Assist Her In Whatever Business

She Has Need Of You

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her in whatever business she has need of you; for indeed she has been a helper of many and of myself also.

Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus,

Romans 16:1-3

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.

Romans 16:13

Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you.

I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.

Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.

Romans 16:21-23

The apostle Paul, who we think of as strong and courageous, also needed to be “picked up.” Many of those people he trusted for help are listed above.

We all need friends who pick us up, and we all know of others who need our encouragement. As Jesus helps and carries us, let us help one another.

Encouragers pick others up when trouble weigh them down.

Our Daily Bread – August 17, 2016