Encourage to Empower/ Affirmation

To encourage empowers not only the receiver but also the giver. JPJ

Proverbs 16:24 Living Bible (TLB) “Kind words are like honey—enjoyable and healthful”.

Have you ever had someone walk up to you, someone you do not know and speak some encouraging words over your life. You might look around wondering if they got the right person until you absorb what the person is saying and receive it and make it your own. Doesn’t that just make your day and empower you to be that person even if you do not feel that way.

The awesomeness of the spoken words…it gives life to you and me.

I started attending a new church a couple months ago and at my very first visit to the church a lady came up to me at the end of the service and the words out of her mouth were as in the verse of scripture quoted above “kinds words are like honey, enjoyable and healthy. She said to me “you have a special thing going on, your family is special”. In my mind I was thinking what is she talking about, she does not even know me; but as I moved beyond the “noise” my mind was creating and received in my spirit the words spoken out loud to me, I just wanted my family to be those words.

Simple words expressed out loud can change attitudes and beliefs and in turn actions.

The interaction between parents and babies just learning to walk is a fitting example of encouragement. We become excited for them, we encourage them with each step they take. If they should fall we (sometimes) help them up or we speak positive words encouraging them to “rise”. This is because we believe in them and we know that they can do it, indirectly inspiring them to believe in themselves. When did all of this stop, when did we stop believing in the power of encouragement, when did we turn it into a competition with each other.

Can you imagine if we each decide to be a vessel of encouragement everywhere we go? We would empower lives, turn negative people and situations into positive ones. People do not need to hear what they are doing wrong; they need to hear what they are doing right. We really need to intentionally see the good in others. The bad is not our concern that will be taken care of by God.

We cannot change people, only God can.

Let our focus be the good stuff about others, let us encourage each other starting from our homes. It is easier sometimes to encourage the stranger, but we cannot encourage the outside world when our immediate world is in need of the same. It would be pointless.

Encouragement can empower people and cause them to step into who they are really called to be.

Wouldn’t you want to be a part of that change?

Affirm: I will become a vessel of encouragement to others and effect positive changes in others lives.

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