Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up Prov.12:25
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Worry weighs us down;a cheerful word picks us up
Prov.12:25
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“Our world is experiencing a drought of encouraging words...
Far more negative words of criticism, blame, ridicule, gossip and backbiting hit us on a daily
basis than do positive words of praise, recognition, and thankfulness”
–Charles Stanley”
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“Encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.”
1 Thess 5:9-11
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“Encourage one another daily, as long as it’s called TODAY, so that none of you
may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 3:13
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Who encouraged you?What did they say or do?
How did it make you feel?
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Who encouraged you?What did they say or do?
How did it make you feel?
Who’s God calling you to do the same thing for?
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#1 Affirm someone
for what he/she means to you, for why you admire him/her, or
for where you see God working in his/her life
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“Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones”
Prov. 16:24“I can live for two months on a good
compliment” Mark Twain
“It’s a spiritual act”Albert Schweitzer
“rainwater for the spirit…oxygen for
the soul”
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Affirm well…
Specific Sincere Sensitive
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#2 Give Something-without any strings attached
A hug, memory, gift card, time …anything that says “I value you, I’m thankful for you, I love you”
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Why encourage someone else?…because you can forever change his/her life
…because what goes around comes around…because Christ has encouraged you
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Who’s God calling you to encourage?
How are you going to do it?
When?
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Imagine…what could be if we became a community of great encouragers!
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