Be Encouragers!
But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 3:13
From this passage it sounds as if we are encouraged… to daily encourage one another in the things of God. That our encouraging one another can help to resist our hearts from being hardened. For if we look around us today we see this occuring. There seems to be an evilness that would have people discourage one another instead of encourage. There seems to be an increase in fightings and petty wars that should not be.
Why do brothers in Christ fight with brothers in Christ? I do not know, yet this occurs. How much unlike Christ we, the Christian community, are! How much rather Christ would have us forgive one another and come to one another with encouragement!
Yet the days are evil… evil through the hardened of hearts… the hearts of Christian men and women. For if our hearts were soft and tender to one another… if forgiveness from mistakes were to occur… then would not the world cheer us? Would not the love of Christ ever be more evident?
We are the children of God and as children we have an obligation one to another. We are our brothers keeper! For when one of us is weak then we all are weak, when one mourns then should not we all mourn?
It is up to us then to encourage one another’s hearts. To step-down with those who are discouraged and then to raise them up. Not to do… as the world does… to step on another while they are down! We are all encouragers… we are all helpers of one another… for together we are made strong… alone we are made weak.
Therefore encourage one another. Cheer one another up and through this show the heart of Christ who encourages and lifts our hearts up today and everyday, in Him!
From this passage it sounds as if we are encouraged… to daily encourage one another in the things of God. That our encouraging one another can help to resist our hearts from being hardened. For if we look around us today we see this occuring. There seems to be an evilness that would have people discourage one another instead of encourage. There seems to be an increase in fightings and petty wars that should not be.
Why do brothers in Christ fight with brothers in Christ? I do not know, yet this occurs. How much unlike Christ we, the Christian community, are! How much rather Christ would have us forgive one another and come to one another with encouragement!
Yet the days are evil… evil through the hardened of hearts… the hearts of Christian men and women. For if our hearts were soft and tender to one another… if forgiveness from mistakes were to occur… then would not the world cheer us? Would not the love of Christ ever be more evident?
We are the children of God and as children we have an obligation one to another. We are our brothers keeper! For when one of us is weak then we all are weak, when one mourns then should not we all mourn?
It is up to us then to encourage one another’s hearts. To step-down with those who are discouraged and then to raise them up. Not to do… as the world does… to step on another while they are down! We are all encouragers… we are all helpers of one another… for together we are made strong… alone we are made weak.
Therefore encourage one another. Cheer one another up and through this show the heart of Christ who encourages and lifts our hearts up today and everyday, in Him!
posted by Michael Byrd at 11:20 AM
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