Encouraging Christians

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled.

A Believer who must always be comfortable will eventually compromise when obedience becomes uncomfortable.

Run your race. Lay aside the weight of fear which causes you to desire to protect yourself rather than moving forward by faith and trusting God.

Stay faithful to the Lord. Don't let spiritual discouragement keep you from God's reward for you.

Stay in the saddle even when it's uncomfortable. Keep running forward. What is God developing in you. Keep in the learning seat and let Him work. Don't bolt.

How are you running your race in the sight of the gray cloud of witnesses?

Getting saved by faith. Becoming God's eternal child by faith. Walking with God by faith. God leads us all by faith on the path He designed for us.

Focusing on Jesus is the answer to our issues we face today as believers. Jesus is phenomenal. Jesus endured the cross, despised the shame of it, but completed His race that the Father laid before Him. What a Savior! Are you focusing on Jesus today as you run your race?Let us help you. Reach out to us at encouragingchristians@gmail.com

God is not ashamed to be called your God. Continue being faithful. Continue focused on Him. Continue steadfast in the face of your oppression and attacks against your faith - God aligns Himself with you. The world may reject your identification with God, but God is not ashamed to identify Himself with you.

We are tearing down strongholds by learning and believing the truth, and telling ourselves the truth in the Sword Of The Spirit - the Word of God. Sometimes when we begin to break down a stronghold we feel conviction, sometimes a hurt from our past (one we have relived over and over in our mind), sometimes we correct wrong thinking/beliefs, sometimes we get mental and emotional freedom from anguish of some kind. If you want to get personal help identifying and addressing a stronghold, please reach out to us at encouragingchristians@gmail.comWe want to help you move forward in the freedom Jesus has already provided for you through salvation. When you appropriate Truth, His Word makes you free. Are you walking daily in that freedom? Would you like to?

Strongholds - we all need to win against them or lose battles to the world, the flesh, and the devil. Are You Winning Your Battles?

When you get saved you are a new born baby in your faith. You need mature believers to help you grow. They will help you and invest in you and pick you up when you fall. They will teach you to pray and learn to study the Bible. They will help you identify bad habits and change. All of us need help when we get saved and start a life of faith.

God is in control. Do you trust Him?

God spoke words and the known universe appeared “ex nihilo” out of nothing! God's Word is so powerful we cannot conceive in our tiny little brains just all that God accomplished in 1 week of creation. We understand this by faith.

Faith - a conviction. Faith - a foundation. Faith - a subfloor. What is yours like?

Are you on your way to Heaven by faith or are you on your way to hell by judgment?

Our choices move us in one direction or another. What direction are your choices moving you towards?

Grace to Repent and Recover Yourself from Satan's snare in your life. That's true freedom.

Are you currently trapped in a snare from Satan? Would you like to recover yourself from that snare? What is the Truth you need to acknowledge from God? Are you willing to humbly repent and change as God leads you?

Genuine Repentance results in a genuine change and obedience to God's Word. If you are not obeying God's Word then you have not repented. If you want help reach out to us at encouragingchristians@gmail.com please.

Sometimes our snares get so dominating we become dominated by them. But Jesus is and offers true Hope to every Hopeless person - even you. Will you acknowledge His truth today?

There is only one true source of Hope - Truth! Do you know and live according to God's Truth or do you make up your own as you go? One leads to genuine freedom and the other to a self-inflicted snare.

What do you owe God? What offense toward God has your sin caused? Jesus loves you. Jesus died for you. Jesus paid for the total price of all your sins and penalties on the cross. Will You Put It On His Account Today? Please reach out to us at encouragingchristians@gmail.com and let us know how we can encourage you personally as a believer today.

Titus 3:5 summarizes salvation and the ongoing renewal of the believer as completed by the Holy Spirit. Are you regularly experiencing His renewal process in you?

You got saved by Grace. Are you still following God's Grace in your life?

Are you fighting as a Christian? Are you fighting against the world, the flesh, and the Devil? Are you fighting against the enemy? Is it a good fight that you are fighting?

Loyalty: Biblical, Abusive, Conditional, or Exploitive? Which kind do you practice? Which kind do you want to live by?

Are you a loyal person? Would your mate say that you are? Would your church describe you that way? Do you know what Biblical loyalty is?

What happens when someone loyal to you stops benefiting you? How do you respond?

What does it mean to give your full loyalty to God? Are you able to do just that?

I am loyal to you or God so long as you are loyal to me. Does this mean - I am loyal to you until you stop benefiting me? Is that Biblical loyalty?

Don't let your pleasures become your idols.

What promises you relief or an escape gradually becomes your master. Who or what is your Master?

Hatred for another human being is the first step towards murder. Do you hate any person?

Envy is horrible. Envy makes you lonely. How?

Are you falling for a heresy or remaining Humble, Teachable, and focused on truth?

Have you experienced someone in your church trying to split the church under the guise of “standing for the truth?” Ask yourself and others, “Does their spirit reflect Christ? Are they masking a hidden wounded pride or is it a ploy or desire for influence?” Why do they speak against authority instead submitting to God and functioning under authority? Why don't they quietly leave and find a place they can worship peacefully instead causing sedition?

Is the Holy Spirit producing Humility, Love, Peace, and Meekness in you? Have you grown more to reflect these daily since you got saved? Does Strife, constant tension, broken teamwork, loss of joy, and confusion describe you better than those fruit of the Spirit? Do you want to be a person known for Strife or Peace?

Strife - living and serving my self-interest more than God or anyone around me. Does this describe you?

What happens when we don't love God 1st and most?

Moving away from the flesh and leaning towards the Spirit. Would you say this is the path you are on?

How do you bring into control your wrath or explosive anger that aims at revenge and retribution? Are you willing to admit that it's a work of your flesh?

What is in your heart will come out for others to experience - good, bad, or just downright ugly! What do you want them to see?

Emulations - A Painful Jealousy - to what degree do you find yourself jealous of others who receive blessings?

Some people enjoy causing contention and stirring up strife. They are walking in the flesh and fulfilling the work of the flesh known as variance. Is this you?

Hatred - a hostile attitude of unforgiveness, resentment, and bitterness holds captive the one who harbors it in their heart.

Hatred kills long before physical death.

God has a purpose and plan for each of us. He is the Creator. He created you. He is the giver of life. He gave you the gift of life? Are you fulfilling His purpose, His way?

Becoming A Person Of Grace

He is Real. Christ is Real. Heaven is Real. The Rapture is Real. How Real is He to you today?

Desiring power without submission to God leads to trying to divine spiritual or supernatural power not sourced in God. Do you sweetly submit to the Holy Spirit or do you seek power for you and your spirit?