And the Son of God, Jesus the Lord said, I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the father but by me.

Therefore, go into all the world,

teaching and preaching the gospel to every single person

that are the mostest parts of the earth.

In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on in touch, being an encourager.

Who is the encourager in your life? The person who supports you when you need it? The person who supports you when you need it,

the person who stimulates your mind and you're thinking to say you can keep going,

the person who sort of fires you up, motivates you when you need to be fired up motivated. Everybody needs an encourage. And the truth is

all of us need to be encouraged us. That people you not need to encourage and all of us need to be encouraged. That people you and I need to encourage and all of us need to be encouraged

because all of us go through those times in our life, whatever the situation may be,

where we may feel a little bit down or maybe some experience came along that disappointed us,

maybe disappointed somebody else or whatever it might be.

Everybody needs encouragement.

And when I think back over my life, I can tell you who was the most powerful, consistent

encourage you in my life, my mother.

She encouraged me even when she whipped me.

Because she reminded me of why she was doing it.

I was not impressed at all at the moment, but as I look back and realize

what she was saying, she would say this because I want you to grow up and be a good boy,

or I want you to learn not to disobey me,

but of all the people I've ever known,

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