Encorajamento
O encorajamento é uma das vocações mais lindas do cristão. A Bíblia transborda de palavras de ânimo: não temas, levanta-te, Eu sou contigo. Deus nos encoraja para encorajarmos outros.
Não temas
Deus diz repetidamente: não temas, Eu sou contigo. Ele fortalece, sustenta e caminha ao nosso lado em cada desafio.
Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.
And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.
Since thou becamest precious in my sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for thy life.
Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and will gather thee from the west.
Fear not, because thou hast been put to shame, neither be confounded, because thou wast reproached: for thou shalt forget thy former shame, and shalt no more at all remember the reproach of thy widowhood.
I became manifest to them that asked not for me; I was found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold, I am here, to a nation, who called not on my name.
but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.
And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, Behold, I am here, send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people,
Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods. The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly, neither be afraid before them; for it is the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.
And the Lord that goes with thee shall not forsake thee nor abandon thee; fear not, neither be afraid.
Deus está conosco
Se Deus é por nós, quem será contra nós? Tudo posso naquele que me fortalece. Ele nos encoraja pela sua presença.
Ânimo nas lutas
No mundo tereis aflições, mas tende bom ânimo — Eu venci o mundo. O Senhor é refúgio seguro em toda tribulação.
Promessas de conforto
Vinde a mim os cansados e sobrecarregados. Lança sobre Ele tuas ansiedades, pois Ele cuida de ti.
He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.
A Psalm of David.
To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.
Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.
For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core.
Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.
I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause. He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;
A Song of Degrees.
I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist thy right hand: thou shalt screen me by the covering of thy wings,
And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.
Encorajar uns aos outros
Encorajai-vos mutuamente e edificai-vos uns aos outros. Não desanimemos — a bondade do Senhor é nova a cada manhã.
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.
Deus chama pelo nome
Ao longo da Bíblia, Deus chamou seus servos pelo nome — Abraão, Moisés, Samuel, Paulo — encorajando cada um pessoalmente.
And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it?
And an angel of the Lord called him out of heaven, and said, Abraam, Abraam. And he said, Behold, I am here.
And when the Lord saw that he drew nigh to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, Moses, Moses; and he said, What is it?
And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.