Pastor Jean

“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad” (Prov 12:25; AMPC). That encouraging word can come from the Bible, or it can come from someone else, another Christian who is in tune with the Holy Spirit, “Out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45b; NKJV). (See also Luke 6:45, Prov 15:28, Prov 18:21). You never know when you will have an opportunity to speak that encouraging word to someone but if we stay full of the word and filled with the Spirit, we will be ready. If we ourselves are the one in need of that encouraging word then we must do what David did when he was in trouble, (the Amalekites had burned his city and taken the women and children captive), so “he encouraged himself in the Lord” (1 Sam 30:6; KJV) and God gave him a plan which led to victory! The Bible is full of encouragement; we need to find ourselves a verse that pertains to our situation and “stand” on that verse, speak it out loud and meditate on it until it brings peace and uplift to our hearts and minds. The Bible has the ability to do that (Heb 4:12). So, don’t allow yourself to get weighed down with anxiety today; go to the word, feed on it and be encouraged; at the same time always be watching for an opportunity to encourage someone else!