1. Until He Returns UNTIL HE RETURNS SPEAK ENCOURAGEMENT TO ONE ANOTHER

2. Until He Returns Proverbs 18:21-“The tongue has the power of life and death,”.

3. Until He Returns Ephesians 4:29-“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.”

4. Until He Returns I. THE CHUCH IS BUILT EXTERNALLY BY EVANGELISM AND INTERNALLY BY EDIFICATION.

5. Until He Returns John 13:35-“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

6. Until He Returns Barnabas has always stood as a great example of an encourager. -He helped the needy saints.

7. Until He Returns -He welcomed Paul into the missionary work of Jesus when all the other church leaders refused to help -He accepted Gentile believers.

8. Until He Returns -He let John Mark go back on a mission tour with him even after he had deserted Barnabas and Paul on a previous trip.

9. Until He Returns II. WE CAN’T AFFORD TO TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN.

10. Until He Returns Why does this grieve Jesus so much? -It destroys individuals. - It creates disunity in the body and stops His people from working together to do His work.

11. Until He Returns -It ruins the testimony f the church before their community.

12. Until He Returns You have the right to disagree about something, but you don’t have the right to tear others down.

13. Until He Returns III. HOW CAN WE CHANGE THIS AT RIDGECREST?

14. Until He Returns A. We must become embarrassed to be living like the world in this matter.

15. Until He Returns Ephesians 4:22-24-“ that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, and be

16. Until He Returns renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.”

17. Until He Returns B.We must realize it is a matter of the heart. Matthew 12:34-37

18. Until He Returns C. We must pursue help from the Spirit to change.

19. Until He Returns Romans 14:19- “ Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.”

20. Until He Returns The Prayer of the Encourager, “By God’s grace, by His enabling power, I will be one who builds up others with my words. I will not be one who tears down.”