Encouragement, promises of God’s

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God promises continual support for his people, particularly when they become weary, depressed or disillusioned.

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God’s encouragement affirmed

Psalm 10:17–18 KJV 1900
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may no more oppress.
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Means by which God encourages believers

Meditation on his law and word

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Experience of the Holy Spirit

The word used for Spirit here means “Counsellor” or “one who encourages or comforts”.
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Experience of God’s encouragement

2 Corinthians 4:16–18 KJV 1900
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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God’s encouragement experienced through the words and actions of others

Gideon and the dream of the Midianite soldier; ; the returned exiles helped by the king of Assyria; ; ;

Commands to be encouraged

1 Corinthians 16:13 KJV 1900
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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Paul to his shipmates:

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Effects of being encouraged

Isaiah 40:30–31 KJV 1900
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint.
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Prayers for encouragement

2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 KJV 1900
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
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