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The truth here is that it takes both the teaching of the Word and the enabling ministry of the Spirit to bring encouragement and comfort. The Holy Spirit is called the parakletos, variously translated the Comforter or the Helper or, as I prefer, the Enabler ( John 14:16. 26; 15:26; 16:17). So interestingly, the word used in Acts 9:31 for encouragement is paraklesis which, like parakletos, is from the parakaleo family of words. Parakaleo means (1) to entreat, beseech, (2) to admonish, exhort, and then (3) to comfort, encourage. Thus, we see that the Holy Spirit as our spiritual enabler is vital to our encouragement. Join Us For Today Lesson Topic: You Just Can't Have One Without The Other also visit us at www.uptopministries.org