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Invitation, Kindness,
Story, Honesty
Encouragement
Encouragement
Giving support, confidence or hope to someone
GREEK:"make a call" from being "close-up and personal“
I send for, summon, invite
I beseech, entreat, beg
I exhort, admonish
I comfort, console, join in
Do you need more encouragement?
Are you an encourager to those around you?
Hebrews 3:12-14 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you
has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living
God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called
“Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s
deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we
hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one
another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Encouragement
It’s powerful and primary
It’s powerful and primary
Hebrews 3:12-14 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you
has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living
God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called
“Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s
deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we
hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one
another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Encouragement
It’s powerful and primary
We never outgrow our need for it
We never outgrow our need for it
Hebrews 3:12-14 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you
has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living
God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called
“Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s
deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we
hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one
another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Encouragement
It’s powerful and primary
We never outgrow our need for it
Requires thinking and intentionality
Hebrew 3:12-14 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you
has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living
God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called
“Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s
deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we
hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting
together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one
another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Encouragement
It’s powerful and primary
We never outgrow our need for it
Requires thinking and intentionality
Ways to encourage
Tell someone what you appreciate about them
Tell someone if they've positively impacted your life
Come into someone’s journey, pain or joy
Tell your God stories and tell other’s God Stories
Help someone make a choice that brings them life
Speak the truth in love to someone who is believing a lie
Affirm and call out the unique ways God has made someone
Affirm all that God has done and is doing in someone
Prayer over and bless others, even when there is not a
pressing need
Challenge
Understand you need daily encouragement
Everyday consider how you can encourage others
Start today
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called
“Today””
“Encouraging
one another—and all the more as you see
the Day approaching.”