How do you motive? How have others sought to motivate you?

Christians don’t just try to pound sin into the dust; we seek to lift

sinners up out of the dust. Hannah encouraged her son Samuel by

bringing him a new linen robe each year; we can joyfully serve God by

finding ways to encourage each other.

Our Heavenly Father richly comforts and encourages us. He comforts

us by reminding us that we don’t walk alone and that His mercies are

new every morning. He encourages us through the Living Hope that is

found His resurrected Son.

Joshua 1:9; 1 Samuel 2:18-21; Isaiah 12:2; Lamentations 3:22-23;

Romans 12:6, 8; Colossians 4:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 2 Timothy 4:2

Key Thought: Correction can work; encouragement can inspire.

Key Thought: Encouragement builds up.