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Someone needs encouragement today!

Everyone needs encouragement! There is someone next to you that needs to be encouraged. Your co-worker might be going through a difficult time at home and needs your encouragement. The bodega worker where you buy your milk might need a kind and gentle word today. Your spouse might need a loving word from you today. Your child might need some extra understanding and grace today. You have within you God’s precious Spirit of grace. Let your words release love, grace, mercy and encouragement today. It might be the only encouraging word they they hear today, and they will greatly appreciate it

Hebrews 10: 25 “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near”

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Here is God’s advice on how to respond to today’s culture of anger and hostility!

Ephesians 4: 29-31 “Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you”. This advice comes directly from the good book. Take a moment to see if you have been applying it to your life, or if you have allowed these bad behaviors and responses in your daily life. If any of these bad behaviors have been part of your life, it’s time to bury the “old man” and to allow Christ to arise in you! Remember, we are His witnesses and He wants to see the fruit of the Spirit abundantly manifesting in our lives so that the world could see Jesus in the church.