in'k erijment I once came across an article entitled "Why Are Fire Trucks Red?" Receive email notifications when the latest James River Blog has been posted. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement, who encourages us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction, with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God. When you suffer you learn to care. PRAYER: Father, each person here this morning has in this past week needed encouragement. When you have a problem doesn't the Lord send someone with an encouraging word, a helping hand, or a shoulder to cry on. The Finns fought the Russians. 1 Pet. The Need for Encouragement Each person in this room today is in need of some type of encouragement. PRAYER: Father, we have come here this morning to find out more about you, and to find out more about what you want to teach us. In the Lord Jesus Christ you have a better provision. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Sermons on words of encouragement: showing 1-15 of 1,818 Filter Results It's the peace that comes when we avoid impure actions. And that is how they should be tackled: as the testing and strengthening of your faith -- through the comfort and mercy of Jesus. We need hope and peace and the knowledge that the Lord knows our troubles has great concern and compassion for us and is not leaving us unloved or uncared for. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Encouragement keeps people feeling positive about what they are doing, it keeps them refreshed. Take the Risk and Try Again, Ephesians 2:10 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.". 1:6 Often we encourage others, sometimes we need encouragement, but does encouragement come at a cost to the one who encourages? That is why God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. His name shall be called John.'' In Him, you can have comfort and peace and encouragement. Give it! 1. Any of you tired here this morning? He is far better than Moses, He is far better than any high priest that you had in the Old Testament economy. In the King James Version of the Bible you'll not even see the word encouragement, but it is there. The Lord had told her what is name was to be. Encouragement is something that belongs to you as a Christian. And I want to tell you what to do with discouragement today. Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them. WELCOME: Welcome this morning as we conclude our series "The Power of Encouragement." Sermon: Encouragement When You Need it the Most - Philippians 4. by Andy Cook on Wednesday, January 01, 2014 at 7:00 AM . Therefore fire trucks are usually red!" 5:11 Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing.The Oval Office has to be the loneliest place in America. Wimber said, ''Christian minds are landing fields for demons to parachute hindering thoughts onto.'' [PowerPoint(r) on the anatomy of a body] 2. He is writing primarily to Hebrew Christians. The only comfort the man has is that he is not unique. Hebrews 3:13 NIV You have the Word of God to teach you. Where nobody suffers, nobody cares. Perhaps it ought to be called, ''The simple truth about not going to church'' because there are certainly a lot of folks not doing that these days.