Oh, it is a b...e....a.....uuuutiful day today! No DOUBT! Man in comparison to this weekend.... yoooooooo today is straight PARADISE! heh heh. I hope you all are feelin' me ;-D Aight, on to.... da Word!
checkit:
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
- Paul, Silas, Timothy ( 2 Thessalonians 2:16,17)
Yo, ain't that nice? Isn't that like..... maaaaad encouraging and uplifting? I reckon! heh heh. Paul and company have a habit of doing this. At the end of many of his letters (and within his letters), homeboy drops these AMAZING words of encouragement that straight uplift a brutha to the high heavens son! Go back and read those verses right quick......... read it? Shoot this is da BOMB!
In those few words Paul and company establish a foundation of encouragement from which they pour out substantial and definite encouragement. Yup! See, these dudes call on the principle of encouragement himself to encourage the Thessalonians! And they back it up by conveying their own receipt of that encouragement by that same and powerful entity... Pops above. Yo... you cannot go wrong with encouragement from on High potnas!
Note also that the encouragement is specific. Paul and company bless these peeps by asking that Pops encourage them in their hearts. Why? Cuz if our hearts are encouraged, we will be driven. It is our state of being within that will drive our actions without. These guys then make it practical by specifying being strengthened in deed and word... tangible action that will reap concrete results. Yo, ain't that nice? Isn't that like..... maaaaad encouraging and uplifting? I reckon! heh heh. Paul and company have a habit of doing this. At the end of many of his letters (and within his letters), homeboy drops these AMAZING words of encouragement that straight uplift a brutha to the high heavens son! Go back and read those verses right quick......... read it? Shoot this is da BOMB!
In those few words Paul and company establish a foundation of encouragement from which they pour out substantial and definite encouragement. Yup! See, these dudes call on the principle of encouragement himself to encourage the Thessalonians! And they back it up by conveying their own receipt of that encouragement by that same and powerful entity... Pops above. Yo... you cannot go wrong with encouragement from on High potnas!
Potnas, let us emulate this example and encourage others in the same way. Encouragement that is specific and backed up by undeniable evidence of fulfillment goes a long way in igniting (or reigniting) the passion and drive of life in our fellow brothers and sisters. And guess what? Suddenly, you'll be rollin' with a circle peeps always high on life! Trust me, that is straight electrifying!
G-bless,
- patrick
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