Inspecting Our Repentance
We must practice a repentance that takes sin seriously, accepts whatever pain it requires, and works diligently to restore sincere obedience.
Encouragement
Solidifying Our Relationships
Because God intends our relationships in the church to be marked by a quality that the world cannot match, we must be serious about building friendships that are uniquely loving, loyal, and encouraging.
Sharing Meals
God can accomplish a lot of good in the lives of his people when they take their meals together. Think of how often throughout the Bible a feast, a banquet, a breakfast, lunch or dinner serves as the setting for some profound lesson, as an opportunity…
The Practical Requirements of Comfort
We must employ the divinely sanctioned means of comfort modeled by the Apostle Paul to experience God’s strength and hope in the midst of difficult times.
January 21, 2025
Questions in this episode: – How do I deal with family members who won’t care for our aging parents? – Can you understand why a person might not believe everything in the Bible? – Encouragement for those who are caring for aging parents. – How are we supposed to understand natural disasters? Did God ordain …
The Reciprocity of Comfort
If we are cognizant of the ways God helps us through our trials, we can then become skilled at helping other Christians through their seasons of suffering.
The Basis of Real Comfort
We should be prayerfully confident that God will orchestrate and apply comfort to our hearts as we draw near to him and each other in the midst of difficult times.
Drawing Near to God
When life is hard we must purposefully seek the Lord, knowing he is responsive to our pain and that he will give us the hope and courage that we need.
Rightly Depending on Our Comrades
Active, strategic, and frequent encouragement among Christians is biblically essential and should be the priority for all of us.
Isolation
There is too much spiritual danger inherent in Christians choosing to be isolated. The New Testament model shows us Christians who are interested and involved in each other’s lives. Paul shared his joys and victories, as well as his hurts and struggles…
Strengthened by Our Unity
Biblical unity is not only a joyful and gratifying reality, it is also an essential component of any strong, vibrant, and fruitful church.
The Call for Bold Leadership
Christian parents must see the value and virtue of firmly correcting and strongly directing their kids according to God’s word no matter how difficult it may be.
Providing Godly Encouragement to Your Friends
We have a God-given responsibility to care for our Christian friends in the church, by humbly being used by God to encourage them as they follow Christ.
Kindness & Encouragement
Out of sincere love for our Christian friends we ought to regularly engage in strategic acts of kindness that benefit their lives, and communicate thoughtful words of encouragement that build them up.
The Profound Encouragement of God
God grants his profound encouragement and strength as we turn our attention to the truth regarding his greatness and our life-changing redemption detailed in his word.
Encouraging the Encouragers
God wants us to purposefully, thoughtfully and specifically express kindness to Christians who encourage us and faithfully serve his church.
The Encouragement of Extending God’s Kingdom
We should be greatly encouraged when we see God using us to bear fruit through our efforts in evangelism and discipleship.
The Encouragement of a Unified Church
We all need the strength and support that is derived from being a part of a church that values the nature, function and limits of Christian unity.
The Encouragement of the Scriptures
The Bible is God’s tool to provide us with an encouragement that brings us great confidence and assurance as it guides us to live a life pleasing to God.
Your Spiritual Gardeners
God has called us to honor those who invest in our spiritual lives. It is a dishonor to God when we take our “spiritual gardeners” for granted. We must care for them!
Devoted to Encouragement
God wants to use us in his ministry of encouragement (2Cor.7:6) as we make ourselves available to walk with others from our church through their pain.
Desert Instructions
Diligently seek God in the midst of your pain, because his encouragement comes in unlikely places!