Encourage Others

Romans 12: 6-8…We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously. If it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. We can change someone's life by being an encourager. Encouragement matters. Words are powerful they can help a person discover their own special gifts and abilities. Encouragers can be motivators, but primarily an encourager always sees your potential—the Divine spark of genius inside you... they never give up on you, even if you give up on yourself When you are with an encourager you definitely know it. You feel an incredible enthusiasm for life and your chosen path or purpose Encouragers need encouragement too, and they get it because they give it. The world needs more encouragers.Your thoughts, words, and actions may be the perfect catalyst to wake up the life purpose in another   Mary Bauer   The heart is the key to controlling the tongue... The fruit of our lips, then, reveals the condition of our hearts. "The tongue has the power of life and death" (Proverbs 18:21). "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned", Matthew 12:37; the tongue is the instrument either of a great deal of good, or of a great deal of evil; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof; that delight to be talkative; that love to use the tongue, whether in a good or in a bad way, shall accordingly be recompensed; shall enjoy the advantages or disadvantages arising from it.

Love Because He First Loved Us

"Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions." 1 John 3:18 (NLT

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Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 (NLT)

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So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her. Genesis 29:20 (NKJV)

.....slipping your hand into hers or grabbing onto his arm while walking, opening doors, listening when they’ve had a bad day, giving them your undivided attention all these are free examples of how to show you care. And of course, the universal sign of love… a hug and kiss.......Mommas Time

Give of yourself, it is the greatest gift.


This is real love..not that we loved god..but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sin.
1 John 4:10

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, I love you. Graham, Billy

Celebrate this day by showing your Love for someone, it may be the best day of their life, and maybe yours too.

Strength

There is strength and there is strength.

A young strong man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He kept making fun of one of the older workers. After several minutes, the older worker had had enough.

"Why don't you put your money where your mouth is," he said. "I will bet a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that outbuilding that you won't be able to wheel back." "You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "Let's see what you got."

The old man reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, "all right, get in." There is strength of body and strength of mind. And strength of spirit...excerpt from Stephen Shepard

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Mother Teresa: "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." Perhaps in small acts of service.

Strength comes through serving others

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Galatians 5:13 "You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one another in love."

 

2 Corinthians 12:9-11 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

 

Just a Closer Walk with Thee
 

 

I am weak, but Thou art strong;

Jesus, keep me from all wrong;
I’ll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee

Just a closer walk with Thee,
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

Through this world of toil and snares,
If I falter, Lord, who cares
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee.

When my feeble life is o’er,
Time for me will be no more;
Guide me gently, safely o’er
To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore

The Power of Comfort

 

.......There is something about comfort that cannot be fully realized until it is shared with someone else. It is that final step in the healing process of grief, disapointment, hurt, and loss. Until we share the comfort we have received, until we pass it on to another, our comfort is weak and shallow and limited. Comfort, pass it on!  excert from Phil Ware message.

The comfort God provides through Christ is not just for our
         private consumption
"God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make
         us comforters." - John Henry Jowett (1817-1893)
      -- Yes, our comfort is designed to be shared!



Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.  Add up God's Law and prophets and this is what you get.....Matthew 7 verse 12 MSG
 
 Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others....Phillipians 2:1-4
 

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus... Romans 15:5 (NKJV)