Encouragement

ENCOURAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION: PROVERBS 8:22-32 CLEARLY DESCRIBES CHRIST AS THE ULTIMATE HEALING BALM. HE IS MORAL, JUST AND RIGHT IN ALL HIS WAYS.

SPIRITUAL INSIGHT: SEVERAL PROVERBS FOCUS ON WHAT GOD HATES. PROVERBS 15: 26 (NASB) EVIL PLANS ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, BUT PLEASANT WORDS ARE PURE.

PROVERBS HAS MUCH TO SAY REGARDING EVIL, ESPECIALLY, EVIL THOUGHTS. PSALMS 19:14 (NASB) REINFORCES PROVERBS 15:26. LET THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE ACCEPTABLE IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER. PONDER THE PSALMIST WORDS, PLEASANT, PURE, HEALING WORDS FROM YOUR MOUTH!

PROVERBS 15: 28 (NASB) THE HEART OF THE RIGHTEOUS PONDERS HOW TO ANSWER, BUT THE MOUTH OF THE WICKED POURS OUT EVIL THINGS. A WISE MAN WILL GOVERN HIS SPEECH (JAMES 3:2).

PROVERBS 16:24 (NASB) READS, PLEASANT WORDS ARE A HONEYCOMB, SWEET TO THE SOUL AND HEALING TO THE BONES. PLEASANT WORDS ARE MORALLY UPLIFTING, SWEET AND HEALTHY.

APPLICATION: THE HEALING AGENT IS GENTLE ENCOURAGEMENT!