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Encourage one another?

Posted on March 17, 2014 Written by Mark McIntyre 6 Comments

Encourage One Another

Sometimes we try to encourage someone and the encouragement we are trying to deliver feels like condemnation or worse to the one we encourage. I can think of three reasons why this may be the case.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: discouragement, encouragement, struggle, tribulation, trouble

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