what keeps you encouraged?

What keeps you encouraged? There should be lots of different answers, but the one thing that often troubles me is the lack of seeking encouragement and being an encouragement to others.

It is easier to look at the negative than to look for the positive. It is easy to get stuck in a rut that leads no where than to stand tall and look up.

That is why I give you just a couple words for the weekend. Check these:

Proverbs 26:27 NASB

One who digs a pit will fall into it, And one who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

In a conversation yesterday this verse came up. Look for wrong, and you will find it. Be a problem, and you will have problems. That is a fact.

Psalm 121:1-2 NLT

I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth!

What you look for, you will find. Look to God for help, and there He is with what is needed and with encouragement.

Take some time today to look past your situation. Take some time to listen to what will make you stronger. Then, take some time to share what you find and what you hear with those who need it!

Proverbs 12:25 NLT

Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.

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