Author: debo

Soon it will be the time of year to be outside and look in the sky and see geese flying in formation. The lead goose does the most work, and then the others switch with him so they can get their energy restored, and then be able to lead again. Scientists say that they go 70 percent further than they could go on their own. What we can learn from geese is that teamwork is a big deal! At home, many hands make light work when it comes to housework. You get the family involved. Everyone has to clean a toilet, everyone has to vacuum, we all work together. When you think about the body, it only makes sense. When we have more people doing the work of the ministry, no one person has to do it all. A wonderful example would be in children’s ministry. If every parent served once a month, there would be more than enough volunteers to have every area of the ministry covered. Then if grandmas, who just loved holding babies would volunteer for nursery or toddler ministry, many of the young moms could get a much needed break from their kiddos. If junior high and high school kids volunteered to help lead teachers, there would always be more than enough helpers to make Kids Ministry amazing every Sunday and Wednesday night. So think of the goose, and find a way to volunteer at your church. Maybe your Children’s Pastor will send me a thank you note!!! We can do much more together as a team. Let’s keep it real!

Intro: Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. This week we are talking again about the one another’s of the New Testament. Romans 15:4 tells us to instruct one another, and Col 3:16 reminds us that we are to admonish each other. Here are some encouraging words about enriching our relationships by pooling our wisdom and remaining teachable. We are keeping it real in relationships, and here is your daily eword.

One of the main topics I love talking about is having one hand up to learn, and one hand out to teach. We call it being a mentor or being mentored. We all have something we can share with someone else, and we all have something we can learn from someone else. What we have learned benefits not only us, but others as well, if we let it. It works in the home, it works in church, it works in our relationships at work, in our community, really wherever. It even works with your spouse if you are married! What this really speaks to is community. We are part of a body, and just like a family, we are here to help each other. Don’t you just love the family of God? I love my family too! I love it when I learn something from one of my kids. I do realize as I am growing older, how many things I do that I learned from my mom. That makes me more aware that my kids are watching, observing and learning. They probably will do may things just like I do! What are some valuable lessons you gleaned from your parents? Are you passing them on to your kids? That’s what we do in families, that’s what we do in the family of God. Once you learn something, pass it on! Keep it real in your family!

Encourage yourself. Stir yourself up. I love that the Bible tells us to encourage each other. I hope you are doing that on a regular basis to those around you. Be the cheerleader, be the encourager, be the edifier, be the one to stir each other up to love and good works. I have noticed that sometimes, no one is around to be your cheerleader and that is the time that we can use the same spoon that we stir others up with to stir ourselves up. Give yourself a pat on the back. Tell yourself you did a good job! Make sure you do that for others, but if no one is around to do it for you, you can be your own encourager. The Holy Spirit on the inside of you is there doing that for you all the time. You can depend on the Holy Spirit inside of you to know who needs encouragement around you. It is important that we tell people how much they have touched our lives. We can speak the Word of God over their lives and remind them that God’s heart is for them. That will help them draw closer to Jesus, which is our whole intent. Encourage others, encourage yourself, and depend on the Holy Spirit within you to lift up the broken hearted and bring hope to the hopeless.

Stimulate one another to love and good works is what Heb 10:24 says. We should be encouraging one another to show love to each other. And we should encourage each other to do good deeds. We know that it is by grace that we are saved, but after salvation we are to be like Jesus who went about doing good. How can we do good? The Bible says, that Jesus went about doing good by, healing the sick, and bringing hope to the hopeless. We can all do that. Really you say? Yes, all of us can pray for each other. We can see good things happen in others lives by the power of prayer. We are believers who believe and we are bold enough to ask for big things. God is the God of impossible situations, and we believe the Word of God that says all things are possible. So stimulate each other to love (His love never fails, never gives up, never runs out! What a wonderful promise, we have more than enough love to give away.) And stimulate each other to good works! We can one another others to be better and do better! What a wonderful demonstration to the world!

Comfort one another is what I Thes 4:18 tells us to do. The word comfort is pretty amazing. It means to console another, but it also means to enable one another. It is the same root word that Jesus used as a name for the Holy Spirit. He is the Comforter, but He is also the enabler. He is the one called along side to enable us to follow God’s purposes. The Holy Spirit is at work within us, helping us to do what God wants. He is enabling us to follow God’s plan for our lives. If we look at the life of Paul, he was an encourager, but also a comforter. Paul through the power of the Holy Spirit enabled us to understand the revelation of the Word of God. Paul’s letters were filled with encouragement and cheerleading. He longed for the church to succeed in following Jesus. Paul longed for us to know who we were in Christ. His letters were filled with the wonder of God working both in us and through us. Paul’s greatest comfort to us was the revelations that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Not height, not depth, no thing can keep God’s love from us. What an amazing comfort. We can comfort one another with those same words!

