Quotes about Encouragement

But I can't stay here for a week!" "You can stay here all right, silly old Bear. It's getting you out which is so difficult.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.

And ye, beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low, Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing: O rest beside the weary road And hear the angels sing.

Anything you can do that connects believers with one another engages the church to go the next level, which keeps the pastor from being burnt out, which therefore keeps him in the ministry.

Ideally, a good pastor wants to empower a congregation to the point where they don't need him. You want everyone to leave feeling better.

The most empowering relationships are those in which each partner lifts the other to a higher possession of their own being.

there's a time for everything in your life. God alone knows what that is. And because His Spirit dwells within you, and because He is deeply interested in helping you experience the fullness of His plans for your life, you can just stay tuned and know that He'll make it clear to you right on time, even as He keeps you loved and encouraged by His presence all along the way.

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly