Encourage Each Other

This favorite verse comes from Heather in Dallas:

1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

It reminds me of Ephesians 4:29 which states: "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen."

In this negative world with a countless number of talk-shows and millions of dollars being made each year by slander and gossip...how much different would life be if we heeded this Godly instruction.