Quotes About Exhortation

Therefore, to every spirit which Christianity summons to her service, her exhortation is: Do what you can, and confess frankly what you are unable to do; neither let your effort be shortened for fear of failure, nor your confession silenced for fear of shame.

In his farewell address to the nation after serving two terms as president, George Washington urged his fellow citizens to "avoid . . . the accumulation of debt not only by shunning occasions of expense but by vigorous exertions to discharge the debts, not throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.

Since the Lord is speaking directly to you through journaling, I believe journaling amounts to receiving a personal prophecy. The New Testament limits prophecy to three categories: "edification, exhortation, and comfort" (1 Cor. 14:3).

An earnest exhortation to stand fast in the liberty of the gospel. (1-12)

Ministers are to give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine (1 Tim. 4:13); they are not to entangle themselves with the affairs of this life (2 Tim. 2:4), and therefore it is but fit and equitable that, while they are sowing to others spiritual things, they should reap their carnal things.

We all know that it's no good simply telling people to love one another. One more exhortation to love, to patience, to forgiveness, may remind us of our duty. But as long as we think of it as duty we aren't very likely to do it. The point of 1 Corinthians 13 is that love is not our duty; it is our destiny.

Amusing Ourselves to Death is a call to action. It is, in my father's words, "an inquiry ... and a lamentation," yes, but it aspires to greater things. It is an exhortation to do something. It's a counterpunch to what my father thought daily TV news was: "inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action.

Una amonestación no es una condenación, es un llamado. Las palabras de exhortación no son un juicio, son un estímulo a seguir al Señor. La confrontación no es una sentencia, es una advertencia. Nos hablamos unos a otros con la Palabra de Dios, no porque seamos superiores o mejores, ni porque seamos capaces de arreglarle la vida a los demás. ¡No! Enseñamos, animamos, amonestamos, corregimos y exhortamos porque Dios nos ha comisionado hacerlo.

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching.

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sinís deceitfulness.

And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.