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a word 'caught' me this morning....  
....Encourage.  

Such an interesting thought...  
To - bestow Courage  
To - make bold...  

The word used in the New Testement is 
Similar to the word used for the Holy Spirit. 
it is: parakaleo (par-ak-al-eh’-o)  

from 2 words
- para - to come along side
- kaleo - to call your name

Wow.
Come alongside someone and speak out their true 'name'
Walk with them into their true calling
Be a part of helping them see their 'God destiny'

THAT is encouragement!

No wonder the writer to the Hebrews says;
3:12 See to it, brothers,
that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart
that turns away from the living God.
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.
14 We have come to share in Christ
if we hold firmly till the end
the confidence we had at first.

Don't let sin make my heart stop believing my 'true name'
Don't let it trick me or harden me to who God has called me to be
Hold on till the end what Christ has shared with me...

Wow.

Oh Lord,
You Encourage me
You walk beside me
You Speak my name.
My true Name.
- Faithful son
- Truthful warrior
- Compassionate brother

You living out of me.

Thank You.
for courage to live that way.
Yeah.

PJ