Be encouraged to be an encourager. It's a spiritual art that everyone can learn. And mostly you learn by practicing it.
Jill BriscoeYou may have no family, no food, no clothes, no future, no spouse, no health, or no children, yet be rich beyond your wildest dreams because you have the Holy Spirit in your life.
Jill BriscoeThe storms in my life have become workshops where I can practice my faith in God's sovereignty.
Jill BriscoePeople may resist our advice, spurn our appeals, reject our suggestions, refuse our help, but they are powerless against our prayers.
Jill BriscoeTrust in the Lord is the only true antidote to fear. Focusing on God rather than the trial will keep us from sinking in fear. However, learning to face our fears does not mean we will never have another anxious moment. Faith does not lie in trusting God to stop the storm, but in trusting Him to enable us to walk through the storm. When trouble occurs, He will give us the ability to cope with it.
Jill Briscoe