Heb. 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another — and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
11 On hearing the Philistine’s words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and terrified.
Num 13:31b“We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.”
Num 13:32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. ...
Discouragement - the act of making something less likely to happen or of making people less likely to do something. a feeling of having lost hope or confidence.
Num. 14:1 That night all the people of the community raised their voices and WEPT aloud.
Num. 14:2 All the Israelites GRUMBLED against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!
Num. 14: 3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
When a spirit of discouragement takes over there is no hope.
When a spirit of encouragement takes over there is no room for despair!
How Do We Encourage One Another? We Encourage Ourselves!
1 Sam 30:6b but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
2 Cor. 1:3-4 Praise be to the God … God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
We impart desire to one another
1. Words - (speaking into one another’s lives)
Col. 3:16a Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another…
Eph. 5:19a Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. …
Words of encouragement
Words of affirmation
2. Actions (of Love)
Gal. 6:10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
3. Prayer (for one another)
a. Daily We Pray (TAWG)
b. Weekly We Meet - we do the body life
John 13:35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”
Eccl. 4:9 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
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