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

What would Jesus do? And how willing are you to follow Jesus' example?

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 Health and Hope. "The Upper Room seeks to be an agent of God's healing love and grace in a holistic way. Care and nurture for the totality of human persons made in God's image is an integral part of our call and guiding ethos," said Kimberly Orr, publisher of The Upper Room daily 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."

Prayers for Encouragement is now published in 19 languages, extending hope to those in need throughout the world.

Package of 20 Booklets

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