Discouragement seems to be the central standard time of life in the 21st century. It’s so widespread that it has turned into a growing mental health crisis around the world. Can discouragement be replaced with hope-filled encouragement? Yes, but it’s hard to do it by yourself. It greatly helps to have other people take the time to personally share hope and encouragement with us.
Here’s a key to encouragement. The Bible directs Christians to meet together and encourage one another something like a support group — like an AA or NA meeting. Read it for yourself:
“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another.” (Hebrews 10:23-25)
Christians need to meet together to:
1) Wake up each other to hope,
2) Always refuse to mope,
3) Throw each other a rope,
4) Help each other to cope,
5) Together climb life’s slope.
That’s not just a rhyme.
It’s how we need to
Wisely spend our time.
For a group of Christ-followers to intentionally meet together with the objective of encouraging one another is extremely powerful. That’s because it is biblical. As Christians, we need each other. We need to gather together to both give and receive encouragement in small groups like an AA or NA meeting.
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