This leads me to think, “Could my lack of encouragement to those around me be keeping them from fulfilling their destiny?” When you think about it, that’s kind of mind-blowing. Without sufficient encouragement, employees are less likely to excel at their work, children are less likely to learn new skills and Christians are less likely to share the Gospel. Put another way, encouragement can help us do the things that we might not ordinarily do. The whole emotional tone of a tough situation can be transformed through encouragement.” Julie Exline, Ph.D.
Encouragement can provide people with strength to look ahead, move forward,and reach for the next goal. “.what an amazing gift we can offer to others through encouragement! When we ‘en-courage’, it’s as though we actually infuse courage into another person. I like what the following quote says about encouragement: According to when you encourage someone you “inspire with courage, spirit or confidence stimulate by assistance, approval. The Importance of Encouragementįirst, let’s define what it means to encourage someone. So, I’ve spent some time thinking about encouragement and researching what the Bible has to say about it. People want to be encouraged.īut if you’re someone that doesn’t come naturally to, what do you do? Now, I’ve learned enough in the last couple of months blogging to realize that if God leads me to write about something on my blog, then it’s usually something I need to work on. Nobody wants to be told what they’re doing wrong. But it’s not so helpful with relationships. That’s a great personality trait when you’re trying to troubleshoot a situation, or you want to make sure that all your contingencies are in place for an upcoming event.
In fact, encouragement is vital to our Christian community.īut what do you do when encouragement doesn’t come second nature to you? In other words, what do you do when you tend to be the person who points out what doesn’t work? I was reminded of this when I was writing a recent post about the importance of walking in love, and God reminded me that part of walking in love is encouraging others. For me, encouragement just doesn’t come naturally (ask my sons). I hate to admit this (and please no judging), but I’m not the most encouraging person.
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