Posts Tagged ‘ Encourage ’
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
Proverbs 12:25, ESV
Everything feels worse, heavier, sadder – or completely dull – when anxiety weighs on you.
Encourage each other. Especially with the hope of Christ.
When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul.
Psalm 94:19, ESV
Sometimes we encounter difficulties in life that weigh on us.
God’s promises and encouragement can make the burden lighter and bring joy.
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4, NASB
All of scripture is to lead us to Christ and help us grow in godliness, encouraging us in growth and hope.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16, ESV
The Word of God should move and change us so deeply that we encourage and even teach each other with it, with all love and gratitude for God and each other.
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, NASB
God calls individuals for the sake of community. There is an individual element, but the communal is the focus.
How do we overcome? How are we strengthened and motivated?
Together: with the Church and by the Lord.
and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
Hebrews 10:24, NASB
One of the reasons we gather as the Church is to encourage each other in doing good things for others, as Christ did for us.
