18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.  1 Thessalonians 4:18

11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.  1 Thessalonians 5:11

A. Our Need for Encouragement and Edification

1. Our spiritual health depends upon their practice: 1 Thess. 5:11, Hebrews 3:12-13

2. Our spiritual responsibility dictates their practice: Romans 12:3-5

3. Our spiritual survival demands their practice: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

B. Our Ministry of Encouragement to One Another

1. By words

God’s Word:  Romans 15:4, 1 Thess. 4:18, John 20:19

Our Words

– Of thanksgiving for one another: Romans 1:8, 1 Cor. 1:4, Phil. 1:3-4

– Of praying for one another: 2 Thess. 1:11, Luke 22:31-32

2. By example: 1 Thess. 2:9-12, Phil. 1:12-14, Philemon 4-7

3. By presence: Rom. 1:9-12, Heb. 10:24-25