I think we can all use a cheerleader! The Bible tells us to encouraging one another daily in Hebrews 3:13. Cheerleaders have a way of encouraging you to go for it. Make another touchdown, shoot another 3 pointer, kill that volleyball. They get the crowd on your side, and keep the momentum going your way. We should be each other’s cheerleader. When we know someone is facing a battle, we should be the one who is giving them a call and telling them, that we are on their side, that they can make it, and all things are possible with God. Spiritually, we encourage others by saying and doing things that make God more visible to them. Encouragement shouldn’t be a luxury, it really is a necessity. As parents, each day we can encourage our children. They don’t need to hear it only when they have done something exceptional, they should hear it regularly. What are some of the things people around you have said to encourage you? Do you remember your parents encouraging you? Do you remember a teacher or a fellow student who helped you grow and do and be a better person? They were like a cheerleader in your life. They probably couldn’t do the splits, but they were patting you on the back, and encouraging you with words that made a difference. They kept it real for you, why not become a cheerleader for someone else. We can encourage one another.

I Thes 5:11 tells us to build each other up. Another word for build up is to edify. Edify also means encourage. We live in a world where it is easy to tear things down. We look for flaws, and words are spoken in homes everyday that tear people and relationships down. What a wonderful world we would live in if we would all be builders and daily build one another up. What if no negative words were spoken, and no one ever had to ask forgiveness what they said, but didn’t mean, in your home? We can live on a much higher plane. We can nourish each other in the life of God. What we do is out of the overflow of our life, we give a little away. You’re not getting the leftovers, you are getting the cream off the top, and it is very delicious. Bible study is one of the best ways to be in a building environment. You are learning the Word, and like iron sharpening iron, we are smoothing off rough edges, and getting sharper all at the same time, and learning to apply the Word on a daily basis. In a Bible Study setting, what we are learning, others can benefit from. Once we make it our own, we can talk about how it is working in our lives, or at our house, or at our job. So be a builder. Have a good foundation and start building level upon level on your spiritual house. As we keep it real, we can go higher, and encourage others to go higher with us.

How often are you surprised to hear that a friend or acquaintance has walked through a very hard time, and you were totally unaware of it? It happens all the time. People think that you don’t have time to be concerned about them, or they think you wouldn’t understand, or they just feel they should be able to make it on their own. The Bible tells us to carry each other’s burdens in Gal 6:2. Very often, the person going through the difficult time just could benefit from someone being there with them. We don’t have to have an answer, or try to fix their problems for them, often if we just walk with them through it, they will make it to the other side. One thing to remember is that everyone is facing some kind of battle. You may not know that your good friend is suffering because her mom has just been diagnosed with altzeimers, or that someone has lost a elderly parent, or a family lost their father who was a policeman in a gang shoot out. The world goes on for the rest of us, but that day, could be the worst day of their life. Be sensitive to what others are going through. Learn to think no only about yourself, but the many others around you who might have had a bad day, or a bad week, or even a bad year. You can help them, by standing with them, and carrying some of their load. It usually isn’t even that hard. Bring them a meal, take care of their kids, send some flowers, sit with them and most definitely pray for them. Thank God for the ones who have done that for you, and pass on the blessing! Keep it real!

Intro: Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dailyeword. This week we are talking about helping to lighten each others load, and becoming a cheerleader for our friends and loved ones. Gal 6:2 tells us to carry each other’s burdens, and Hebrews 3:13 tells us to encourage one another daily. Here are some encouraging words about enriching our relationships by cheering for each other, and helping carry each other’s burdens. Let’s keep it real in our relationships!

Serve one another with a heart of love, it says in Gal 5:13. We have an awesome team of people who cook meals for people who are sick, or new moms who have just had a baby, for anyone who is home bound for any reason. What is amazing is most of the time, they might be familiar with the person they are cooking for, but not always. They have a heart to serve out of need. What often happens at our church is when a new mom has her darling, precious baby, her Bible Study group will call our Hospitality Meal Coordinator and say, we’ve got this new mom covered. They have relationship with her, and they are more than willing to bring her meals, for as long as she needs them. They are not serving just out of need, they are serving out of love. Can you find some way to serve someone today? It is always good to find a need and fill it, but how about just doing something out of love. Your neighbors might enjoy a plate of cookies. Your husband might enjoy a backrub. The widow next door might have fallen leaves everywhere. Why not make the cookies, rub his back, and rake her leaves! Love speaks loudly through action. You can serve one another out of a heart of love. That is imitating Jesus, and keeping it real! It is a great way to live!

Don’t you hate to see someone going through a painful situation? If you are like me, I am a fixer. I want to try to help them through it, give them solutions to their issue, and help. Someone said this that 90% of love is just being there. Just “be” a comforting presence. I’ve noticed that especially in the time of loss of a loved one, words don’t feel like they touch the heart of the matter, but being there is just what is needed. That is bearing one another’s burdens. Eph 4:1,2 tells us to walk worthy of our calling. With lowliness, gentleness with long suffering, bearing with one another in love. That is what God does for us, and that is what we can do for others. I encourage you to keep your eyes open to those who are hurting. They are everywhere. Ask God to lead you to someone who is hurting this week. Look for ways to express that you care. Learn to be there, even in silence. Help someone else by bearing with one another in love.