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VerseD: 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11, ESV

God has given His Church to encourage each other in the Holy Spirit.

VerseD: Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Ephesians 4:29, ESV

God is our source of life and love, giving us the power to control our minds and tongues to help each other in life and worship.

Mixed Bag of Christian Nationalism? (No, not the USA)

I wrote a thing about some of my trip to Kenya, and I shared it with Domain for Truth while Jimmy is overseas.

Go read it there!

Daniel

Note: This is a guest post since presently I am overseas.  This is by Daniel M. Klem.  His blog be found here. Mixed Bag of Christian Nationalism? (No, not the USA) I was invited to speak and preach in western Kenya in mid-August 2024. Many churches were involved, including many Kenya Assembly of God congregations. I […]

Mixed Bag of Christian Nationalism? (No, not the USA)

This Sunday at Church: Pray for Persecuted Pastors safe travels back home

This Sunday at Church I just want to personally ask: Pray for Persecuted Pastors safe travels back home

This Sunday at Church: Pray for Persecuted Pastors safe travels back home

VerseD: James 5:13

Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

James 5:13, ESV

God has called us to wisdom, and He equips the Church to share wisdom. Wisdom calls for us to care for each other, helping and praying for each other and rejoicing in Christ together.

VerseD: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13, ESV

We were called by God to wisdom, and He equips His Church to help each other grow. Elders and leaders in the Church should be specially equipped to help and thus respected and encouraged, as well.

We help each other to seek Christ.

VerseD: 1 Corinthians 3:16

Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

1 Corinthians 3:16, ESV

God calls us to walk in wisdom, Nad that means we should be seeking His righteousness, which the Holy Spirit guides us through and imparts to us as we seek.

VerseD: Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love

Ephesians 4:2, ESV

We are called to walk in wisdom, which should show us how sinful we are and in need of grace. God empowers us to overcome, and He has given us each other to help. Remember that we are all in this together, struggling alone but encouraging each other.

VerseD: Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 13:20, ESV

We are called to walk in the wisdom of God. He empowers us to do so, and He has given us the Scriptures and His Church to help us.

VerseD: 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

1 Timothy 5:1-2, ESV

God enjoys working through His people to grow His people, so let us encourage each other in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit to live godly lives.