Six Steps to Encouragement
Hello Everyone,
As a reminder, Station meets on the first and third Friday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church at 7pm. This Friday, we are starting a new series - Six Steps to Encouragement.
This will be an interesting series because all of are called to encourage one another in the Lord. The problem is that we seldom do it. Take, for example, the conversations that follow a Sunday morning gathering. Over fellowship time at the church or over a good meal, we immediately and instinctively take off our "church hats" and get back to normal life with conversations about work, sports, vacations, etc. Such conversations are usually interesting but do not contribute much to the reason we do gather with other Christians - for mutual encouragement (Heb 10:24-25).
Of course, there is a time and place for such conversations but never at the expense of substantive words spoken for the sake of godly encouragement. The latter is what we all strugle with. How to speak words of encouragement? When to speak? What to actually say? Our study will begin to dig into the theory and practice of how Christians are to speak to one another.
I'll be posting more as our group dives into this topic. Until then, please feel free to leave feedback as to how you see Christian encouragement happening a)on Sunday mornings and b) throughout the week. Further, considering leaving a suggestion as to how you would define Christians encouragement.
As a reminder, Station meets on the first and third Friday of each month (unless otherwise noted) at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church at 7pm. This Friday, we are starting a new series - Six Steps to Encouragement.
This will be an interesting series because all of are called to encourage one another in the Lord. The problem is that we seldom do it. Take, for example, the conversations that follow a Sunday morning gathering. Over fellowship time at the church or over a good meal, we immediately and instinctively take off our "church hats" and get back to normal life with conversations about work, sports, vacations, etc. Such conversations are usually interesting but do not contribute much to the reason we do gather with other Christians - for mutual encouragement (Heb 10:24-25).
Of course, there is a time and place for such conversations but never at the expense of substantive words spoken for the sake of godly encouragement. The latter is what we all strugle with. How to speak words of encouragement? When to speak? What to actually say? Our study will begin to dig into the theory and practice of how Christians are to speak to one another.
I'll be posting more as our group dives into this topic. Until then, please feel free to leave feedback as to how you see Christian encouragement happening a)on Sunday mornings and b) throughout the week. Further, considering leaving a suggestion as to how you would define Christians encouragement.
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