ENCOURAGEMENT

en·cour·age·ment (n-kûrj-mnt, -kr-)
n.

1. The act of encouraging.
2. The state of being encouraged.
   Deuteronomy 31:6
   Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.
   Matthew 11:28-30
   Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
   Philippians 3:13-14
   Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
   Philippians 4:6
   Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
   Revelation 21:3-4
   And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
   John 16:7
   But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
   John 14:1-4
   “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
   Galatians 6:9
   Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
   Psalm 42: 5-6a
   Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
   1 Peter 1:3
   Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior, and my God. – resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
   AMEN.