Encouragement

Encouragement is such a funny word. It is such a necessary word. We as Christian brothers and sisters need to encourage one another.

But what about when your encouragement is taken as criticism, not because of your words, or tone, but because of their lack of confidence in themselves?

What do you do for the person in that situation? What can you say to encourage them and to let them know you care and are building them up, not secretly taking a stab at something about them?