Looking for Encouragement? 5 Ways to Find It in the Bible

5 Ways to Find It in the Bible

Encouragement is necessary to our faith walk. We are told in Hebrews 3:13 “But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness”. We are challenged to encourage each other each day and by doing this we not only lift ourselves up, but we also encourage others along the way. We are told countless times throughout the Bible to encourage one another and to lift each other up. Jesus told his followers “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). If this isn’t encouragement, I don’t know what is. If you’re looking for encouragement, you can find it in the Bible. Here are five ways.

The Bible Tells Us We Will Face Trouble, But We Can Overcome It

Jesus did not have a problem telling His followers that they would face trouble. He didn’t even shy away from telling them that the world would hate them. In John 15:18, Jesus says “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.” While the prediction seems dark, we are later told in John 16 that Jesus overcame the world. Jesus is the answer to all our troubles because He is greater than any we face.