ENCOURAGING THE UNFAITHFUL

• Pray for them
  
• Pray with them
  
• Treat them with honor and respect
  

• Stay in touch with them with calls, cards, emails, etc.

• Build trust by being open and authentic (Read the book: Safe People by Cloud & Townsend)

• Acknowledge the fact that discouragement can affect anyone

• Assure them that they are missed

• Allow them to express their opinion

• Actively listen to them and their concerns

• Ask questions to stimulate conversation

• Seek first to understand and then to be understood

• Live in a way that they see authentic Christianity

• Share the joy that Christ brings into your life
• Be one of their balcony people (Read the book: Balcony People by Joyce Landorf Heatherly)

• Acknowledge their importance in your life

• Remind them of God’s love for them

• Ask them what you could do to encourage them

• Let them hear you say good and positive things about others

• Compliment them on the good you see in their life

• Invite them into your home for fellowship

• Attend events with them outside the worship services

• Assure them that all have fallen and made mistakes

• Share what the Bible teaches about forgiveness

• Ask if they would be willing to study the Bible with you

• Assure them they are welcome to attend worship services with you

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