The word ‘encouragement’ has ‘courage’ in it. It comes from an old French word ‘corage,’ meaning heart. Encouragement is about enlarging or fortifying someone’s heart—who they are within—so that they can face the battles of life.
Not only is this something we need to receive, but it’s something we need to give for the living of these days.
This sermon explores 2 John 1:1-13. With a pastoral heart, an elder statesman of the church writes to a local congregation to instruct and warn, but also to encourage. His example is motivation for the rest of us to do the same.
“Faithfulness is a team sport,” as Paul Carter says. This faithfulness includes encouragement—when we rejoice on the mountaintops of life, and also when we trudge through the valleys. This message isn’t just about giving it, but receiving it too
