May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
2nd Thessalonians 2:16-17 NIV
These two verses jumped out at me while reading tonight. This happens to be from the NIV, but whether your Bible reads eternal comfort or everlasting consolation, it's still a show stopper! Think about that - eternal encouragement. Everlasting. Forever. ETERNAL encouragement! If that won't light your fire, your wood's wet!
And it just gets better! God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ to encourage our hearts and strengthen us! Notice, however, there is a proviso with that. It is "in every good deed and word" that They may encourage our hearts and strengthen us.
So then, it begs the question - If we find ourselves discouraged and weak, is it because we're not giving Them enough good words and deeds to work with?
Prayer:
Father,
Thank You for eternal encouragement and good hope. You are the Lifter of our head. Establish our hearts so that each and every one of our deeds and words are good! In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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