BUILD UP

1 Thessalonians 5:11
So encourage each other
and build each other up,
just as you are already doing.



Horatio Alger, Jr. was a 19th-century American author who wrote rags to riches stories about how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve their dreams through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others. Alger had no idea that his writings would inspire a 15-year old admitted to Columbia University that would go on to receive his Master’s at 19, and at 21 would pass the Bar exam with high honors. Later, as an established figure, Justice Benjamin Cardozo would share his inspiration openly by saying, "My preparation for college was the work of Horatio Alger." In the same Christ-like way of inspiring, we need to keep encouraging people on to bigger and greater things. In doing so you can change people’s lives and best of all, you change the future.