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What Comes To Mind?
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Building A Oikos Where
Seldom Is Heard A
Discouraging Word
build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. IThess 5:11
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• Encouragement is a theme
that runs through the letter to
the Thessalonians.
• The word encouragement is
used five times in this letter
• Paul is intentional about
encouraging the Thessalonian
church.
•We sent Timothy, who is our brother and coworker in God’s service in spreading the
gospel of Christ, to strengthen and
encourage you in your faith, 1Thess 3:2
• Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our
distress and persecution we were encouraged
about you because of your faith. 1Thess 3:7
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• encourage one another with these words.
1 Thess 4:18
• Encourage one another & build each other
up just as you are doing 1 Thess 5:11
• And we urge you, brothers and sisters,
warn those who are idle and disruptive,
encourage the disheartened, help the weak,
be patient with everyone. 1Thess 5:14
Encourage
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to call from alongside of.
• to counsel from alongside of.
•coming close to someone’s life, their struggles,
their story.
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encouragement isn’t distant, it’s close: it’s the
voice actions that says, I relate, I understand,
I’ve been there too.
Pipelines Of Encouragement
To call to one another, to help
strengthen one another to keep
running, keep going, keep
believing, keep depending on
Christ, to finish the course
God has given us.
I’m Glad I’ve Been Picked
The Lord God has given Me [His
Servant] the tongue of a disciple
[as One who is taught]That I may
know how to sustain the weary
with a word. He awakens Me
morning by morning, He awakens
My ear to listen as a disciple [as
One who is taught]……. Isa 50: 4-5
The Role Of Encouragement
In The Health Of Your Oikos
Acts 4:36
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles
called Barnabas (which means “son of
encouragement”),
Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and
Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was
strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and
encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
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Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw what the grace of
God had done, he was glad and encouraged
them all to remain true to the Lord with all
their hearts.
Acts 15:32
Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets,
said much to encourage and strengthen the
believers.
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Acts 16:40
After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they
went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the
brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they
left.
Acts 18:27
When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers
and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the
disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he
was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
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Acts 20:2
He traveled through that area, speaking many words of
encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in
Greece,
Acts 27:36
They were all encouraged and ate some food
themselves.
Acts 28:15
The brothers and sisters there had heard that we were
coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of
Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of
these people Paul thanked God and was encouraged.
who in your Oikos Needs To
Be Encouraged
1.growing weary
2. stumbling
3.following unbiblical teaching
4.hurting
5.the wounded
6.feeling overwhelmed
7.feeling outdone
8.overtaken
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Traumatized
• overwhelmed
• overcome
• out
done
what causes us to be
discouraged?
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violence
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hatred
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275 Children Shot In
Chicago This Year
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babies shot in Detroit
Heb 3:13
“Encourage one another
daily, as long as it is called
‘Today,’ so that none of you
may be hardened by sin’s
deceitfulness.”
Romans 15:5-6
May the God of endurance and
encouragement grant you to live
in such harmony with one
another, in accord with Christ
Jesus, 6that together you may with
one voice glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God of encouragement
gives assurance he says: “do not”
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be afraid , be discouraged,
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give up or give in
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become weary in doing the
right thing
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“I am with you”
Keep Walking
Psalm 10:17
You, Lord, hear the desire of
the afflicted; you encourage
them, and you listen to their
cry,
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