Hebrews 10:24-25New International Version (NIV)
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
I love this verse because it is a good reminder of how to act like a person. It calms me down and reminds me that whatever I say can be good or bad. It makes me watch my language, even good language. We need spur one another on towards love and good deeds. We need to encourage them in what they are doing and in their passions. That is the part that I love the most. Yes, we need to also meet together and the more we do that the better, especially as Christians.
You can see things in person that you can't over the phone or computer like the actions they are doing but if we can't get together that doesn't mean that we need to stop being encouraging and loving to the people we care about. If you know them good enough, you won't want to meet as often. It is just hard to do it by phone and computer. We just need to get into the habit of doing it in anyway we can, whether it is one or two ways.
I also love the phase, "Let us consider how we may........" because it is thought provoking. "Consider" is another word for "think". Let us think about how we may........,right? It also means to reflect on and contemplate on. It just shows us that we need time to think about what we need to say or do next and see if it is the right thing. I admit that I have been known to do and say things before I stop and think about the meaning or the problems that it might cause. When I do that, things just get worse and never turn out the way I want them too.
There are times that I get so mad because someone has done or said something to me that I didn't like and I wrote back or talked to them when I was mad and it didn't end on a good note. Then I go back the next day and think about what I said and I regret it most of the time. I have learned from a lot of mistakes, most from high school, but even some after college that I need to let a day pass or just maybe hours pass and then if I still feel like I should say or do something then I do it. I calm down and think about how it would help this person if I did this or say this.
I want to be able to help people and lift them up in a good way, not a bad way. Times are going to get harder and the harder that get the more we need brothers and sisters in Christ to be there along side use encouraging us onwards. We need to stick with loving on people like Christ do because what better way to show people Christ then in that way. We are need to stay in good deeds because not staying there can go down the road really fast. Even though, Christ says, "good deeds are not the main things in life, they do help, even if it is very little."
Not to put me on the spot or anything but it feels pretty good for me when people say that they love my encouragement and that I am so supportive of them and what they are doing. It just lets me know that I am making a difference by just doing the little thing like encouraging or supporting them, even if I do it just by showing that I have belief in them or way down the other end to where I am buying things from them and supporting them money wise.
I know we should do those things because we care about the person and that God wants us to and not care what the other person thinks but sometimes it is nice to get encouragement back from them too. If you know what I mean.
I love this verse because it is a good reminder of how to act like a person. It calms me down and reminds me that whatever I say can be good or bad. It makes me watch my language, even good language. We need spur one another on towards love and good deeds. We need to encourage them in what they are doing and in their passions. That is the part that I love the most. Yes, we need to also meet together and the more we do that the better, especially as Christians.
You can see things in person that you can't over the phone or computer like the actions they are doing but if we can't get together that doesn't mean that we need to stop being encouraging and loving to the people we care about. If you know them good enough, you won't want to meet as often. It is just hard to do it by phone and computer. We just need to get into the habit of doing it in anyway we can, whether it is one or two ways.
I also love the phase, "Let us consider how we may........" because it is thought provoking. "Consider" is another word for "think". Let us think about how we may........,right? It also means to reflect on and contemplate on. It just shows us that we need time to think about what we need to say or do next and see if it is the right thing. I admit that I have been known to do and say things before I stop and think about the meaning or the problems that it might cause. When I do that, things just get worse and never turn out the way I want them too.
There are times that I get so mad because someone has done or said something to me that I didn't like and I wrote back or talked to them when I was mad and it didn't end on a good note. Then I go back the next day and think about what I said and I regret it most of the time. I have learned from a lot of mistakes, most from high school, but even some after college that I need to let a day pass or just maybe hours pass and then if I still feel like I should say or do something then I do it. I calm down and think about how it would help this person if I did this or say this.
I want to be able to help people and lift them up in a good way, not a bad way. Times are going to get harder and the harder that get the more we need brothers and sisters in Christ to be there along side use encouraging us onwards. We need to stick with loving on people like Christ do because what better way to show people Christ then in that way. We are need to stay in good deeds because not staying there can go down the road really fast. Even though, Christ says, "good deeds are not the main things in life, they do help, even if it is very little."
Not to put me on the spot or anything but it feels pretty good for me when people say that they love my encouragement and that I am so supportive of them and what they are doing. It just lets me know that I am making a difference by just doing the little thing like encouraging or supporting them, even if I do it just by showing that I have belief in them or way down the other end to where I am buying things from them and supporting them money wise.
I know we should do those things because we care about the person and that God wants us to and not care what the other person thinks but sometimes it is nice to get encouragement back from them too. If you know what I mean.
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