Mouth on Fire: Encouragement
Jan. 31, 2021
“Trials and Errors”
Words are disproportionate in effect
Our words are set on fire by hell
Ask to understand
If you can change your circumstance, do something
If you can’t change your circumstances, change your perspective
Spiritual Discipline of Attentiveness
Be Courageous
Truth and Grace Face to Face
Only a fire can light a fire
Words are disproportionate in effect
Negativity is easy
Words do more than inform. Words also motivate/de-motivate
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
EPH 4:29Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit
those who listen.
Encouragement: taking the initiative to build-up/inspire a brother/sister
Heb. 10:24-25 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
Care about the growth of others
God give me eyes to see, what you are building in others
Acts 9:26-28 When he came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
Be specific in your encouragement
Stephen Glenn “Tie encouragement to accomplishment.”
Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous nourish many
I want to speak words of life
I want to speak words of life
