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KEEP IT UP!

 “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing,” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV. I love this passage for many reasons. For instance, the positive coaching Paul gives is both inspirational and instructive. Secondly, it is great to know these new believers understood the value of mutual encouragement. What a great motivator it is to be cheered up rather than to be constantly criticized. While we each need both critiques and praises from those who know us and love us, we often do not get a sufficient supply because we have not cultivated our relationships with trustworthy people. I am eternally grateful for those who have loved me enough to confront my weaknesses and who have cultivated my strengths. LORD, grant me the grace to be an encourager of others. Use me to help lift the arms of the weary, to heal the brokenhearted, and to inspire the discouraged. 

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