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Texts: De 3:28; Luke 15:1-7; 1 Peter 5:1-8

Topic: Encouragement

Thesis: If Christians will determine toencourage each other, the church will

experience renewal and spiritual growth.

Title:

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We Will Encourage Each Other

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Campus Crusades witnessing

pamphlet, The Four Spiritual Lawsbegins with the statement God

loves you and has a wonderfulplan

for your life.

Since this is true, we should be

like Moses in response to Godsinstruction regarding Joshua.

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But charge Joshua, and

encourage and strengthen him,

because it is he who shall cross over

at the head of this people and whoshall secure their possession of the

land that you will see."

(De 3:28 NRSV)

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The Hebrew word translated into

English in this passage as

encourage quite literally means to

strengthen, to make firm and rigid, or

to restore to strength.

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There are two classes of people

who need encouragement

2. Saints Need Encouragement

Keep watch over the flockof God

which is in your care, using your

authority, not as forced to do so, but

gladly; and not for unclean profit but

with a ready mind;

(1Pe 5:2 BBE)

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Redwoods Root Structure

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the trees are able to remain upright for millennia is by

growing close together with other redwood trees

intermingling their root systems. This creates a

continuous living root mat through the soil.

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"Give me your tired,

your poor,

Your huddled masses

yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of

your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless,tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the

golden door!"

Emma Lazarus

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