Mom found some verses in the Bible which spoke to her on God's encouragement. He is our greatest encourager, a biggest supported and always on our side!
Deuteronomy 31:8 Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He will neither fail you nor abandon you.
Isaiah 41:10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
God has established a relationship with me. God gives us assurance of His strength, help and victory over sin and death.
Psalm 121 I look to the mountains--does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed, He who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. The Lord Himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night. The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go both now and forever.
Be encouraged!!
From me:
These simple verses, so much depth of love in them. I can sense the Lord's deep, abiding longing to stand by and to care for His children. Yesterday I was listening to Joyce Meyer's podcast as I jogged and she gave a definition for the word help that came out of The Daniel Webster original 1828 dictionary. I will share some of it here. It has such a deeper, more intimate meaning than we give the word HELP credit for in our modern day language. Her teaching was on the Holy Spirit. It's funny how today I decide on a Mom entry speaking on encouragement, while yesterday I heard a teaching on the Holy Spirit as our helper! LOL God visit!! I love the circle of focus God creates. His encouragement, His help, His Presence, and His care surround us as we keep ourselves in Him.
HELP, verb transitive A regular verb; the old past tense and participle holp and holpen being obsolete.
1. To aid; to assist; to lend strength or means towards effecting a purpose; as, to help a man in his work; to help another in raising a building; to help one to pay his debts; to help the memory or the understanding. 2. To assist; to succor; to lend means of deliverance; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. 3. To relieve; to cure, or to mitigate pain or disease. 4. To remedy; to change for the better. 5. To prevent; to hinder. 6. To forbear; to avoid.
To help forward, to advance by assistance. To help on, to forward; to promote by aid. To help out, to aid in delivering from difficulty, or to aid in completing a design.
To help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over a difficulty. To help off, to remove by help; as, to help off time. [Unusual.] To help to, to supply with; to furnish with.
HELP, verb intransitive To lend aid; to contribute strength or means. To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.
HELP, noun Aid; assistance; strength or means furnished towards promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress.
Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man. Psalms 60:11.
1. That which gives assistance; he or that which contributes to advance a purpose.
God is a very present help in time of trouble. Psalms 46:1.
2. Remedy; relief. The evil is done; there is no help for it. There is no help for the man; his disease is incurable.
3. A hired man or woman; a servant.
I did not include the whole of this, but you can see the magnitude and added dimension Mr. Webster gives the word HELP. And this is the help the Lord provides!! This is the encouragement the Lord gives!!
Lord, thank You for being ever present in our lives. Sometimes we can't feel that, we doubt You are here, doubt Your love and distrust Your care. Help us to stand on Your Word, and not be led by our feelings or circumstances. It's so hard for us sometimes, but let Your promises be our encouragement. Thank You. Help us believe.
We all need encouragement. Can we let God work through us today to be an encouragement and a help to someone else? How can we stay in that encouragement ourselves?
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