what encourages you?

Psalm 69:32 NLT

The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God’s help be encouraged.

What encourages you? Who speaks life to you? Where do you find refreshing? How do refuel your energy?

Some important questions that we need answers for. When you know the answers and don’t follow them, there is a problem.

Isaiah 40:31 NLT

But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

Think about this. What keeps us from getting what makes us stronger and filled with faith?

What discourages you? Who steals your strength? When do feel drained? How do you lose motivation and want to quit?

It is important to know why and when those things happen. Those answers often are easier to find that the ones we first asked. Why is it easier to find the negative than the positive?

What we dwell on we become like. Too many people stick with the negatives of life and spend little time with what is positive.

I challenge you to find the positive, find the people who feed your faith. Once you find them, spend time with them. Leave the things and people behind that suck the life and energy out of you.

John 10:10 NLT

The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

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