Quotes about Support

Nothing will encourage someone who is struggling more than your willingness to stand beside them and help sort it out with the wisdom God has given you.

No matter what you are going through, only two parties ultimately matter in your spiritual life: God and you. Two is good company but three is a crowd.

Even when there is conflict around me, even when there are those who don't support me or wish me well, I will rejoice that my reactions and life will reveal Jesus to my world.

There is no substitute for time. Giving time is giving life to others.

We need each other's gifts, talents, and skills to do the work of the Lord. Empowering others is the key here. This is the beauty of the body: We all have something to contribute; therefore, we need to discover what that is and believe that we can do it. Then it's our job to find out what others have and release them into the life they were intended to live, even if it far exceeds our own.

Identity always precedes behavior. What you need is someone to come alongside you and help you remember who you are and to whom you belong.

One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.

The body of Christ is about doing life together, and by doing life together sin is revealed.

Counseling is ultimately not about the counselee or the counselor, but about the Divine Counselor.

Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?

Every man needs a place to be open and vulnerable with brothers leaning together upon the Lord.

Love is what we need in friendship when we stumble, and truth is what we need when we stray.