A Culture of Encouragement
November 19| DNA Guide
Be Real Together:
Take a few minutes to catch up, tell stories, and laugh together. Trust and friendship take time to build. If you’re launching a new DNA, one person should tell their story — what do we need to know about you? Next week, have another person in your DNA share their story.
Our culture is facing an encouragement deficit, but hope or encouragement for Christians is directly
tethered to the person and work of Jesus Christ. These verses in Hebrews point out that we are called to:
1. Provoke (stir up/spur on) love and good works in one another (vs 24). To be a culture of
encouragement, we should be generous with positive provocation towards godliness, faithfulness, love,
and good works.
2. Prioritize meeting together (vs. 25). We will not thrive as a community of faith unless we prioritize actual
relationship with others.To be a culture of encouragement requires we gather regularly and frequently..
3. Encourage one another regularly (vs. 25). We need someone to come alongside and remind us of who
God says we are, of the commitment we made to follow Jesus, even to help cast a vision for what
faithfulness looks like. When you gather with other believers, you can call out the things you see in them
that are working, the ways God is using them, or even offer a word of hope where it's lacking.
tethered to the person and work of Jesus Christ. These verses in Hebrews point out that we are called to:
1. Provoke (stir up/spur on) love and good works in one another (vs 24). To be a culture of
encouragement, we should be generous with positive provocation towards godliness, faithfulness, love,
and good works.
2. Prioritize meeting together (vs. 25). We will not thrive as a community of faith unless we prioritize actual
relationship with others.To be a culture of encouragement requires we gather regularly and frequently..
3. Encourage one another regularly (vs. 25). We need someone to come alongside and remind us of who
God says we are, of the commitment we made to follow Jesus, even to help cast a vision for what
faithfulness looks like. When you gather with other believers, you can call out the things you see in them
that are working, the ways God is using them, or even offer a word of hope where it's lacking.
The One Question:
Ask this question at your family meal or DNA.
Share experiences of being encouraged by fellow believers and how it impacted you.
Grow Together:
Use these questions to go deeper with your DNA or for personal study.
1. In what ways can believers actively provoke and encourage each other to love and good deeds?
2. Why is community and regular fellowship important for believers (verse 25)?
3. Discuss challenges that believers might face in regularly meeting together.
4. Are there ways you can be more proactive in spurring on a brother or sister?
5. How can the exhortation to "encourage one another" become a central theme in your small group
or Reach’s church community?
2. Why is community and regular fellowship important for believers (verse 25)?
3. Discuss challenges that believers might face in regularly meeting together.
4. Are there ways you can be more proactive in spurring on a brother or sister?
5. How can the exhortation to "encourage one another" become a central theme in your small group
or Reach’s church community?
Pray Together:
Take time to pray with and for each other.
Deeper Study:
Enduring Word Commentary: Hebrews 10