ENCOURAGEMENTS PILLS!

1 Samuel 23:16 NLT Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.

Wherever you look there are pills for everything! Pills to lose weight, to cure headaches, to strengthen bones, etc., but they haven’t come up with Encouragement Pills yet!😊

I was reading about David being constantly on the run for his life as King Saul tried to kill him. It was serious, life threatening, and he had 600 men with him, so he was responsible for others as well. Then we read this little verse about Jonathan seeking him out specifically to encourage him to stay strong in his faith in God. It was a bit like he gave David an encouragement pill!

Now, we could all do with friends like that, don’t you think?😊 Jonathan went out of his way to encourage David. We may, or may not, be facing life threatening circumstances, but we know what it’s like to need some encouragement along the way!

It’s important too, to recognise those times in the lives of others, when they’re fighting battles we might not know about, but God does, and He wants us to draw alongside and encourage them in their faith. 

1 Thessalonians 5:11 NLT So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.

It might be a text or phone call or a card that just has a few words to lift someone up, to let them know they’re appreciated, that they matter, and to remind them that God will reward them one day even if they don’t see it in their day to day life.

Wherever we go we can be people who give out encouragement pills to help people to keep going in their faith in God. And I hope this blog encourages each one who reads it, to stay strong in your faith in God, to let you know He still loves and cares about everything that’s going on in your lives and is there to help and strengthen you, even on the hard days.😊

Father, open our eyes to see who needs encouraging today and give us the words to lift them up, to keep strong in their faith in You, to know You will bring them through and out the other side. In Jesus name. Amen.

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