DAILY 365
May 13
Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise & starving for honest appreciation!
Everybody needs encouragement! Most people feel a certain amount of inferiority complex & tend to get a little discouraged with themselves, so encouragement is a very important thing! We all need the encouragement of others, & yet most of us fail all too often to express appreciation or comfort to those about us! As we will account for every idle word (Mat.12:36,37), so we will for every idle silence!
The Lord knows that encouragement is very important. He appreciates us & commends us, & He promises to reward us for our good work. It has nothing to do with our Salvation, we get Salvation as a free gift by His mercy & grace & love, but it’s our service & good works for Him that He especially commends! He really appreciates our service & our sacrifice & the things we do for Him beyond the call of duty!
“Whatsoever things are good, if there be any virtue & if there be any praise, think on these things!” (Phi.4:8)–We need to apply that to those around us, & try to remind ourselves constantly to think on & praise them for their good qualities, as the Lord does with us!–Amen?
每日365
五月十三日
总是要记着，每一个人都渴求赞美，及迫切需要诚实的感谢赞赏！
每个人都需要鼓励！大部分人都有某种程度的自卑感，并且很容易对自己感到一点灰心，因此鼓励是一件非常重要的事情！我们全都需要他人的鼓励，但是我们大部份人经常都没有向在我们四周的人表示感谢赞赏或安慰！就如我们将会因我们所说的每句闲话负责一样（太12:36,37），我们也将会因我们应说而没有说的每一句话而负责！
上主知道鼓励是非常重要的。他感谢赞赏我们、嘉奖我们，及许诺会因我们所作的好事而奖赏我们。这与我们的救恩没有关系，我们靠着他的怜悯、恩典及爱而得到救恩，它是一份免费的礼物；他特别嘉奖的，是我们为他而作的服事及好事！他真的感谢赞赏我们那些超乎义务而为他作的服事、牺牲及事情！
“凡是美好的，若有什么德行、若有什么称赞，这些事你们都要思念！”（腓4:8）我们需要将这经节所教导我们的功课，运用在我们四周的人身上，设法时时不断地提醒我们自己去思想及赞美他们的优点，就如上主对我们所做的一样！阿们？