Keeping Spirits Bright // The Spiritual Gift of Encouragement

The Real Marriage Podcast

Mark Driscoll

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.7 • 919 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Spiritual Gifts Series: Encouragement Howdy folks! On this season of the Real Marriage Podcast, we want to help you find out what gifts you have and how you can use those to serve your spouse and minister to your family. Also along the way we will be sharing some stories of church leaders from the past with marriages that inspire us! Each week will be discussing a different spiritual gift to help you not only identify the gifts you have, but excel in them for the glory of God. In this Christmas themed episode we discuss the spiritual gift of Encouragement. Merry Christmas! ------ Links/Offers mentioned in this episode: Spiritual Gift Guide Text 'GIFTS' to 31996 to get a free copy of our Spiritual Gifts guidebook American Underdog Movie https://americanunderdog.movie/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	First of all, I think God is a constant encourager.
0:04.0	I mean, if we didn't have God to give us hope and encouragement, we would really feel even more lost.
0:09.0	And so as Christians, we have that from the Lord.
0:12.0	And I think if you have that gift of encouragement where it just naturally is a part of you, you want to build people up.
0:18.0	I mean, we all need to do that as Christians, but if it just naturally flows out of you like how can I encourage that person that person that person
0:24.8	then you have the gift of encouragement and it's even more of a gift right now in the hard
0:30.5	season of you know darkness that we're living in and and so I would encourage you to utilize
0:35.9	that because it's going to minister to people even more
0:39.1	than it normally would.
0:40.9	All right.
0:41.4	Welcome to the Real Marriage podcast, Mark and Grace Driscoll.
0:46.2	We're heading into the holiday season, which is either amazing or awful.
0:52.3	All depends on how you navigate it. And so we find ourselves in the middle of a
0:57.4	series of episodes on spiritual gifts and so uh in this month of December we're going to finish
1:04.5	the podcast episodes on spiritual gifts and it just makes sense i mean christmas is the time to give and receive gifts and spiritual gifts and it just makes sense. I mean, Christmas is the time to give and receive gifts
1:13.1	and spiritual gifts are presents that God gives to each of his children so that they can do
1:19.2	life and ministry. And so you can find a free e-book. It's almost 100 pages and a bit of a study
1:27.1	guide.
1:33.4	And we would really like during this holiday season for you to discover what are the spiritual gifts that God has given me so that I can do ministry starting with my family during the
1:39.1	holiday season.
1:39.9	So we've got a free resource for you.
1:42.5	Today's gift is, what is it, babe?
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