Author: princessleah

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!

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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!

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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 giving you courage 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 others 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. Why not become a cheerleader for someone else. We can encourage one another.

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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 encouragers 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. We can go higher, and encourage others to go higher with us.

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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!

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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.

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, or 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. It is a great way to live!

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Kindness is easy when you are around people who are kind. Kindness gets hard when you are around difficult people. Kindness is also hard when we are angry or feeling resentful. It is tough to be kind when we feel like someone has wronged us. It is vital that we let go of anger and hurt, no matter how big of a mountain it is in our life. Until we let go of the hurt, it eats at us from the inside, and stops up everything good in our lives. Eph 4:31 says specifically to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger. Once we make the choice to forgive, we can begin to act more like Jesus. We can begin to love like Jesus does like it says in Matt 25:35-36. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came and visited me. The law of kindness finds ways to be a blessing. It puts a $20 bill in the coat pocket of a young single mom. It brings a bag of groceries to a widow. It gives a homeless family a place to stay. It offers a prayer for someone who is hurting. It loves with action. The kindness we have received from God, we can pass along. He did it for us, we can do it for others.

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Kindness in unusual in the selfish age in which we live. I keep the sign by my front door that says Be Kinder Than Necessary. I hope you live that way. I try to do that everyday. If you are already kind, wonderful! Why not step it up a notch? If you don’t have a kind bone in your body, its time to get some kind bones!!! Eph 4:32 says to be kind and compassionate to each other. When we keep our focus on being kind to others, we will have opportunities every day. Just like a greeting can open the door to relationships, kindness is the door to new relationships too. Once we realize that kindness is essential to lasting relationships, finding ways to be kind can be an adventure. We can find ways to show kindness to our spouse, to our kids, to our neighbors, and those in our church family. Thoughtful kindness can be shown through each type of love language….and it can be shown by sending a card, sending a text or an email, or many other creative ways. So lets start a kindness revolution. Find ways to be kind all day long, every day of the week, every month of the year! We can have kinder homes, and our relationships will reap the benefits.

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After yesterday’s dailyeword, I’m sure some of you started stressing out. In case you missed it, I talked about having people over to your house and being hospitable. Being hospitable makes many people panic! The Martha in many of you takes over and the desire to have everything perfect, from the house to the food, to the kids outfits can be overwhelming! One organizing book I read once called it Chaos, Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome! A chaotic household certainly adds to the stress of having someone over. Hospitality takes planning, but the rewards are so very worth the effort. Everything doesn’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be an amazing chef. You can do something simple, or have everyone bring something. The idea is share our home, share your life. So it’s Friday, why not make plans for this weekend. Pizza and a movie, with friends, or dessert and coffee after church, or you fill in the blank. We have the option of breakfast inbetween services at our church, so if nothing else, invite someone to join you for breakfast between services this Sunday. Eat together, fellowship together, build relationships. You can do it.

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Guess who is coming to dinner? As I grew up, very often my dad would bring home someone new for dinner, and we would never know who was coming to dinner. We would answer the question with some our new friends names. Without cell phones, and no advance notice, my mom just rolled with it, and added a seat or two, or six(!) to the table. My mom always made delicious food, and if there wasn’t quite enough for the extra people my dad brought home, mom would whisper FHB to us kids, which was code for Family Hold Back. The guests were always served first, other adults next, and kids were last. God always multiplied the food, but we knew that we didn’t strap on the feedbag, the family held back until we knew everyone had been served. It is interesting to see how the early church made a habit of having people over from house to house. Hospitality is becoming a lost art, and I’ve made it my goal to encourage families to eat together, and for Christians to invite people over for dinner. So let me challenge you! Be hospitable. Find a way to eat together with your own family on a regular basis. Cook together, clean up together, but sit down at a table together. Look each other eye to eye. Find out about your day, stay connected with the ones who are closest with you, just by eating together.

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