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.
Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, do not look around, for I [am] your God, || I have strengthened you, || Indeed, I have helped you, indeed, I upheld you, || With the right hand of My righteousness.
When you pass into waters, I [am] with you, || And into floods, they do not overflow you, || When you go into fire, you are not burned, || And a flame does not burn against you.
Since you were precious in My eyes, || You were honored, and I have loved you, || And I appoint men in your stead, || And peoples instead of your life.
Do not be afraid, for I [am] with you, || I bring in your seed from the east, || And I gather you from the west.
And they cause desolate cities to be inhabited. Do not fear, for you are not ashamed, || Nor blush, for you are not confounded, || For you forget the shame of your youth, || And the reproach of your widowhood || You do not remember anymore.
"I have been inquired of by those who did not ask, || I have been found by those who did not seek Me, || I have said, Behold Me, behold Me, || To a nation not calling on My Name.
But those expecting YHWH pass [to] power, || They raise up the pinion as eagles, || They run and are not fatigued, || They go on and do not faint!
And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom do I send? And who goes for Us?" And I say, "Here I [am], send me."
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be terrified nor frightened, for your God YHWH [is] with you in every [place] to where you go."
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous; do not be terrified nor frightened, for your God YHWH [is] with you in every [place] to where you go."
And the people answer and say, "Far be it from us to forsake YHWH, to serve other gods; for our God YHWH [is] He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who has done these great signs before our eyes, and keeps us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;
be strong and courageous, do not fear, nor be terrified because of them, for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you."
and YHWH [is] He who is going before you, He Himself is with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you; do not fear, nor be frightened."
Deus está conosco
Se Deus é por nós, quem será contra nós? Tudo posso naquele que me fortalece. Ele nos encoraja pela sua presença.
What, then, will we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
for you did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but you received [the] Spirit of adoption in which we cry, "Abba! Father!"
for let each one of us please the neighbor for good, for edification,
And may the God of the endurance, and of the exhortation, give to you to have the same mind toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
for I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, that you may be established; and that is, that I may be comforted together among you, through faith in one another, both yours and mine.
I have strength for all things, in Christ’s strengthening me;
having been confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you, will complete [it] until [the] day of Jesus Christ,
so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new.
for this reason, we do not faint, but if our outward man also decays, yet the inward is renewed day by day;
for the momentary light matter of our tribulation works out for us more and more an exceedingly continuous weight of glory—
And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God, and not of us, being in tribulation in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; at all times carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body, for we who are living are always delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our dying flesh,
having known, therefore, the fear of the LORD, we persuade men, and we are revealed to God, and I also hope to have been revealed in your consciences; for we do not again recommend ourselves to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that you may have [something] in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart; for whether we were beside ourselves, [it was] to God; whether we be of sound mind, [it is] to you, for the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged thus: that if one died for all, then the whole died, and He died for all, that those living may no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them, and was raised again. So that we, from now on, have known no one according to the flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him [thus] no longer; so that if anyone [is] in Christ—[he is] a new creature; the old things passed away, behold, all things have become new. And all things [are] of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of the reconciliation, how that God was in Christ—reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the reconciliation, in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we implore, in behalf of Christ, "Be reconciled to God"; He made Him having not known sin [to be] sin in our behalf, that we may become the righteousness of God in Him.
for if the willing mind is present, it is well-accepted according to that which anyone may have, not according to that which he does not have;
Blessed [is] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;
Ânimo nas lutas
No mundo tereis aflições, mas tende bom ânimo — Eu venci o mundo. O Senhor é refúgio seguro em toda tribulação.
these things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace, in the world you will have tribulation, but take courage—I have overcome the world."
these things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace, in the world you will have tribulation, but take courage—I have overcome the world."
Peace I leave to you; My peace I give to you. Not according as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.
Peace I leave to you; My peace I give to you. Not according as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and he who is fearing has not been made perfect in love;
Promessas de conforto
Vinde a mim os cansados e sobrecarregados. Lança sobre Ele tuas ansiedades, pois Ele cuida de ti.
