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Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up Prov.12:25

Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up Prov.12:25.

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Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up Prov.12:25

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  1. Worry weighs us down;a cheerful word picks us upProv.12:25

  2. “Our world is experiencing a drought of encouraging words... Far more negative words of criticism, blame, ridicule, gossip and backbiting hit us on a daily basis than do positive words of praise, recognition, and thankfulness” –Charles Stanley”

  3. “Encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.” 1 Thess 5:9-11

  4. “Encourage one another daily, as long as it’s called TODAY, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 3:13

  5. Who encouraged you?What did they say or do?How did it make you feel?

  6. Who encouraged you?What did they say or do?How did it make you feel? Who’s God calling you to do the same thing for?

  7. #1 Affirm someone for what he/she means to you, for why you admire him/her, or for where you see God working in his/her life

  8. “rainwater for the spirit…oxygen for the soul” “I can live for two months on a good compliment” Mark Twain “Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones” Prov. 16:24 “It’s a spiritual act” Albert Schweitzer

  9. Affirm well… Specific Sincere Sensitive

  10. #2 Give Something -without any strings attached A hug, memory, gift card, time …anything that says “I value you, I’m thankful for you, I love you”

  11. Why encourage someone else? …because you can forever change his/her life …because what goes around comes around …because Christ has encouraged you

  12. Who’s God calling you to encourage? How are you going to do it? When?

  13. Imagine…what could be if we became a community of great encouragers!

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