Encourage Someone Today, It Will Go A Long Way

1 Thessalonians 3:7-8

7Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith. 8For now we really live, since you are standing firm in the Lord.

Have You Lost Your Joy?

Galatians 4:8-9

8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

May Our Hope Be In The Lord To Pull Us Through The Sufferings

1 Thessalonians 3:4-5

4In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. 5For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.

Be Willing To Share The News That’s Been Shared With You

Luke 2:10-11

10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

Sin Is Both Doing Something Wrong AND Not Doing Something Right

James 4:17

17If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.

Your Future Is Today So Walk Out Your Future God’s Way

James 4:13-16

13Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil.

Look Like Jesus By Loving And Not Judging

James 4:11-12

11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. 12There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

Love Is The Law!

Romans 13:10

10Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Love For Others Stems Out Of Love For Yourself

Romans 13:9

9The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Be Careful To Not Look Back; You’ll Lose Focus On Moving Forward With God

Genesis 19:23-26

23By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. 25Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.