Greetings!
I've been thinking lately about encouragement. Our words are so powerful. We can use them to tear one another down, or we can use them to build one another up. It's a choice we make daily.
As Christians, we should choose the latter. The world is great at using words to tear other people down. Christians should focus our efforts on using our words to build one another up.
Your words of encouragement for BeADisciple and my work mean so much to me. Almost every newsletter, someone takes the time to write back to me a personal note of encouragement. I also receive thank you replies with beautiful, uplifting words for my work. I was advised to keep such emails and pull them out on days when I need some encouragement. I do that often, but I'm not asking for that today. Today, I'd like to ask you to send an encouraging message or speak encouraging words to at least one other Christian. Let's build one another up rather than tearing one another down.
Hebrews 3:13 says "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called 'Today,' so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness."
Friends, it is "Today"! Use your words to build up your fellow Christians so they don't become hardened by the world.