Come to Me, all you laboring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest;
And do not be afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Cast on YHWH that which He has given you, || And He sustains you, || He does not permit the moving of the righteous forever.
Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, || I fear no evil, for You [are] with me, || Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, || I fear no evil, for You [are] with me, || Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
BY DAVID. YHWH [is] my light and my salvation, || Whom do I fear? YHWH [is] the strength of my life, || Of whom am I afraid?
Look to YHWH—be strong, || And He strengthens your heart, || Indeed, look to YHWH!
Be strong, and He strengthens your heart, || All you who are waiting for YHWH!
I cause you to act wisely, || And direct you in the way that you go, || I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.
TO THE OVERSEER. BY SONS OF KORAH. FOR GIRLS’ [VOICES]. A SONG. God [is] our refuge and strength, || A most sure help in adversities. Therefore we do not fear in the changing of earth, || And in the slipping of mountains || Into the heart of the seas. Roar—troubled are its waters, || Mountains shake in its pride. Selah.
[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You. In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, || I do not fear what flesh does to me.
And let the pleasantness of our God YHWH be on us, || And establish on us the work of our hands, || Indeed, establish the work of our hands!
A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. I lift up my eyes to the hills, || From where does my help come? My help [is] from YHWH, || Maker of the heavens and earth,
I placed YHWH before me continually, || Because [He is] at my right hand I am not moved.
And YHWH is a tower for the bruised, || A tower for times of adversity. They trust in You who know Your Name, || For You have not forsaken those seeking You, O YHWH.
having cast all your care on Him, because He cares for you.
in which you are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in various trials,
and who [is] he who will be doing you evil, if you may become imitators of Him who is good? But if you also should suffer because of righteousness, [you are] blessed! And do not be afraid of their fear, nor be troubled,
Encorajar uns aos outros
Encorajai-vos mutuamente e edificai-vos uns aos outros. Não desanimemos — a bondade do Senhor é nova a cada manhã.
for this reason, comfort one another, and build up one another, as also you do.
for this reason, comfort one another, and build up one another, as also you do.
and may we consider to provoke one another to love and to good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as [is] a custom of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as you see the Day coming near.
[Be] without covetous behavior, being content with the things present, for He has said, "No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake you," so that we boldly say, "The LORD [is] to me a helper, and I will not fear what man will do to me."
so that, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the LORD at all times, knowing that your labor in the LORD is not vain.
Watch, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
Watch, stand in the faith; be men, be strong;
for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;
And David says to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be frightened, for YHWH God, my God, [is] with you; He does not fail you, nor forsake you, to the completion of all the work of the service of the house of YHWH.
Your God YHWH [is] in your midst, || A mighty one [to] save, || He rejoices over you with joy, || He works in His love, || He delights over you with singing."
For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking toward you—a declaration of YHWH; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give posterity and hope to you.
In all labor there is advantage, || And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
and Jesus said to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you to become fishers of men"; and immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.
Deus chama pelo nome
Ao longo da Bíblia, Deus chamou seus servos pelo nome — Abraão, Moisés, Samuel, Paulo — encorajando cada um pessoalmente.
and God speaks to Israel in visions of the night and says, "Jacob, Jacob"; and he says, "Here I [am]."
and the Messenger of God says to me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here I [am].
And the Messenger of YHWH calls to him from the heavens and says, "Abraham, Abraham"; and he says, "Here I [am]";
And YHWH sees that he has turned aside to see, and God calls to him out of the midst of the bush and says, "Moses! Moses!" And he says, "Here I [am]."
And Eli calls Samuel and says, "Samuel, my son"; and he says, "Here I [am]."
And there was a certain disciple in Damascus, by name Ananias, and the LORD said to him in a vision, "Ananias"; and he said, "Behold me, Lord";
And Mary said, "Behold, the maidservant of the LORD; let it be to me according to your saying," and the messenger went away from her.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And one of them is not forgotten before God, but even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.