Preview: Encouragement is a key factor in man’s ability to accomplish so many things in this life, just as the absence of encouragement stalls or stops great progress. It is a very small thing to do in order to accomplish much.
Scripture Reading: Numbers 13:26-33 & Numbers 14:1-4.
Memory Verse: John 16:33.
1. What did Moses say to encourage Joshua? Deuteronomy 31:7-8 & Deuteronomy 31:23.
2. How did the Lord encourage Joshua after the death of Moses? Joshua 1:1-7.
3. What did Caleb say when the ten spies brought back an evil report from the land of Canaan? Numbers 13:30.
4. What did the ten spies say? Numbers 13:31.
5. What effect did this evil report have on the people? Numbers 14:1-4.
6. What did King Hezekiah say to Israel when Sennacherib, King of Assyria, came against Jerusalem? II Chronicles 32:7.
7. What effect did this have on the people? II Chronicles 32:8.
8. How did Josiah seek to promote the worship of God? II Chronicles 35:2.
9. By what message, through the prophet Haggai, did God seek to encourage the people to rebuild the temple? Haggai 2:4.
10. What encouraging message has Christ left us? John 16:33.
Note: We should always be careful not to discourage each other.