1 Thessalonians 5:14-15

Overview:
There should be no laziness - if someone is not doing their job, they need to be stirred up (admonished) to get busy and work. Those that lack self-confidence, timid, second guess themselves and easily become depressed - these need to be encouraged and supported. Those who are weak have not learned to lean on the Lord for support - they too will need your help. Be patient with the lazy, timid, weak believers among you, and don't retaliate or pay back evil that has been done to you. ALWAYS seek to do good to ALL.
Application:
No one likes the role of telling others what to do. It's easier in a work situation, but we avoid it at all costs in a church setting. Here Paul makes it very clear we are not to ignore what is going on around us. If someone isn't doing his job, then it is our/my responsibility to stir them up, give them a needed push to get busy. If we see those who are timid and don't take on any responsibility due to their lack of self-confidence, then we need to encourage them to get involved and support them in their efforts to be productive for Christ. Those who are weak spiritually and haven't learned to allow the Lord to control their lives, need to be instructed in how to live the Christian life so they too can be productive. Whatever you do, we must not be impatient and throw our hands up in frustration and walk away. Nor do we retaliate because their lack of functioning as they should has caused extra stress and more work on us. Rather we are to look for ways to be kind (good) to them.
This later part goes against the grain! Not only do I have to "babysit" them, but now I'm being asked to go out of my way to do acts of kindness for them. My plate is already overflowing because I've had to do their job - and now You're asking me to do their job and find extra acts of kindness to show them Your love?! How unfair... 
Not really, when I look at what Christ has done for me. Hasn't He loved and encouraged me when I've been lazy, timid and weak? Haven't I experienced His patience? Has He ever paid me what I deserve when I've been in a less than productive mode? Absolutely not!! Am I not supposed to imitate Christ in all I do? Then instead of throwing a pity party for myself, I need to be thinking of how I can be God's hands and feet and show the love of Christ to all those I come in contact with. It is not enough to "be kind," but I need to do tangible acts of kindness. What have I done today to show by deed the love of Christ to someone else?