Bible Verses about Being an Encourager

2 Corinthians 5:20 

We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.

Romans 12:1-3 

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.

Romans 12:15 

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.

Acts 10:42 

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.

Acts 3:13 

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.

Acts 2:17 

“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

John 19:38 

Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate's permission, he came and took the body away.

John 10:28-29 

28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 

29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

John 6:39 

And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.

Facts about Holy Spirit

Is the Spirit of holiness:

Romans 1:4 

And who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Bears witness of son ship:

Romans 8:16 

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

Speaks to men:

Romans 8:29 

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, 

that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Acts 10:19 

While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Simon, three men are looking for you.

Acts 2:16-21

16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

17 “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

19 I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.

20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

Is the Spirit of holiness:

Romans 1:4 

and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christ will come back.

The whole Bible emphasizes over and over the fact that Christ will come back. For example, in Isaiah (66:15) we are told that “the Lord will come with fire.”

In Jeremiah, we are told that at the Lord’s coming Jerusalem will be made the throne of His glory and nations shall be gathered in representation. There shall be a mighty disarmament conference in Jerusalem, far greater than any the world has ever seen.

Ezekiel tells of Jerusalem which is to be restored, a temple which is to be rebuilt, and a land which is to be reclaimed and filled with prosperity.

Daniel saw Him in visions, coming as the Judge and King of the earth.

Hosea says that in the latter times when the Lord shall return, Israel shall accept Him as Lord and King.

Joel describes the world’s armies arrayed in the last day against the host of heaven.

Amos reveals the new throne of David established again in Jerusalem.

Obadiah issued serious warnings in view of the coming again of the Prince of Princes.

Micah announces the cessation of all wars when swords shall be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks

Nahum tells of the mountains quaking beneath His feet and the very earth burning with presence of Christ.

Habakkuk shows the King measuring the new Kingdom with a measuring rod and all the hills bowing unto Him.

Zephaniah gives us the new song that He will teach unto Israel and describes the overthrow of the false Christ.

Haggai tells of the shaking of all things and only the things of God remaining.

Malachi closes the Old Testament story of the coming Prince by showing Him as refiner’s fire and as a fuller’s soap, and as the rising sun filling the whole earth with His glory. The Old Testament is brimming with accounts of the second coming of Christ.

In the New Testament the predictions His coming are even more vivid and couched in even clearer terms. Matthew likens Christ to a bridegroom coming to receive his bride.

Mark sees Him as a householder going on a long journey and committing certain tasks to his servants until his return.

To Luke, Jesus is a nobleman going into a far country to transact certain business and leaving his possessions with his servants in order that they might trade with them until he comes.

John quotes Christ as saying, “I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself.” In Romans we see Him at His coming placing all things beneath His feet.

In 1 Corinthians, Paul tells of the Lord’s coming to awaken and raise the dead; 2 Corinthians describes the new house we shall have when this earthly house is dissolved.

Colossians (3:4) says, “When Christ, Who is our life, shall appear, them shall ye also appear with Him in Glory.”

In 1 Thessalonians, Paul tells us to wait for God’s Son from heaven. 2 Thessalonians gives us the glorious picture of the Lord coming with His saints.

In Timothy, we find these words, that the Lord will reward all those who “love His appearing.”

Titus talks about the “blessed hope.”

Hebrews tells about His coming the second time apart from sin.

James urges his readers to be patient unto the coming of the Lord.

Peter says that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night.

John gives the great promise to all believers, “Now are we the sons of God and it do not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”

Jude says, “Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints.”

And the whole Book of Revelation is given over to the teaching of the coming of Jesus Christ.

So, friends, it is not important that we know the exact time of His coming. What is important is that we live our lives in such a way as to be ready for it any moment!

Small Prayers

Repeat these Prayers.

Father, from whom all peoples derive their hope, use your Spirit to rouse within me a passion to share your grace with others. Nudge me out of my safety zone and call me into your empowering and sacrificial grace so that I can help others come to know you. In the saving name of Jesus I pray. Amen

Help me, O God, to not compromise your truth to legalism or license. I want to live, and show others how to live, a holy life. I want to share your grace and mercy with them. But most of all Father, I want them to join with me in welcoming Jesus when he returns. Please empower me by your Spirit to see through falsehood and error so I can protect and live your truth. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.

Holy and Precious Father, teach me your truth. Lead me to your will. Guide me in your wisdom. I want my life and my choices to be a reflection of your plan for me when you made me new in my mother's womb. In the name of Jesus I ask these things. Amen.

For the incredible and boundless love you have given to me, O Almighty God, I can only fall to my knees and thank you. Your power is beyond my comprehension. Your awesome holiness is beyond my understanding. Yet your infinite grace is mine because of your love which cost you so much. Thank you. A million times over I say it, "Thank you!" In the name of Jesus my Lord. Amen.

Forgive me, O God, when I have let prejudice and suspicion keep me from fully enjoying fellowship with those whom you have claimed as your children. I pray that my life will be an example of redemption and unity as I seek to love your children as you do. In the name of Jesus, whose dying prayer was for unity I pray. Amen.

Old and New Covenant Contrasts

Sinless ministry:

Hebrews 7:26 

Such a high priest meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

Aaronic priesthood:

Hebrews 7:11 

If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come—one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? 

Human sacrifice:

Hebrews 9:14-28

14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

16 In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 

17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 

18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 

19 When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 

20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 

21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies.

22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 

24 For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 

25 Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 

26 Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 

27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 

28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

Christian Brothers and Sisters

Romans 12:1 

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

Romans 15:14 

I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another.

Romans 15:30 

I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

Romans 16:14 

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brothers with them.

Romans 16:17 

I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

1 Corinthians 1:10 

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

1 Corinthians 1:11 

My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

1 Corinthians 1:26 

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.

1 Corinthians 2:1 

When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

1 Corinthians 3:1 

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:6 

Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.

The Effect of Christ's Death

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

1 Thessalonians 5:10

Who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
Death of Creatures

Psalms 104:29

You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust.

Genesis 6:17

"Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

The Second Death

Revelation 20:14

Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire This is the second death, the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:8

"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

Overcoming Death

Psalms 68:20

God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death.

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death.

Old Age, Attainment Of

Genesis 5:15 

When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.

Genesis 24:1 

Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

Genesis 35:29 

Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Judges 8:32 

Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

1 Chronicles 29:28 

He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 24:15 

Now Jehoiada was old and full of years, and he died at the age of a hundred and thirty.

Job 42:17 

And so he died, old and full of years. 

Zechariah 8:4 

This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age.

Isaiah 65:20 

“Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Proverbs 17:6 

Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

Genesis 48:11 

Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see your face again, and now God has allowed me to see your children too.”

Genesis 50:22-23 

22 Joseph stayed in Egypt, along with all his father's family. He lived a hundred and ten years 

23 and saw the third generation of Ephraim's children. Also the children of Makir son of Manasseh were placed at birth on Joseph's knees.