Building Up/Encouraging

[Truman]

LOL !! it wasn't a warning Mich it was a request. :):)

Reminds me of my first wife, rest her soul. She'd say, "That's not a threat, it's a promise!"

God sees us a garden. Now, a garden has as many weeds as proper plants. If we just water a garden without also taking out the weeds...then the weeds will choke out the plants because they grow faster. Lies have a way of taking over the garden unless they are properly identified. So then what part of people do we want to edify? All of us? If so then we are likely to be encouraging the wrong part of us. The carnal mind resists the truth in favour of what SOUNDS good to it. So then the truth will appear harsh as long as we remain unbroken in the carnal outer man (the weed part of us). That is why the narrow way is difficult. We want love to sound good to our ears. But the pill must first be bitter before it becomes sweet. To encourage without discernment makes the pill sweet at first but ultimately bitter.

So which is better? Wisdom does not seek an instant gratification. But the flesh does.
We are not to build again what the Lord has torn down. God is only looking for fellowship with the inner man...not with who we think we are in our whole person. God does not respect our "person"...or what we present to the world. The truth goes deeper than that...or it isn't the truth.

A garden with a well in it.

 

[farouk]

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@L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d Great verse there! :)

 

[farouk]

@Rita I really like the idea of this thread.

 

[Pearl]

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[Taken]

1 Thessalonians 5:10-12
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,

Use this thread for encouraging each other.

Nice Thread Pearl.
Sometimes it seems encouraging also requires a q-tip.

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[L.A.M.B.]

In my opinion,you can NEVER have too much of the WOG!

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[marks]

In my opinion,you can NEVER have too much of the WOG!View attachment 22456

And we can never have too much encouragement from each other.

We ARE like a garden, God's garden, carefully, lovingly tended by He Who came up with the idea of gardens. Fed and watered and trimmed and cleaned and loved, by our Master Gardener!

Much love!

 

[amigo de christo]

In my opinion,you can NEVER have too much of the WOG!View attachment 22456

Thats right sister . Let us stay well planted in all biblical doctrine and do so continually . Let all praise and thank the LORD .

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[farouk]

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@L3astAm0ngManyB13ss3d What glorious titles there!

 

[amigo de christo]

Lamb has arrived . Let all rejoice in the glorious Lord my friends .

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[L.A.M.B.]

May I say if you follow God and believe in his Son as God and his Holy Spirit as God then

Ye are a CHOSEN generation,a ROYAL priesthood, an HOLY nation, a PECULIAR people ; that ye should SHEW FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HATH CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELLOUS LIGHT: ....1 Peter 2:9

 

[L.A.M.B.]

 

[GRACE ambassador]

"But if our Gospel be hid, It is hid to them that are lost: in whom
the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe
not, lest The Light Of The Glorious Gospel Of Christ, Who Is The
Image Of God, should Shine Unto them.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus The LORD;
and ourselves your servants for Jesus' Sake.

For God, Who Commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath
Shined In our hearts, To Give The Light Of The Knowledge Of The
Glory of God In The Face Of Jesus Christ." (II Corinthians 4:3-6)​

 

[Pearl]

 

[L.A.M.B.]