The 7-Ups of Encouraging Yourself In The LORD 4

So far we have looked at some ways to encourage ourselves.  They are so far; wake up, dress up and shut up.  Let’s continue our study.

The 7-Ups of Encouraging Yourself In The LORD – Stand Up!

I have heard all of my life, “If you are not standing for something you will fall for anything.”  I don’t know who originally said that; but, I have heard and it and used it for many years.

I am sure it is difficult for you as it is for most of us to stand up when it is not popular to stand up.  Today, Christians are targeted in so many ways.  The world wants to force us back into our Church buildings and then they want to tell us what we can and cannot preach or say.  Wrong!

Dear Christian friend we need to stand up and make our voices heard.  God has equipped us to do this and we need to do just that.  We need to take a stand for Jesus Christ and we must not back down.  Look at Ephesians 6:13, “Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”  The first two words of verse 14 say, “Stand therefore…”.

Well, there you have it.  If we are going to encourage ourselves then we must stand up.  When we take a stand we change our focus.  We begin to focus on what God wants us to do and not what is wrong in our lives or with us.  We get discouraged when we take our focus off the LORD and put it on ourself.  The least attended part of all is a pity party.  It is normally a party for one.  It is high time for the Church to stand up and get busy

So, how are you doing?