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The act of giving courage, or confidence of success; incitement to action or to practice; incentive. We ought never to neglect the encouragement of youth in generous deeds. The praise of good men serves as an encouragement of virtue and heroism. 1.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. ( v. t.) To inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
Jan 4, 2022 · Encouragement nurtures patience and kindness (see 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and Galatians 5:22-26 ). Encouragement makes it easier to sacrifice our own desires for the advancement of God’s kingdom. In short, encouragement makes it easier to live the Christian life.
One is in the setting of God's covenant people—people who should have known—and the other describes people who are unconverted. What happens to the one, though, is the same as what happens to the other: The people live aimless, purposeless, fruitless lives.
Positively, it involves giving support to people in such a way that they will have greater confidence, enthusiasm and strength in their lives and service for God (Deuteronomy 3:28; Zechariah 4:6-9; Acts 4:36; Acts 9:26-27; 1 Corinthians 14:3-4; Philippians 1:6; Philippians 4:19; see HOPE).
1. ( n.) The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity. 2. ( n.) That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people. Greek.
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Verse Concepts. (11 instances) Wanderers. Genesis 21:14 - Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba.
