Quotes about Encouragement

Don't become discouraged if you're a person who wants to have a steadfast mind in Christ but can't seem to gain control of your thoughts. Welcome to the club! We've all been there!

Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's. 2 Chronicles 20:15

The Lord God has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. Isaiah 50:4

I continually remember them and have become depressed. Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope. Lamentations 3:20—21

Beloved, no one, no matter how brilliant, persuasive, or credentialed, should have the right to take away our hope. The God we serve is able (Dan. 3:17). Everything is possible (Mark 9:23). Nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37).

Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

They are to teach what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and children. Titus 2:3—4

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31

Oh, beloved, God is faithful. Even when the enemy tries to batter us and make us lose confidence, God can take the victory with a demonstration of the Spirit's power. In those times God sometimes produces a harvest of fruit unlike any other. Those who have been touched are encouraged in a faith that does "not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power" (1 Cor. 2:5). They end up seeing God instead of us. Hallelujah.

Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. If they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Watch yourself. Of all the manifestations of Resistance, most only harm ourselves. Criticism and cruelty harm others as well.

The drawing is also a reminder that there's an artist within each of us, and we must encourage that artist to do the work, to make something that matters, regardless of anything else that is going on.

Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don't. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money or possessions, but also time, love, and encouragement.