ENCOURAGEMENT
(See also Comfort; Discouragement)
appreciation for Watchtower articles on: w95 12/15 24-25
at meetings: w23.04 20-25; w18.01 9; w16.04 19-20; w16.11 7; w12 4/15 31; w02 3/1 16; w96 1/15 22; w96 9/1 24; w95 4/1 18-20; km 5/90 7
in meeting parts: be 158, 192, 266, 268-271
Bible examples: scl 22; w18.04 17; w95 1/15 21-22; w95 4/1 19
angels encourage: w04 12/15 14
apostles encourage: w18.04 17-19
David encourages Solomon: mwb23.01 14
governing body provides: w18.04 19
Jehovah provides: w18.04 15-16; w16.11 5-6; w12 4/15 30-31
Jeremiah encourages others: jr 89-91
Jeremiah receives encouragement: jr 88-89
Jesus encourages others: w24.10 13-14; w18.04 16; w16.11 6
Joshua receives encouragement: w16.11 7
Paul encourages others: w22.08 20-25; bt 99, 104-105, 150, 165-167, 181-182; w16.11 6
Paul receives encouragement: bt 152, 179; mwb19.01 7; w18.04 21
representatives of governing body (Ac 15): bt 114
Silas encourages others: w08 2/15 11
children: w16.11 5-8
contributing factors:
hearing and sharing good reports: scl 40
holy spirit: w90 12/15 18
Jehovah’s name: w90 12/15 16-17
prayer and meditation on Jehovah: scl 40
remembering the past: w96 12/1 29-30
counteracting discouragement: scl 36; g20.1 12; w06 8/15 24; w03 3/15 29-30; w90 12/15 19-20
‘not letting hands drop down’ (Zep 3:16): w16.09 3-7
despite personal failings: cl 242-249; g 5/11 26-28; w94 9/1 8-13; w90 4/15 27-28; rs 120-121
despite personal limitations: w24.10 28-29; scl 20; w22.04 11; w16.12 28; w10 4/1 20; km 6/98 1
discussion: scl 37-40; w18.04 15-24; lvs 251; w16.11 4-8; w95 1/15 21-23
elders give: w21.11 12; w18.04 21-22; w95 1/15 21, 23; w95 4/1 19-20; w95 12/1 18-19; w86 1/15 18-19
elders need: w95 1/15 22-23; w90 12/15 20
encouraging one another: mwb25.05 8; scl 22, 36-39; w21.05 24; w21.07 23-24; lff lesson 51; w19.03 9; mwb19.07 3; w18.04 20-24; w16.11 4-8; w13 8/15 18-22; jr 88-91; be 268-271; w96 1/15 22-23; w96 7/15 17; w96 9/1 24; w95 1/15 21-23; w95 4/1 18-20; w95 11/15 21-24; w95 12/1 16-17; w91 9/1 24; w90 12/15 15-20; km 4/86 1, 3
being upbuilding: w23.06 11-12; w22.04 8-9; w22.08 20-25; lff lesson 51; w18.09 15-16; lvs 164-168; lv 139-143; w10 5/15 31; w10 7/1 12; w02 5/15 27; be 158, 202-205, 266; km 7/95 3
during visit of traveling overseer: mwb19.01 7; km 10/07 8
Europe after World War II: foa article 7
fellow workers: w21.12 30
in field ministry: w15 2/15 16; km 1/14 2; km 3/08 1
making sacrifices in Jehovah’s service: mwb19.01 2
spiritual gifts: w98 2/15 26
use of Watch Tower Publications: w96 1/15 23
what to avoid: w95 11/15 22-23
examples: w18.04 23-24
abandoned wife: w95 1/15 23
death of daughter: w95 12/1 16
death of fleshly sister: w24.10 14
deleted elder: w95 1/15 23
elders accompany Witness mother till daughter’s death: w95 1/15 21
feelings of being unworthy: jr 127
feelings of worthlessness: w16.11 4; w95 12/1 16; w95 12/15 24-25
girl who received little encouragement from parents: w16.11 4, 7
hospital patient: g90 10/22 21
inactive former elder: w13 8/15 21-22
for—
bereaved: w13 12/15 29; w10 11/1 9-11; w03 5/1 23-24; g02 5/8 19; rs 118
deleted elder or ministerial servant: w95 1/15 23; w90 9/1 22-23
depressed: cf 117; lvs 166-167; lv 141-142; w02 5/15 32; w90 3/15 26-30
disabled: w90 7/1 30-31
ill: mwb25.05 12; w11 12/15 29-30; be 205; rs 117-118
older ones: w14 3/15 24
one’s family: lvs 165-166; lv 141; fy 49-50
repentant: w95 1/15 23
single parents: w10 12/1 23
those who suffer: w97 7/1 8-13
those with difficult circumstances: w95 1/15 23
those with economic problems: rs 120
traveling overseers: mwb19.01 7; w16.11 7; km 10/07 8
uneducated: w90 7/1 30
victims of injustice: bt 82; rs 119-120
victims of persecution: bt 60-61; w03 5/1 18-19; yb02 3-5; rs 118-119
youths: w90 7/1 29-30
Greek word: w16.11 5; w95 1/15 21
kind words: w98 7/1 32; w94 10/1 32
meaning of term: w95 1/15 21; rs 117; w86 1/15 18
need for: w18.04 21; w16.11 5
not to give up: ijwbv article 56; w21.10 24-28; w19.08 2-7; mwb19.05 2; w95 12/1 9-19
patience needed: w13 8/15 22
reinforces counsel: w16.11 7-8
sources: scl 39-40; bt 179; w18.04 23; w96 1/15 21-23; w92 4/15 5-6
traveling overseers give: bt 119; w96 11/15 19-20
traveling overseers need: w96 11/15 12