As I sit down today to try to catch up with ministry thank you & encouragement notes (an attempt that I am forever behind on) I cannot help but realize how hard this is. This process is a hard one simply due to the amount of notes I would love to send combined with a lack of time and energy required for writing all the people who have, are, and continually impacting my life in ministry. There are so many around me that are growing in their walks with Christ & being used as the hands and feet of Jesus that it is hard not to think about the words of Paul to the Hebrews.
Hebrews 10:19–25
19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
These Scriptures are an encouragement to me & I strive to fulfill them in the lives of my brothers and sisters in Christ. I have also seen how these Scriptures ring true in our culture today. There are so many around us that simply need a kind word of encouragement in life & in faith.
I would like to exhort you today as Paul did the Hebrews to encourage someone you know in the faith. Tell them how great they are doing. Tell them how their walk has affected your life. Tell them how their sacrifice is worth it and how it is building the Kingdom of the Lord.
It will not take too long.
Who will you encourage today?