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Key verse: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

The focus this week is on giving encouragement. Max Lucado titles this chapter “Gimme five, Rocky” and he’s referring to Jesus seeing Peter the rock in Simon the stumbler. Petros is Greek for rock. We’ll focus on how powerful encouragement is in calling the best out in others. I love one statement Max Lucado makes. I don’t think its original with him. ““People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be—not what you nag them to be.” We’ll also focus on how being an encourager does amazing things in us. It produces joy in us. Our challenge will be to find one person who you will intentionally encourage over the next week.