What is the Encourage pillar?
It is the Pillar that encourages, builds up, and strengthens others in Christ. This is a gift from God that we use to encourage others along the path to holiness in ways that Glorify God Alone by:
Developing an understanding of Biblical instruction on encouraging.

Engaging in deliberately planned and spontaneous encouragement opportunities in Christ.

Encouraging others in Christ in every aspect of our Every-Day Ordinary Lives.

Understand what the Bible teaches about encouraging others in Christ.
- Meet twice during the first month: in the second and fourth week.
- Conduct a self-study during week 1: Rm 12:3-8 & 14:19, 1 Ths 5:11, Hb 3:13, Eph 4:29, 1 Cor 14:12, Pv 29:5
- Develop a list of 10 Bible verses that offer encouragement; share with others in the pillar.
- Discuss the role of encouragement in the vital ministry of promoting “Hope in Christ”.
- Make a list of things that encourage you; differentiate encourage from flattery; discuss both with the group.
- Identify 12 people in your sphere of influence that you can encourage; be specific about how to encourage them.
- Read Larry Crabb’s book entitled, Encouragement: The Unexpected Power of Building Others Up
- Do a study on encouraging, exhorting, building up, strengthening others using https://www.gotquestions.org/
Apply what you learned to deliberately planned and spontaneous encouragement opportunities.
- Break into teams of 2-3 people and meet three times during the month either by phone, Zoom, or in person.
- Discuss opportunities that God has given you to encourage others in the past week; encourage your teammates.
- Pray with your team for an eye to encourage, encouragement opportunities, and relationships that will be built.
- Deliberately plan to encourage someone in your sphere of influence each day during the week.
- Spontaneously encourage someone in your sphere of influence each day during the week.
- Participate in one encouraging exercise as a pillar during month two.
- Finish Larry Crabb’s book entitled, Encouragement: The Unexpected Power of Building Others Up
Engage in serving God and others in your Every-day Ordinary Life.
- Switch teams and meet at least twice during the month; meet as a pillar once in month three.
- Catch new teammates up on your progress to date and pray together.
- Send one text of encouragement each day to someone you normally wouldn’t text that day.
- Continue deliberately and spontaneously encouraging those in your main sphere of influence.
- Reach out to someone in another pillar and encourage them in their efforts to grow in that pillar.
- Stop at least once each day to thank God and give Him the glory for the privilege of encouraging others each day.
- Journal daily on the impact that you’ve witnessed when you encouraged others.
- Continue studying encouraging, exhorting, building up, strengthening using https://www.gotquestions.org/
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Glorify God by devoting ourselves to a life of encouraging others in Christ in our every-day ordinary life.