- Look for the lonely and reach out to them.
- Pay attention to the (small) details and acknowledge what others miss.
- Don’t miss the bashful and shy.
- Listen closely to what’s going on in people’s lives.
- Care.
- Pray for opportunities to encourage.
- At times, encourage anonymously.
- Remember those who are usually behind the scenes.
- Put yourself in the place of others.
- See through Christlike eyes.
- Find happiness in encouraging and joy in others enjoying encouragement.
- Consider encouragement a sacred duty.
- Do an act of service for an unsuspecting other.
- Be a meaningful, genuine complimenter free of selfish motives.
- Remember that encouragers are church growers.
- Don’t overlook the frustrated (young parents, teens, unemployed, newly divorced).
- Mentally walk a mile in the potentially encouraged’s shoes.
- Find exciting, unusual ways to make someone’s day.
- Appreciate the value of a handwritten note or card (especially in our virtual world).
- Reach out to the “marginalized” (new members, the poor, those who attend alone, the elderly, widows, widowers, etc.)
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