God didn’t set
us up for an angry rejection, He set us up for salvation by our Master Jesus
Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with
the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak
encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in
this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this;
just keep on doing it. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 {MSG}
10/12/2018
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Quotes about
encouraging others
- “Never get tired of doing little things for others. For sometimes, those little things occupy the biggest part of their heart.” – Ida Azhuri
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“Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.” – Robby Novak
Encouragement strengthens us
When
someone gives us a word of encouragement it adds fuel to the fire burning in
our soul to that keeps us moving forward in this life journey. Those words of
encouragement for others will help us through the pain we are facing even
helping us to remember to put on the armor of God so we will have the strength
to fight off the LIES and DISCOURAGING words of Satan. Ephesians
6:10-18 {AMP}
Discouragement
is a weapon used by Satan to make us weary and bring us down. Praise God for
the encouragement we receive from other believers that not only gives us
strength to make it through; it also gives us spiritual satisfaction, joy and
peace. When we learn to set our eyes on Christ Jesus; words of encouragement
become a reminder that God is always with us and He sends others to encourage
us through our difficult times. Never forget that as a believer we are not only
part of the body of Christ, we are an extension of God’s hands and feet.
2 Corinthians 12:19 {AMP} “All this time you have been thinking that we are
[merely] defending ourselves to you. It is in the sight of God that we have
been speaking [as one] in Christ; and everything,
dearly beloved, is to strengthen you [spiritually].”
Ephesians
6:10-18 {AMP} In conclusion, be
strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your
union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. Put on the
full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a
heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up
against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the
devil. Our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with
physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the
world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. Therefore, put on the
complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and
stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that
the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable,
victorious]. So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral
courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), and
having strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in
preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness
produced by the good news]. Above all, lift up the [protective] shield of faith
with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the Word of God. With all prayer and petition pray [with specific
requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit,
and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition
[interceding in prayer] for all God’s people.
Are your words characterized by grace?
Are the
words you speak building up others or are they tearing others down? As
believers we are expected to chose words that uplift and edify the body of Christ.
Learn to guard your words carefully so you do not become a discourager who
gossips and slanders instead of the encourager and comforter God has called you
to be.
Ephesians 4:29 {AMP} “Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane,
worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech
as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so
that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak].”
Ecclesiastes 10:12-13 {AMP} “The words of a wise man’s mouth are
gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him; the beginning of his talking is
foolishness and the end of his talk is wicked madness.”
Proverbs 10:32 {AMP}“The lips of the righteous know (speak) what is
acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked knows (speaks) what is perverted (twisted).”
But the mouth of the wicked knows (speaks) what is perverted (twisted).”
Proverbs 12:25 {AMP} “Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs them down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.”
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.”
From today’s
lesson I encourage you to work on taming that unruly member of everyone’s body,
the tongue {James 3 AMP}. Yes, it
will be a task for sure but in the end it will so be worth it when words of
encouragement roll off your tongue instead of words of hate and discouragement.
In case you
missed it, here
is the link to Day One
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