Another Reason to Text: Encourage People

Interesting article about some research that showed how sending encouraging text messages to people who were trying to quit smoking actually helped. Smokers were twice as likely to succeed if they received encouragement via text.(You can read the original article here.)

Here's more proof that encouragement is powerful. Maybe that's why we like to hang around people who cheer us on and don't tear us down. It's why loneliness can be debilitating and even dangerous. It's why Christians should get together often on weekends and at other times ..."not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." (Heb 10.25 ESV).