Easy Joy…

“We saw it, we heard it, and now we’re telling you” 1 John 1:3

When people try to explain how to achieve something they’re familiar with they often say it’s as easy as one, two, three. In other words it’s simple and basic to accomplish when you learn how. Once you understand the basics you’ve got a foundation that you can build on. As you build you discover a joy that comes from achieving the results from what you’ve learnt.

In today’s verse John the Evangelist teaches us a foundational but very powerful lesson. John says whatever he’s sees & hears about Jesus he tells other people. He’s not keeping it a secret, hidden away so no one knows. John was a cheerleader for everything that God was doing. He did this so others could experience the same joy he was.

John’s cheerleading technique was as easy as 1, 2, 3…

1] See something God is doing
or
2] Hear something about what God is doing
and then
3] Tell others about it

This week lets be proactive cheerleaders like John the Evangelist. Let’s keep our eyes open to see what God’s doing. Let’s keep our ears open to hear what God’s doing. Then lets open up our mouths and start telling others about all the powerful things that we’re seeing and hearing. This will cause great friendship and will also deliver untold joy into our lives. Cheerleading will build God’s Church and will strengthen His people into the future!


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Cheerleaders…

1 Samuel 30:6 “But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord.”

We all love life when it’s going well. As people believe in and encourage us we advance easily. In these seasons we often feel that we could take on anything and win. On the other hand, when life is less encouraging, our progress can be a little more difficult to achieve.

David held a key to making progress through the less encouraging seasons of life. Our verse takes place when David was in distress and about to be stoned by his own people. It says that he “encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord.” In other words David became his own personal cheerleader of God in his life.

In some seasons we need to cheer ourselves on. Others may not notice what God has been doing for us but we do. These are the times when we open up our mouths and declare God’s goodness like David would. “Come on I know I can do it, I can overcome. God helped me slay the lion, slay the bear so now lets go slay this Goliath!”

We become a cheerleader of God in our life. As we cheer, others will start to join in. Before we know it there will be a whole team all cheering God together!

So take up the challenge and become your own personal cheerleader. Start declaring God’s goodness in your life. Keep cheering until a whole team of people surrounds you. You will be helping others as you help yourself. This is what the gospel is all about. Have the greatest week cheerleading yourself to success.