In Jesus' time, lepers were the most stigmatized of patients. Yet he demonstrated great compassion toward them. Today, HIV/AIDS patients suffer many of the same discriminations and rejections that first century lepers did.

As the near-clichéd saying goes: What Would Jesus Do? And how willing are you to do likewise?

Like its predecessors in the Pocket Prayer Series, Prayers for Encouragement is a 32-page booklet of comforting meditations developed for a specific need — in this case serious diseases affecting many of the world's poor.

"…The church has a special role in providing spiritual comfort, strength, and prayers for encouragement to people in need," says Don Messer, author and executive director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS. "Where there is human suffering and crisis, Upper Room Ministries wants to provide openings to God's healing and reconciling grace," said Stephen D. Bryant, editor and publisher of The Upper Room devotional guide.

Packaged and priced so that you can share copies freely, Prayers for Encouragement is a perfect gift for hospital or home visitation or for anyone in pain and need of encouragement. As one contributor says in Prayers for Encouragement, "As we face uncertainty, pain, illness and other trials, we can remember: Jesus, bigger than any problem, is holding me tightly to his heart." Extend hope to those in need.

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See the other titles in the Pocket Prayer Series: Prayers for Times of Illness, Prayers for Courage, Prayers for Hard Times and Prayers for Hope.