Encourage one another

Greetings:
Encouragement.
Most of us need encouragement.
In 1 Thessalonians 5:11,  Paul wrote to that church stating, "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are now doing."
Sometimes we might get worn down such that we could use a little encouragement to keep us going. As Isaiah 35:3 (Amplified Bible) says, “Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees.”
The message of encouragement is also found in the New Testament.
Hebrews 3:13 (Amplified Bible) says, “But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him].”
There is not a day that goes by that we couldn’t benefit from some encouragement or that we should be lacking in giving some encouragement to others.
Encouraging one another matters because it keeps us from being deceived into sinning. When we get exhausted and in a weakened, worn down state, it is easy to give into sin and stop resisting the devil’s temptation. When we are tired, sometimes we decide that we don’t care anymore, and our sensitivity to wrongdoing lessens. Encouragement keeps our focus right. It lets us know that we are not alone but that others are supportive of us, praying for us, and caring for us.
Romans 15:4 also says, “For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope.”
We need to be active in encouraging one another so that we can keep motivating one another toward love and good deeds.
God’s call to us is that we encourage one another regularly. Even when others fail to encourage us or are unavailable to encourage us, God and His Word are available and sufficient to encourage us. Let us take care that we stay in the Word to be encouraged ourselves so that we can be an encouragement to others. We never know when even a small gesture of encouragement might make a very significant difference in the lives of those around us.
Encouraging one another is so important whether you're talking about a family, a person, a ministry or a church. The real question is what role are we playing.  Are we building up or tearing down?
Be blessed.
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