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The Great Encourager

Lesson 1:. The Great Encourager. Define: Encourage. In English, to “encourage” means: To give courage To give confidence To give comfort To give cheer In Greek, “encourage” comes from parakaleo (verb): Compound word – para (“beside”) + kaleo (“to call”) “To call to one’s side”

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The Great Encourager

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  1. Lesson 1: The Great Encourager

  2. Define: Encourage • In English, to “encourage” means: • To give courage • To give confidence • To give comfort • To give cheer • In Greek, “encourage” comes from parakaleo (verb): • Compound word – para(“beside”) + kaleo (“to call”) • “To call to one’s side” • To ask to come and be present, to call to one’s side; to urge strongly, appeal to, urge, exhort; to instill someone with courage, cheer, or comfort • In Greek, the noun form is paraklesis.

  3. The Encourager: God • “The God who gives…paraklesis” (Rom. 15:5, NASB) • “God, who parakaleo…, parakaleous” (2 Cor. 7:6) • “Blessed be the God…of all paraklesis, who parakaleous….we ourselves are parakaleoby God…Our paraklesisalso abounds through Christ…we know that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you will partake of the paraklesis” (2 Cor. 1:3-7). • “Our God…has loved us and given us everlasting paraklesis and good hope by grace, parakaleo your hearts…” (2 Thess. 2:16-17). • “God…parakaleo us…that we may be able to parakaleothose who are in any trouble, with the paraklesiswith which we ourselves are parakaleoby God” (2 Cor. 1:4).

  4. God Is the Great Encourager! • God gives courage! • Deuteronomy 31:1-8, 23; Joshua 1:5-9 • God gives confidence! • Joshua 3:7-17; 6:1-21 • God gives comfort! • Joshua 7:5-15, 26 • God gives cheer! • Joshua 10:42; 11:23; 21:43-45; 23:3; 24:15b • The Great Encourager! • Psalm 23:1-6; Isaiah 41:10; Hebrews 13:6

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