Nancy DeMas Walgumuth says we're called to encourage one another and that includes our

posting on social media.

Why do we think because we write it on the internet that that makes it okay. Here's how you evaluate. Is this good for building up?

Does it fit the occasion and will it give grace to the person who hears it?

You don't have to say everything you think.

Welcome to the Revive Our Hearts podcast. It's February 23rd,

2023. Our host is the co-author of seeking him, Nancy Demas Volkibout. As I was putting this series on encouragement together, encourage one another, I put a notice out on Facebook, some of saw this and I just said give me some examples

of how others have encouraged you and or how the Lord has encouraged and strengthened you

in discouraging times. And we got so many neat answers to that and I want to share some of those in this

program and the next one.

But I want to focus on a couple of categories that many of these fell into in today's program.

This woman said, my husband is a pastor and 20 years ago we were going through a painful

time in ministry and one day one of the ladies of the church came to my home just to give me a hug.

No agenda, no complaints.

Just a hug from a sister in the Lord which said, I'm standing with you in prayer and

friendship.

Then she prayed for me. Don't ever underestimate the power

of presence when someone is hurting. And then this woman said there was a

semester when four of my students died within a few weeks of each other.

My roommate would sit on the floor and weep with me.

She didn't try to explain the situation.

She knew me, knew I was hurting, and cried with me.

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