Exhort/Encourage: to come alongside – to entreat, strengthen, comfort, instruct, teach

JESUS WAS AN ENCOURAGING PERSONTO BE AROUND

“You are the light of the world, You are the salt of the earth”

“You are worth many sparrows”

Simon was named “The Rock”

Nathaniel was called “Guileless”

Jesus addressed his close followers as “Little Flock”

GOD ENVISAGED A COMMUNITY OFENCOURAGERS

Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing

The Bible

Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's

deceitfulness.

The Bible

THREE WAYS THAT BREED ENEMITY

WE JUDGE

WE COMPETE

WE COVET

WE JUDGE

Jesus said, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to youWhy do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

WE JUDGE

Are you not to judge those inside?

Apostle Paul, The Bible

 

CHARACTER SCORE-CARD

PATIENCE 

LOVE

GRAND TOTAL

SELF-CONTROLFAIRNESS

GENEROSITY

-10

-5

+ 8 + 4

+ 2

-10

WE COMPETE

•You have a unique place is God’s heart

 

“I have called you by name; you are mine”.

Prophet Isaiah, The Bible

•The most valuable thing you offer to the world is YOU

He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us.

Apostle Paul, The Bible

WE COVET

Coveting is wanting what someone else has

 

Stealing is taking what someone else has

WE COVET

 

You were created a unique way to offer this world a unique contribution and to do so you have to walk down your own unique path which has its

own unique mix of joys and sorrows

LOVE BELIEVES…