(3) Encourage others to fulfill their ministry. The apostle Paul was deeply invested in the spiritual well-being of other people. He called the Thessalonian saints “our glory and joy” (1 Thess 2:20). He yearned for the Philippian believers “with the affection of Christ Jesus” (Phil 1:8). He labored as though in childbirth to see Christ formed in the Galatian Christians (Gal 4:19). He acknowledged his daily “anxiety for all the churches” (2 Cor 11:28). Paul also commends his coworkers like Timothy