ENCOURAGE
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16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, 17 so
that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2
Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
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 3:13 (NIV)
1 Come,
let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts. Psalm 95:1-8 (NIV)
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts. Psalm 95:1-8 (NIV)
14 “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he
acknowledges my name. 15 He
will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will
deliver him and honor him. 16 With
long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.” Psalm
91:14-16 (NIV)
11 For the LORD
God is a sun and shield; the LORD
bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk
is blameless. 12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who
trusts in you. Psalm 84:11-12 (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. Psalm 10:17-18 (NIV)
17 Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now,
let us reason together,” says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 19 If
you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; 20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be
devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD
has spoken. Isaiah 1:17-20 (NIV)
1 So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to
be left by ourselves in Athens. 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. 4 In fact, when we were with you, we kept
telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you
well know. 1 Thessalonians 3:1-4 (NIV)
2 Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out
of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful
instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV)
11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other
up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (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)
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)
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“God encourages us and we are to
encourage others. We do this through the
Scriptures as they are the ultimate “Paraklesis” – encouragement, aid, help,
comfort, exhortation, consolation and comfort.
Are we familiar enough with God’s Word to share its life-giving,
strengthening, comforting Truths? When
we know the Word we have something of infinite benefit to share with and
encourage others.” BHY
“God’s Word is complete – capable
and proficient in the sense of being able to meet all demands.” The
Bible Knowledge Commentary
“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
“Encouragement is oxygen to the soul”. John
Maxwell
“God’s willingness
to show mercy appears by His joyfulness when sinners take hold on His
mercy. God’s goodness is that He rejoices
at the salvation of sinners and is glad when His mercy is accepted. God rejoices when a poor sinner comes in and
takes hold of His mercy. What an
encouragement to believe in God! He is a
God of pardons. Mercy pleases Him. Nothing prejudices us but unbelief. Unbelief stops the current of God’s mercy
from running, shut God’s bowels, closes the cavity of Christ’s wounds, so no
healing virtue will come out. As far as
the heavens are above the earth, so far is God’s mercy above our sins. What will tempt us to believe, if not the
mercy of God?”
Thomas
Watson
“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
“More people fail
for lack of encouragement than for any other reason.” Anonymous
HEART SAVOR
·
God
desires for His people to encourage and strengthen others.
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Scripture
is the ultimate encouragement.
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Our words
have the power to tear down or build up those in our spheres. Speak life to others.
