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- 0:04SPEAKER_00: So often we wait to look for God's care in the big life-changing moments or highly spiritual settings, which makes sense.
- 0:14SPEAKER_00: But sometimes God uses simple conversations to bring hope, strength, and perspective.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: You may never fully know the impact of speaking life into someone else.
- 0:26SPEAKER_00: In Hebrews 10.24, it includes this in the instructions for those living in community under the name of Jesus.
- 0:35SPEAKER_00: Encourage one another.
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: Before we go further, let's enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise, as the psalmist puts it.
- 0:46SPEAKER_00: Take 20 seconds and thank God for the blessings in your life, starting with the gift of relationship with Him.
- 1:24SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've been believing for something.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've been asking for something.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: Or maybe you've been working on something.
- 1:34SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've been growing in something.
- 1:37SPEAKER_00: God is the life changer.
- 1:39SPEAKER_00: Where do you need Him to meet you in your life right now?
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: Next, would you take 60 seconds and ask the Lord to place someone on your heart who needs encouragement today?
- 2:52SPEAKER_00: Maybe you know someone who is going through a hard season, or someone who is discouraged or might feel abandoned or overlooked.
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: Maybe someone who is just barely hanging on.
- 3:04SPEAKER_00: Let the Lord bring to your mind ways to be an encouragement to them today.
- 3:09SPEAKER_00: In the same way we just prayed that God would show up and show love to us.
- 3:14SPEAKER_00: Let's pray that over someone else and ask God how we can be part of that encouragement.
- 4:30SPEAKER_00: Use us today.
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: Encourage us today and be with us today.
- 4:36SPEAKER_00: Amen.