tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2150363806357767058.post4541440703719255205..comments2023-12-30T22:13:20.677+01:00Comments on In the Way: They Encouraged Themselves in the LordLou Ann Keiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684047509152182217noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2150363806357767058.post-4421342136763512842015-10-21T16:53:59.563+02:002015-10-21T16:53:59.563+02:00Excellent thoughts, Barbara! I look forward to rea...Excellent thoughts, Barbara! I look forward to reading your post. (Running to church in a couple of minutes!) God bless you!Lou Ann Keiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684047509152182217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2150363806357767058.post-24326821557481048412015-10-21T15:18:32.721+02:002015-10-21T15:18:32.721+02:00I had noticed this phrase with David before and wr...I had noticed this phrase with David before and wrote a post about it at https://barbarah.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/david-encouraged-himself-in-the-lord-his-god/. At that time, I was concerned about my sons learning to do this as they went out on their own. Later I shared it with our ladies group in a newsletter because a video series our church was going through emphasized "community" almost to the point that it seemed to eliminate the idea of one encouraging himself in the Lord. While community is important and helpful and necessary, it can't take the place of our needing to learn to encourage ourselves in the Lord and His Word. Just recently I was thinking of it in regard to a woman I was talking to who seems to make a crisis out of every little thing and can't hear what others are trying to say to help her because she's so focused on dredging up all the issues (she even interrupted me in mid-sentence to do so). For days I have been pondering what to tell a person like that. One aspect is to "Be still and know that I am God." But another aspect is taking our thoughts captive and encouraging ourselves in Him by focusing on God and His Word and not all the issues and what-ifs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com