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Who’s your Barnabas? Who’s your encourager?. 11 Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without! Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale. Acts 4:36-37. “Where shall I find courage? For that is what I chiefly need.” - Frodo.
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Who’s your Barnabas? Who’s your encourager? 11 Indispensable Relationships You Can’t Be Without! Tuesday, March 1, 2011 Rev. Dr. Cynthia L. Hale ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Acts 4:36-37 ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
“Where shall I find courage? For that is what I chiefly need.” - Frodo ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
That’s your Barnabas, your encourager! ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
“Encourage” is a compound word, “en” “courage”. Your Barnabas is the one who gives you courage within. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Every word of praise you receive is a star in the night sky! ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Affirmation from one’s peers leads to a longer shelf life. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Everyone needs at least one Barnabas. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Joseph was called the “son of a Prophet”. Not because he was abrasive, but because he was positive. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Christians are to be bearers of “good news”. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
We are called to encourage one another – I Thessalonians 5:11 ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Barnabas’s ministry of encouragement was multi-dimensional! • Acts 9:26-27 • Acts 11:22-24 • Acts 11:25-26 • Acts 15:36-40 ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
A Barnabas is an encourager not an embalmer. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
A Barnabas: • Is a peer encourager who holds up your hand when you are tired • Gives you a standing ovation or handclap when you rarely get one • Gives you permission to fall • Gives you permission to write a bad first draft ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
A Barnabas: • Reminds you that God has given you everything you need for life and living • Dares you to remember that the same God who called you to life, called you to ministry • Reminds you that you have the privilege of loving for a living ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
A Barnabas: • Someone who breathes into you new life, when life has taken your breath away • Lifts you when you are road-shipped, world weary, bone tired, blood-thin, browbeaten and sick of it all • Loves you through the most difficult times of your life ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
Discussion: In what way do you need to be encouraged today? ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
Worry makes a heart heavy, a kind word makes it glad. - Proverbs 12:25 ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
The word “encouragement” is from the French Coeur: It means to put ”heart” into something. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
A Barnabas is a heartening presence and power in life. ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
We need two types of “handlers” • One hand makes a fist – Nathan • The other hand makes a palm – Barnabas ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
What does a palm do? ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc
There are five manifestations of the Barnabas spirit! • The Good Samaritan Barnabas – the spontaneous encourager who we may not even know (Luke 10:25-37) • The Onesimus/Big Brother Barnabas – he or she knows your name well enough to understand the hesitations of your heart. (Col. 4:9, Philemon 10) ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,
The Epaphras-Prayer Barnabas – who is always wrestling for you in prayer. (Colossians 1:7; 4:12) • The Sarah – Humor Barnabas – (Genesis 18:10-12) • The Ruth-Endurance Barnabas – who will share your lamentations when your tribulations leave you weak and abandoned (Ruth 1:16) ©C. L. Hale Ministries, Inc,