Sunday, January 17, 2010
i am going to learn from paul (from the bible)
to be a person who encourages.
i noticed that paul is constantly travelling everywhere to individual churches
to provide words of encouragement.
like maintaining friendships,
maintaining unity in the church works in the same way.
you have to understand what the church is going through,
heart to heart conversations.
and then gain their trust before you can minister to them.
paul cares and understands.
and he had the trust of the people.
i bet he was the church mentor, the role model that everyone follows, the inspiring teacher.
therefore, when he encourages.
it goes super far.
i think i am going to start encouraging people!
still deciding how to though...but i will try.
this is something i wrote in my devotion journal:
"i feel that words of encouragement are like tiny seeds of blessings that you sow into a person's heart. it starts out small, but it will grow and bloom into big trees with an abundance of fruits.(touching the person's life) from there, the the fruits of blessing/encouragement will reproduce"
well, i guess that is how encouragement works.
you encourage, you bless someone
the person who is blessed, encourage someone else.
a beautiful chain of love.
maybe the first encouragement i want to give you guys out there is this;
sometimes it is during our troubles, we learn the most.
sometimes it is during our lost, we gain the most
sometimes it is during our suffering, we grow the most
sometimes it is during our confusion, we realise the most
sometimes it is during our breakdowns, we smile the most.
never give up people!
God loves you!
Psalms 46: 1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
selah.
Matthew 11:28
come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
to be a person who encourages.
i noticed that paul is constantly travelling everywhere to individual churches
to provide words of encouragement.
like maintaining friendships,
maintaining unity in the church works in the same way.
you have to understand what the church is going through,
heart to heart conversations.
and then gain their trust before you can minister to them.
paul cares and understands.
and he had the trust of the people.
i bet he was the church mentor, the role model that everyone follows, the inspiring teacher.
therefore, when he encourages.
it goes super far.
i think i am going to start encouraging people!
still deciding how to though...but i will try.
this is something i wrote in my devotion journal:
"i feel that words of encouragement are like tiny seeds of blessings that you sow into a person's heart. it starts out small, but it will grow and bloom into big trees with an abundance of fruits.(touching the person's life) from there, the the fruits of blessing/encouragement will reproduce"
well, i guess that is how encouragement works.
you encourage, you bless someone
the person who is blessed, encourage someone else.
a beautiful chain of love.
maybe the first encouragement i want to give you guys out there is this;
sometimes it is during our troubles, we learn the most.
sometimes it is during our lost, we gain the most
sometimes it is during our suffering, we grow the most
sometimes it is during our confusion, we realise the most
sometimes it is during our breakdowns, we smile the most.
never give up people!
God loves you!
Psalms 46: 1-3
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
selah.
Matthew 11:28
come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
date: 28March, 10.39pm
drinking: liangteh.
eating: nth.
mood: ARGH!.
listening: tv outside
reading: nth.
random: sec 3, term 2 week 2 day 1.