace! Be still.' Christ will speak where prayer's call invites Him. -Jack Hayford
The more I love people, the more I fall in love with God. The more I fall in love with God, the more I love people. Jon Weece
Your day might begin by your pleading for help. But if you are trusting the Lord, it could end by your praising Him for the help He has given you. Warren Wiersbe
God runs the universe by decree, not by democracy. He knows everything, is everywhere, and can do anything. His decrees will succeed. Warren Wiersbe
What is the reason there is so much preaching and so little practice? For want of meditation. -Thomas Manton
Trusting Jesus is like watching a lit fuse; it's only a matter of time before hes going to do awesome things in your life -Bob Goff
In our sorrows, God's Word is our delight.In our difficulties, it is our guide. — Charles Spurgeon
If you have to choose between your plans and your loved ones, go with the sure thing and choose love -Bob Goff
When you cross paths with Jesus, you can’t help but walk away changed. I AM changes who i am. -Greg Matte
You are my strength, I sing praise to you; you, God, are my fortress, my God on whom I can rely. -Psalm 59:17
You want to make a big bold difference in this world? Then pray big, bold prayers. -Craig Groeschel
You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father's face and tell Him you have received His Christmas gift. -John Rice
Who can add to Christmas? The perfect motive is that God so loved the world. The perfect gift is that He gave His only Son. The only requirement is to believe in Him. The reward of faith is that you shall have everlasting life. -Corrie Ten Boom
Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. Barbara Johnson
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with. -Billy Graham
We are following a God we can't see, for a lifetime we can't measure, to a heaven we can't comprehend, because of grace we didn't earn. -Bob Goff
Any doubt of the Father's love for his people disappeared the night God was wrapped in barnyard towels so the hay wouldn't scratch his back. -Max Lucado
Hopes placed in mortals die with them;all the promise of their power comes to nothing. -Proverbs 11:7
There are generations yet unborn,whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take. Andy Andrews
If you are a person of faith, at some point you'll need to decide whether you want to be right or if you want to be Jesus. -Bob Goff
I believe ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. -John Wooden
It's not your schedule that keeps you from praying, it's your failure to realize the importance of prayer.
Jim George
The only never you should focus on is that God will never let you down. Charles Stanley
Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done; Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done. -Johnson Oatman
Prayer is the language of the poor. The self-sufficient don’t pray; they don’t need to. The self-satisfied don’t pray; they don’t want to. Leonard Ravenhill
Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. Psalm 21:6
Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.
Andy Stanley
There are three ways to ultimate success. The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. -Mister Rogers
If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading. John Maxwell
The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps. Proverbs 14:15
One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
Dallas Willard
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales
Is God's voice the loudest voice in your life?
That's the question.
If the answer is no, that's the problem. Mark Batterson
If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.”
Gerald Good
But you, Lord, are a shield around me,my glory, the One who lifts my head high. Psalm 3:3 https://youtu.be/oWlLbvLa_Cs
“Stay close to Christ—because the closer you are to him, the farther away you are from the devil.” Billy Graham
Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. Margaret Cousins
If you want to do the work of God, pay attention to people. Notice them. Especially the people nobody else notices.
John Ortberg
Suffering isn’t an obstacle to being used by God. It is an opportunity to be used like never before. -Levi Lusko
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
We live under the sun, but our destiny is beyond its rising and setting.
David Jeremiah
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. -Psalm 20:7
Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date. ~John Maxwell
There’s no sense in doing a lot of barking if you don’t really have anything to say. -Snoopy
Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. ~Psalm 12:1
The tragedy of today is that the situation is desperate but the saints are not ~Vance Havner
I just think it’s amazing that a person could lose everything, chasing nothing. ~Andy Andrews
Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. ~Proverbs 8:34
The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances. ~Elisabeth Elliot
Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God. ~Jim Elliot
At the fork in every road, choose the road that brings you nearer to God.
~Elizabeth George
God has never refused to bear your burdens, he has never fainted under their weight ~Charles Spurgeon
The next time you are faced with an insurmountable problem, I’d advise you to look into the heavens on a clear night. -Jim Cymbala
I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. -Psalm 26:3
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. ~Psalm 91:11
You make more friends by becoming interested in other people than by trying to interest other people in yourself ~Dale Carnegie
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. -2 Corinthians 10:4
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever. John 14:16
Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. -Acts 2:38
You have never lived a perfect day until you have helped someone who can never repay you in any way -John Wooden
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. -John 14:6
The only never you should focus on is that God will never let you down.
Charles F. Stanley
"God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go." -Tony Evans
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. -Mark 11:24
"He who counts the stars and calls them by their names is in no danger of forgetting his own children."
— Charles Spurgeon
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” -Matthew 4:19
I keep putting things in the microwave and God keeps putting them back in the crockpot. Whatever is distracting you today, give it a little more time. -Bob Goff
No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other person. -1 Corinthians 10:24
I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming. -George Muller
Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. -Watchman Nee
The question is not, will God keep his promises, but, will we build our lives upon them? -Max Lucado
May the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another
-1 Thessalonians 3:12
The greatest tragedy in life is the prayers that go unanswered because they go unaaked
-Mark Batterson
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins
-1 Peter 4:8
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
― Francis of Assisi
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love
-1 Corinthians 13:13
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
― John Bunyan
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
-Ephesians 4:2
Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.
