12 Ways to Encourage Someone

1. Share your testimony with how God has worked in your life.

2. Pray for them. It’s a spiritual battle and God can do what you can’t do.

3. Take care of a need they have. You may be the answer to their prayer.

4. Listen to them.

5. Spend time with them- invite somewhere- laugh.

6. Write a letter of appreciation (or a list of 5 things) telling what you like about them.

7. Write out scripture that tells them what God says about their situation and give it to them.

8. Tell them the truth of the situation (sometimes people need to hear the truth so that they may begin to correct their situation)—(be prayerful about how and when to say this. If the wrong way, it could make people feel condemned. Try to tell them what God says about the situation as well).

9. Show them that you believe in them by supporting their dream by offering an opportunity for them to perform their gift/talent. If they are already doing it…go to one of their events.

10. Lead them into asking Jesus into their heart.

11. Introduce them as someone important in your life to another key person in your life (ie: your boss).

12. Forgive them for a mistake they have made against you.