LESSON INTRODUCTION
What Does It Mean to Be An Encourager? An Encourager is a person who gives support, confidence, hope, or inspiration to others. Instead of just performing a single nice act, the term describes someone whose regular disposition or role is to lift people up, validate their efforts, and help them move forward.
Today we are examining the Power of encouragement, what happens to the person you are encouraging and you, the encourager.
Discussion Outline
Main Text:Mark 4 :1-19
Ice-Breaker: How does the seed encourage the soil and how does the soil encourage the seed?
Encouragement from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is, something that makes someone more determined, hopeful, or confident; something that makes someone more likely to do something.
- What does it mean that someone believes in you and What happens to you when you know someone believes in you?
- What happens to your confidence when someone lets you know you are doing something well and that what you are doing is making a difference?
- What happens to your attitude and productivity, when someone encourages you?
Key Characteristics of an Encourager
- Lifts others up: Offers approval, positive reinforcement, and practical or emotional backing when people face challenges.
- Active listener: Pays attention to people’s experiences and speaks directly to their feelings rather than brushing them off.
- Presence over pressure: Stays present with someone instead of imposing a personal agenda or judgment
Action plan
How does Encouragement benefit the encourager and the encouraged? Who are you going to encourage and who is encouraging you?
If we accept things without Critical thinking without question or without evidence we are not only ignorant we are immoral.
