Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube version with images and lyrics from Gordon Mote singing Hold Me Up, praying for God, thru others to lift us up as we go thru life's challenges.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Romans 15:2-3 [NLT] … 2 We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord. 3 For even Christ didn’t live to please Himself.
… As Christ did, we should live to help others.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Romans 15:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, exhorts us, as Christians, to edify and encourage one another in this challenging life of being Christ’s disciples.
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Reference Passage : … Galatians 6:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… We should never give up on doing good for others … for we will reap what we sow.
Reference Passage : … Ephesians 4:29b [NLT] … 29 … Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
… We, as Christians, should continually be using our words to encourage other, … especially fellow Christians.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 2:3-4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… As witnesses of Christ’s love we are reach out beyond our own personal needs to show Christ’s love to others by helping and encouraging one another.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 10:24 [NLT] … 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
… We, as Christians, should continually be doing all we can to lift each other up.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Dave Branon, uses a personal story of workout discipline to show how encouragement helps to keep moving forward. The ODB author writes … I’m encouraged every time I visit the fitness center near our house. In that busy place, I’m surrounded by others who are striving to improve their physical health and strength. Posted signs remind us not to judge each other, but words and actions that reveal support for others’ conditioning efforts are always welcomed.
I too try to keep motivated and in shape by going to our local athletic center at least three times per week to work out on a recumbent exercycle (see photo) along with a whole row of others doing the same. It is encouraging to be in that atmosphere. However, how much more encouraging would it be for us exercise junkies to tell each other occasionally how well we’re doing?
That’s what the Apostle Paul was trying to exhort fellow Christians, via God’s word thru him, to do all we can to lift each other up with the encouragement of our words. Just think how encouraging it is when you hear a friend or loved one sharing just a few words of encouragement or maybe even just an uplifting smile.
And since it’s Sunday as I write this, … how about we all go out and intentionally share a smile and a few words of encouragement with some fellow Christians today in church.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Abba Father, … thank You, Lord, … for Your edifying words that I find in Scripture daily.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, … King Jesus, … I pray, Lord, that all reading here can, and will, join me to go out and share some words of encouragement with others today - preferably in church. . … Amen
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