ENCOURAGEMENT

Thank you Father
That you see into the innermost recesses

of our hearts and still love us.
Why do people fear to be vulnerable with each other?
Especially in the Family of God
there should be such transparency
so that you can instantly use us

to minister to each other’s need.
We all have needs.
We are all flawed.
No one has achieved perfection

or even a level of maturity
that does not struggle with one issue or another.
You want us to be a source of encouragement to each other.
How can we be that

if we will not allow the other one to see our heart?
Father help us to deal with each other with

gentleness
kindness,
patience,
and understanding
which comes from having experienced

your help first-hand
in our all our own trying circumstances.
You are always there for us.
Let us be the catalyst through

which you affect the needed transformation.
Let us hold each others heart

with the utmost of care and tender pure love.
Let us care more for the others needs than our own.
For it is so often that when we meet anothers needs

our own are met.
Thank you for the incredible way you

accelerate our growth
when we drop our masks
abandon pretense
shake off pride
acknowledge weakness
recognize our need
lose our self-sufficiency
develop other-centered focus
in order to become

beautiful Christ-led servant-heart followers
who live in forgiveness and true love.

Amen