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  ‘I was encouraged about you  because of your faith’     [1 Thessalonians 3:1-7]     Have you ever felt the limits of patience?  Therefore, have you ever prayed to God, 'God, how long should I endure this affliction?'  The longer and worse the pain and adversity we have, the more we feel the limits of patience.  At that time, we ask God "How long?" and cry out to God.  In Scripture Psalm 119, the psalmist did so.  Even though he put his hope in God’s word and longed for God’s salvation (v. 81), there was no answer from God.  So he prayed to God, “My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, "When will you comfort me?”   This is what Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 3:7 to the Thessalonian church saints: “Therefore, brothers, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.”  I would like to think about Paul who was encouraged by the Thes...

  Encourage them with these words     “He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: ‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.  With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.’  And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said” (2 Chronicles 32:6-8).                     Someday I got a lot of encouragement when I was reading Job chapters 1 and 2.  The first verse that made me to think the most was Job 1:5.  I was surprised by the fact that Job rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of his children; ...