Genuine Encouragement

“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds.” Hebrews 10:24

How do you encourage your brothers and sisters in Christ?

You expect your close friends to able to encourage and counsel you. And you are blessed if these friends know the Word of God and are spiritually mature.

As a Christian you have the wisdom of God available to you. The truths revealed in the Bible contain genuine comfort. The promise of God’s presence; the promises relating to prayer; the promise of His strength in your weakness - this is encouragement that builds up one another.

The Christians at Thessalonica were deeply distressed over the eternal destiny of those who had died before Jesus’ return. Paul encouraged them not by reviewing what good people their loved ones had been, but by reviewing God’s truth.

Paul explained the sequence of God’s timetable for believers, both living and dead. “Therefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thess 4:13-17

If you want to become a more mature Christian and be able to offer genuine encouragement, you need to be a growing student of God’s Word and his promises.

“...and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near.” Hebrews 10:24-25