Encouragement (2/2)

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.
2 Corinthians 8:12 giving generosity
That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ.
Colossians 2:2 Jesus love understanding

They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Revelation 7:16-17 protection sadness comforter
I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die,
and of the son of man who will be made as grass?
Isaiah 51:12 comforter fear
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:5 suffering comforter Jesus
For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established; that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
Romans 1:11-12 friendship strength faith
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4 Word of God hope