no one should be passed over. We are commanded to encourage one another. The dictionary defines encouragement as the act of inspiring others with renewed courage, renewed spirit, or renewed hope.1 In the New Testament, the word most often translated as “encouragement” is parakalein. This term comes from two Greek words: para, meaning “alongside of,” and kaleo, meaning “to call.” When people come alongside us during difficult times to give us renewed courage, a renewed spirit, renewed hope—that’s