Lead with Encouragement: Strengthening Your Gift of Exhortation in Business
The spiritual gift of exhortation enables you to inspire, uplift, and encourage others. In this 21-day Bible reading plan, you’ll learn how to harness your gift of encouragement effectively, avoid common pitfalls, and lead your business with compassion and truth.
Here’s how the plan is structured:
Week 1: Understanding the Gift of Exhortation
Exhortation is about bringing out the best in others—encouraging, motivating, and correcting when necessary.
Day 1-7: Explore biblical figures like Barnabas and Paul, who used exhortation to build up the early Church.
Learn how to apply this gift in your business to empower your team and guide your clients toward success.
Week 2: Weakness 1—Neglecting Their Own Needs While Lifting Others
Elijah’s Story (1 Kings 19:1-18): Elijah, after pouring out everything in ministry, becomes emotionally drained and overwhelmed. He didn’t rest or recharge, leading to burnout.
Jesus’ Example (Mark 6:30-32): Jesus prioritized rest and renewal for His disciples, modeling the importance of caring for your own needs to serve others effectively.
Day 8-14: Learn to balance compassion with self-care. Exhorters often pour themselves into others, but without time for rest and renewal, they risk burning out. Discover how to set boundaries, rest in God, and prevent exhaustion.
Week 3: Weakness 2—Sugarcoating or Avoiding Hard Truths
Eli’s Story (1 Samuel 2:22–25; 3:11–14): Eli’s failure to confront his sons’ sin led to disastrous consequences. He avoided hard truths to maintain peace.
Nathan’s Example (2 Samuel 12:1–14): Nathan confronted David boldly, using wisdom to deliver truth with love. His correction led to David’s repentance and transformation.
Jesus’ Example (John 4:7–26): Jesus showed how truth can heal, confronting the Samaritan woman with love and compassion, leading her to transformation.
Day 15-21: Learn to speak hard truths with love. Avoiding confrontation can hurt your business and relationships. But when truth is paired with grace, it leads to growth and transformation.
By the end of this 21-day plan, you will:
Understand how to use exhortation to encourage, empower, and correct with grace.
Recognize the importance of self-care and learn how to rest so you can continue to serve others effectively.
Develop the wisdom to speak hard truths with compassion, guiding others toward growth and healing.
Create a culture of encouragement in your business where people feel uplifted, supported, and challenged to grow.
This plan will help you strengthen your spiritual gift of exhortation, enabling you to lead with wisdom, compassion, and truth. By balancing encouragement with boundaries and speaking truth in love, you’ll build a thriving, Spirit-led business.
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