― James Hudson Taylor
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
-1 John 4:16
Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.
― Jim Elliot
**Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.**
-Proverbs 3:3-4
The spirit of complaint is born out of an unwillingness to trust God with today. … spending your time looking back toward Egypt or wishing for the future all the while missing what God is doing right now.
― Priscilla Shirer
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
-Colossians 3:14
I have learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the rock of ages.
– Charles Spurgeon
**Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life.**
-Psalm 143:8
If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes to pass in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart
-Oswald Chambers
My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
―Brennan Manning
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
-1 Corinthians 13:4-5
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.
– CS Lewis
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
-James 3:13
We can see hope in the midst of hopelessness. We can see peace in the midst of chaos. We have a hope that the world does not have. We can see clearly that all things work together for the good of them that love Him and are called according to His purpose
-Priscilla Shirer
**Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
but whoever ignores correction leads others astray**
-Proverbs 10:17
What gives me the most hope every day is God's grace; knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God
-Rick Warren
God is able to take the mess of our past and turn it into a message. He takes the trials and tests and turns them into a testimony
-Christine Caine
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows; it empties today of its strength
-Corrie Ten Boom
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
-Galatians 2:20
The greater your knowledge of the goodness and grace of God on your life, the more likely you are to praise Him in the storm
-Matt Chandler
For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
-Deuteronomy 30:16
Faith does not eliminate questions. But faith knows where to take them
-Elisabeth Elliot
Relying on God has to start all over everyday, as if nothing has yet been done
-C.S. Lewis
**Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,
but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.**
-Proverbs 13:3
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. -Psalm 37:7
If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look 'little' or 'big'.
-Elisabeth Elliott
Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one
-A.W. Tozer
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself
-Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven
-Ecclesiastes 3:1
He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he's moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain.
-Randy Alcorn
**Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.**
-Proverbs 4:23
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it
-Thomas Paine
If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
**For You are my rock and my fortress;
For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.**
-Psalm 31:3
**My flesh and my heart may fail,
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.**
-Psalm 73:26
**“The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 “He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.**
-1 Peter 3:10-11
God will meet you where you are in order to take you where He wants you to go
-Tony Evans
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
-Mark 8:36
We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because he holds tightly to us.
-R.C. Sproul
**He who pursues righteousness and loyalty
Finds life, righteousness and honor.**
-Proverbs 21:21
Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.
-Colossians 3:23-24
Our greatest fear should not be failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter
-Francis Chan
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place
-C.S. Lewis
Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time
-Ephesians 5:15-16
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations
-Charles Swindoll
**The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in
From this time forth and forever.**
-Psalm 121:7-8
See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are.
-1 John 3:1
Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
-James 1:2-4
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
-Billy Graham
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light -1 Peter 2:9
Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us.
- Hebrews 12:1
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will
-Jonathan Edwards
But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord
-Philippians 3:7-8
God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows
-Timothy Keller
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever
-Ephesians 3:20-21
Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong
- 1 Corinthians 16:13
Therefore, my beloved, be firm, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord
-1 Corinthians 15:58
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
-Romans 15:13
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
–Abraham Lincoln
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
–Henry Ford
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
Romans 8:31
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
-Romans 8:28
Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.
-John 15:13
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
–Martin Luther King Jr.
**The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,
Because he trusts in You.**
-Isaiah 26:3
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
–Abigail Van Buren
**Taste and see that the Lord is good;
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him**
-Psalm 32:8
A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.
–Unknown
**One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.**
-Psalm 27:4
**The Lord is good,
A stronghold in the day of trouble,
And He knows those who take refuge in Him.**
-Nahum 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the Law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may achieve success wherever you go.
-Joshua 1:7
Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or in dread of them, for the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you.
-Deuteronomy 31:6
**Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me**
-Psalm 23:4
Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.
–Jamie Paolinetti
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci
So teach us **to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.**
-Psalm 90:12
And my God will supply [a]all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
-Philippians 4:19
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in [a]any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
–Maya Angelou
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
–Anne Frank
These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world
-John 16:33
With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God
-Mark 10:27
**Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.**
-Isaiah 40:31
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
-Matthew 7:7
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.
–Erma Bombeck
**Do not fear, for I am with you;
Do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, I will also help you,
I will also uphold you with My righteous right hand.’**
-Isaiah 41:10
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
–Aristotle
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
**Depart from me, you evildoers,
that I may keep the commandments of my God**
-Psalm 119:114-115
You don't have to go anywhere to find God; He is everywhere. What is lacking is awareness -Mark Batterson
A fool does not delight in understanding,
But in revealing his own mind.
-Proverbs 18:2
**When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.**
-Isaiah 43:2
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you
-Isaiah 26:3
**Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous to be shaken.**
-Psalm 55:22
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart
**Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.**
-Proverbs 3:5-6
**The Lord’s acts of mercy indeed do not end,
For His compassions do not fail.*They *are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.**
-Lamentations 3:22-23
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
-Joshua 1:9
In this Episode Travis shares how Jesus wants us to experience peace in the midst of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 storm. Based on Matthew 8:18-27.