Encourage One Another Encouragement is important

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Encourage One Another Encouragement is important Apostles saw this great trait in Barnabas How can we be encouragers like Barnabas?

Encourage One Another By Example Barnabas Sold Land & Gave Acts 4:37 By a Living & Active Faith Rom. 1:11-12 By Not Abusing Our Freedom I Cor. 8:4-10

Encourage One Another With Words “Continue in the Faith” Acts 14:19-22 By Words and Letters Acts 15:30-32 By Preaching I Cor. 14:3,31 By Promises I Thess. 4:13-18

Encourage One Another By Presence Of Tychicus Eph. 6:21-23 Of Paul Col. 2:1-3 Of One Another Heb. 10:22-25

Encourage One Another How Can We Encourage One Another? By Being a Good Example By Words and Letters By Our Presence in Worship & Other Activities of the Church

Let Us All Be Known As Encouragers Encourage One Another Let Us All Be Known As Encouragers

By Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ Taken from lesson given by G. E. Watkins May 28, 2006 pm