"I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen." (Luther's Morning Prayer)
Friday, October 25, 2024 - Day 299 (Through the Bible in a year readings for today: Jeremiah 14-16; 1 Timothy 5)
ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER
“Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.” (1 Timothy 5:1-2 ESV)
Encouragement, what a positive word. Encouragement is what an older person needs as they see their bodies showing signs of age. Encouragement is what younger people need as they try to find their way in this life. Encouragement to follow Christ is what all people need.
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV)
1. Where charity and love prevail
There God is ever found;
Brought here together by Christ’s love
By love are we thus bound.
2. With grateful joy and holy fear
His charity we learn;
Let us with heart and mind and soul
Now love Him in return.
3. For-give we now each other’s faults
As we our faults confess,
And let us love each other well
In Christian holiness.
(Lutheran Service Book 845)
Lord Jesus, help me to encourage others by reminding them of Your great love for them. May we never forget the eternally encouraging message of Your forgiveness and grace for all who repent and believe. Amen.
Pastor David Paape
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