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
I have been very blessed that God has placed people in my life to encourage me. We all need it, especially in times like these. That's why these two verses jumped out at me. 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!
And it just gets better! God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will encourage our hearts and strengthen us! However, it is "in every good deed and word" that They will encourage our hearts and strengthen us. So, we have to be doing good deeds and sharing good words with others in order to be able to receive encouragement and strength.
That 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? Something to think about...
Prayer:
Father,
Thank You for eternal encouragement and good hope. You are the Lifter of our heads. Establish our hearts so that all of our deeds and words are good! In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen
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