Understand what the Bible teaches about encouraging others in Christ.

1. Meet twice during the first month: in the second and fourth week.
2. 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
3. Develop a list of 10 Bible verses that offer encouragement; share with others in the pillar.
4. Discuss the role of encouragement in the vital ministry of promoting “Hope in Christ”.
5. Make a list of things that encourage you; differentiate encourage from flattery; discuss both with the group.
6. Identify 12 people in your sphere of influence that you can encourage; be specific about how to encourage them.
7. Read Larry Crabb’s book entitled, Encouragement: The Unexpected Power of Building Others Up
8. 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.

1. Break into teams of 2-3 people and meet three times during the month either by phone, Zoom, or in person.
2. Discuss opportunities that God has given you to encourage others in the past week; encourage your teammates.
3. Pray with your team for an eye to encourage, encouragement opportunities, and relationships that will be built.
4. Deliberately plan to encourage someone in your sphere of influence each day during the week.
5. Spontaneously encourage someone in your sphere of influence each day during the week.
6. Participate in one encouraging exercise as a pillar during month two.
7. 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.

1. Switch teams and meet at least twice during the month; meet as a pillar once in month three.
2. Catch new teammates up on your progress to date and pray together.
3. Send one text of encouragement each day to someone you normally wouldn’t text that day.
4. Continue deliberately and spontaneously encouraging those in your main sphere of influence.
5. Reach out to someone in another pillar and encourage them in their efforts to grow in that pillar.
6. Stop at least once each day to thank God and give Him the glory for the privilege of encouraging others each day.
7. Journal daily on the impact that you’ve witnessed when you encouraged others.
8. Continue studying encouraging, exhorting, building up, strengthening using https://www.gotquestions.org/