Any Given Monday Encouragement!

By Stanley W. Howard

Any Given Monday ENCOURAGEMENT! is a book in which I give Monday, the most dreaded day of the week, acknowledgment as the day of ENCOURAGEMENT!

Monday is usually the start of the work week for most and the beginning of a new week for many. Monday tends to be the blame day for things going wrong.

Think about it, usually when you ask someone, “How’s your day going?” on a Monday and things are not going good, what do they say? “It’s a Monday!” Things can be a little challenging any other day of the week, but what do you hear?

It’s Monday all over again!

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 21, 2019
• ISBN: 9781546276692

Stanley W. Howard

Stanley W. Howard was born October 14, 1964 in Stamford, Connecticut. He was a shy and bashful little kid who always had a curiosity about God, Church and the Bible. He could remember going to church with his mom just up the street from where they lived, 72 Spruce Street. After church he would come home, go into his room, line up his little solider men and his GI Joes--they were bigger back then--and he would get his mother’s Bible and preach to them. He always got something out of church. As he got a little older, he was allowed to be an usher. Fast forward to when he was a teenager--His family, consisting of his Dad, Mom, and two brothers, moved to Bethel, North Carolina. His mother made it a point to find a church to attend. They ended up at Medley Chapel C.M.E Church in Bethel, North Carolina. There he continued to pursue his curiosity of God and the Bible. Fast forward to adulthood--Stanley ended up becoming President of the Steward Board for some 20 plus years, right hand to the Pastor. A Steward in the Methodist church is the equivalent to a Deacon in the Baptist church. Stanley has also been a Sunday School Teacher, taught Bible study, and has also held a youth Bible Study for the youth in the community in which he lived. Stanley believes once you learn the Word of God, you must apply it to your life.

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© 2019 Stanley W. Howard. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 01/19/2019

ISBN: 978-1-5462-7670-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-7669-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019900137

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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, King James Version. Public Domain

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Contents

#1 DO YOU BELIEVE?

#2 USE YOUR FAITH

#3 WHERE’S YOUR GODFIDENCE?

#4 fear OR FAITH

#5 YOU GOT HELP

#6 LOOK AHEAD

#7 WATCH THE TALK

#8 CLOSE THE DOOR

#9 CHECK YOUR MOTIVES

#10 HAVE YOU PLACED YOURSELF IN A SELF-IMPOSED PRISON?

#11 ARE YOU FULLY VESTED IN YOUR DREAMS

#12 HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT

#13 YOU GOT THIS

#14 THE POTENTIAL WITHIN

#15 YOU HAVE PERMISSION

#16 GOD FORGAVE YOU, NOW FORGIVE YOURSELF

#17 ARE YOU WORKING WITH GOD OR AGAINST HIM?

#18 READY, SET, FLY!

#19 WE ARE NOT IMMUNE

#20 THE POWER THAT SUSTAINS YOU

#21 WILL YOUR ANSWER BE YES

#22 YOU ARE A BIG DEAL

#23 LOVE THE SKIN YOU’RE IN

#24 DON’T WORRY IF YOU DON’T FIT IN

#25 FINDING BEAUTY IN OTHERS

#26 DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO LIVE THE LIFE

#27 ARE YOU THE MIRROR IMAGE OF WHAT YOU EXPECT OR ASK OF OTHERS?

#28 BE THE DIFFERENCE, LIVE THE DIFFERENCE

#29 SPEAK OF THE GOOD IN YOUR LIFE

#30 RECEIVE THE GOOD YOU SEE, HEAR, AND EXPERIENCE

#31 WORDS THAT BUILD

#32 TRUST GOD MORE THAN YOUR SITUATION

#33 PUT YOUR PROBLEMS ON NOTICE

#34 ONLY FOR A WHILE

#35 ARE YOUR HABITS AFFECTING YOUR FAITH?

#36 STAYING ON TASK, A LESSON IN FOCUS

#37 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IF

#38 DON’T SAY NO WHEN GOD IS SAYING YES

#39 STAY OPEN, GOD COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS

#40 DON’T COMPLAIN—YOUR BLESSINGS AWAIT

#41 DON’T SPEAK AGAINST WHAT YOU PRAY FOR

#42 COME READY

#43 YOUR BATTLES, YOUR CONCERNS ARE THE LORD’S

#44 IT’S NEVER TOO LATE

#45 NO EXCUSES, AT LEAST TRY!

#46 ALL OF GOD’S CREATIONS HAVE PURPOSE

#47 FORGE AHEAD

#48 IT’S BIGGER THAN YOU

#49 IT’S IN YOU

#50 GOD IS WALKING YOU THROUGH

#51 EVERY LITTLE STEP YOU TAKE IS A BENEFIT

#52 PEACE BE UNTO YOU

Thoughts

ANY GIVEN MONDAY

ENCOURAGEMENT!

All biblical quotations are from the King James Version, 1611, unless stated otherwise.

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with whom all things are possible.

I also dedicate this book to my wife, Margaretta M. Howard, and my three children, who are now adults:

Briana, Christopher, and Stacey.

Thank You for all your Love and Support!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to acknowledge all my friends who receive the Devotional Emails from me every weekday! I call those who receive the emails, Visionaries!

Thank you for allowing me to send emails to you, pray for you, encourage, and most importantly, your friendship! (even though some of you are family, LOL!)

Thank you for praying for me and supporting me!

For those of you who pushed for this book, THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

THANK YOU!

INTRODUCTION

Any Given Monday Encouragement! is a book in which I give Monday, the most dreaded day of the week, acknowledgement as the day of ENCOURAGEMENT!

Monday is usually the start of the work week for most and the beginning of a new week for many. Monday tends to be the blame day for things going wrong.

Think about it, usually when you ask someone, How’s your day going? on a Monday and things are not going good, what do they say? It’s a Monday! Things can be a little challenging any other day of the week, but what do you hear?

It’s Monday all over again!

The other days of the week are not regarded as miserable days:

Tuesday: How’s it going? Not as bad as Monday or at least it’s not Monday!

Wednesday: Hump Day, I’m half way there. Wednesday even had a commercial named after it.. Remember the camel sauntering around the office, asking co-workers enthusiastically, Guess what day it is? And then answering, HUMP DAY!

Thursday: Just one more day and it’s Friday. Can’t wait!

Friday: Thank God