{"id":5212,"date":"2017-03-18T04:44:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.servias.org\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2017-03-17T21:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T02:47:04","slug":"the-need-for-encouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=5212","title":{"rendered":"The Need For Encouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Philippians chapter 2:<\/p>\n<p>19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. <\/p>\n<p>20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. <\/p>\n<p>21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with <em>his <\/em>father he served with me in the gospel. <\/p>\n<p>23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. <\/p>\n<p>24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has the need to hear encouraging words and Paul was no exception.&#160; Paul spent much time traveling to various places in order to spread the Gospel with the occasional shipwreck, incarceration, and other such perils.&#160; He wrote the epistles by THE SPIRIT and was at peace about their content.&#160; However, he looked forward to hearing about the results.&#160; We all need feedback when we are walking out our calling day in and day out.&#160; Paul was sending Timothy whom he trusted because of Timothy\u2019s character of service.&#160;&#160; Paul wanted a true assessment of the fruit coming forth among the Philippians. <\/p>\n<p>In Romans chapter 12 Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT: <\/p>\n<p>7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. <\/p>\n<p>8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.<\/p>\n<p>9 Don\u2019t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. <\/p>\n<p>10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other (NLT)<\/p>\n<p>Words of encouragement and acts of kindness are important to relationships.&#160; Jesus came to encourage the world with Words of encouragement from FATHER.&#160; He spread the Good News and it continues this very day.&#160; Let us be sensitive to others and affirm their importance by expressing encouraging words.&#160; Look for opportunities on a daily basis to encourage others in a genuine manner.&#160; Take interest in their wellbeing and represent the Love of FATHER.&#160; FATHER will surely take note for HE is particularly fond of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul wrote by THE SPIRIT in Philippians chapter 2: 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5213,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions\/5213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}