Waynesburg Christian Church

The prefix “en” in the word encourage means to put into, and the prefix “dis” in the word discourage means to separate from, expel, or deprive. So, to encourage someone literally means to put courage into them, and to discourage someone means to drain courage from them. In Acts 4 we meet a man who specialized in putting courage into people and into the early church. His name was Barnabas and he shows us just how powerful encouragement can be!