Transcript Who’s Your Jonathan – A True Friend

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
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Acts 4:36-37
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“Where shall I find
courage? For that is
what I chiefly need.”
- Frodo
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That’s your Barnabas,
your encourager!
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“Encourage” is a
compound word, “en”
“courage”. Your
Barnabas is the one
who gives you courage
within.
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Every word of praise
you receive is a star
in the night sky!
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Affirmation from
one’s peers leads to
a longer shelf life.
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Everyone needs at
least one Barnabas.
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Joseph was called the
“son of a Prophet”. Not
because he was
abrasive, but because
he was positive.
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Christians are to be
bearers of “good
news”.
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We are called to
encourage one another
– I Thessalonians 5:11
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Barnabas’s ministry of
encouragement was multidimensional!
Acts 9:26-27
 Acts 11:22-24
 Acts 11:25-26
 Acts 15:36-40
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A Barnabas is an
encourager not an
embalmer.
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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
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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
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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
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Discussion:
In what way do you
need to be encouraged
today?
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Worry makes a heart
heavy, a kind word
makes it glad.
- Proverbs 12:25
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The word
“encouragement” is
from the French Coeur:
It means to put ”heart”
into something.
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A Barnabas is a
heartening presence
and power in life.
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We need two types of
“handlers”
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One hand makes a fist – Nathan
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The other hand makes a palm –
Barnabas
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What does a palm do?
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There are five manifestations
of the Barnabas spirit!
1.
2.
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)
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3.
4.
5.
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)
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