BE
AN ENCOURAGER
BREAD
Stop
doing wrong, 17 learn
to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the
fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17 (NIV)
28 But
commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this
people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see. Deuteronomy 3:28 (NIV)
17 You
hear, O Lord, the desire of the
afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, 18 defending the fatherless and
the oppressed, in order that man, who is of the earth, may terrify no more. Psalms 10:17-18 (NIV)
6 He
appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in
the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: 7 “Be strong and courageous. Do
not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army
with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. 8 With him is only the arm of
flesh, but with us is the Lord our
God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people gained confidence from
what Hezekiah the king of Judah said. 2
Chronicles 32:6-8 (NIV)
12 See to
it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away
from the living God. 13 But
encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you
may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. Hebrews 3:12-13 (NIV)
2 We
sent Timothy, who is our brother and God's fellow worker in spreading the
gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, 3 so that no one would be
unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them. 1 Thessalonians 3:2-3 (NIV)
25 Let us
not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us
encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 (NIV)
7 Tychicus
will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister
and fellow servant in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for the express purpose that
you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. Colossians 4:7-8 (NIV)
1 In the
presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead,
and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared
in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience
and careful instruction. 2 Timothy
4:1-2 (NIV)
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who
loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and
strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 (NIV)
11 Therefore
encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
17 After
that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord
forever. 18 Therefore
encourage each other with these words. 1
Thessalonians 4:17-18 (NIV)
BUTTER
“In community with other
believers, as we humble ourselves and open up to receive from the body of
Christ, we will be strengthened to see the full kaleidoscope of His plan and be
encouraged in the grace of waiting.” Sylvia
Gunter
“In order to build effectively,
people must be encouraged and equipped.” Donna Evans
“Encouragement
is oxygen to the soul”. John Maxwell
“There
are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through
encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or
successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.” George
M. Adams
“Encouragement costs you nothing to give,
but it is priceless to receive.” Anonymous
“On Him
then reckon, to Him look, on Him depend:
and be assured that if you walk with Him, look to Him and expect help
from Him, He will never fail you. An
older brother, who has known the Lord for forty-four years, who writes this,
says for your encouragement that He has never failed him. In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest
trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because
I was enabled by His grace to trust in Him, He has always appeared for my
help. I delight in speaking well of His
Name.” George Mueller
“More people fail
for lack of encouragement than for any other reason.” Anonymous
“God wants us to
reconnect with the powerful and timeless things He has done in the past,
enabling us to build on them rather than always starting over. He not only desires that we be encouraged by
remembering His past faithfulness, but also to realize that the promises and
anointings released during those seasons are still available today.” Dutch
Sheets
“Though
we now see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, we hold the certainty of the
hope of glory in our hearts. And what
does that entail? As believers, we are
presently objects of Divine approval and blessedness because of the blood of
Jesus and His righteousness and we presently possess this glory in spirit by
the Holy Spirit. One day – either upon
Jesus’ return or our death – we will be transformed outwardly as well into this
glorified beautiful condition. It is a
state into which one is accorded the fullest enjoyment of the admiration of God
as objects of His highest regard and praise and further the enjoyment of
fullness, satisfaction, joy, righteousness and ceaseless delight. It encompasses outward splendor, grandeur,
pomp, elegance, magnificence, beauty, excellence of appearance, impressiveness,
brilliance, illustriousness and eminence (Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible –
New Testament Lexical Aids). Therefore,
encourage one another with these words!” BHY
HEART
SAVOR
- · If God stoops down to encourage me, how much more should I seek to encourage others.
- · Encouragement strengthens while a critical spirit tears down. It is easy to be critical yet it is loving to be encouraging. Our encouragement makes great ripples in a life while our discouraging words paralyzing and stills a soul.
- · God desires for His people to be encouragers.
