Passage: Acts 20:1-12
The Apostle Paul knew how much the church needed encouragement. He also knew who our deepest encouragement comes from: the God who gives life (even life to a boy who falls asleep in church and falls out a window)!! Though we regularly face uncertainty and hardship these days, we need to answer the call to come alongside one another (parakaleo) and speak life that will build up and spur each other on to love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). This "life" we speak of is rooted in the resurrection of Jesus and is fuelled by the Holy Spirit's (parakletos) presence in our lives.