CHEERLEADING

021 – MAY 2005

CHEERLEADING

PROVERBS 15:13 “A MERRY HEART MAKES A CHEERFUL COUNTENANCE: BUT BY THE SORROW OF THE HEART THE SPIRIT IS BROKEN.”

I LIKE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL GOOD AND I’VE DECIDED THAT ONE OF MY MAJOR MOTIVES IN LIFE IS TO CHEERLEAD. IT’S A COMBINATION OF 2 BIBLICAL MOTIVATIONAL GIFTS … EXHORTATION AND MERCY (ROM 12:8). IT’S AN UNUSUALLY INSTINCTIVE URGE OR DESIRE TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
IF YOU ARE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF A LIFE’S SETBACK, I CAN ENCOURAGE YOU TO “NEW BEGINNINGS”. IF YOU ARE TROUBLED BECAUSE OF SIN OR LOUSY LIVING, I CAN EXHORT YOU TO HIGHER GROUND.
EITHER WAY, I LOVE TO SAY “YOU CAN DO IT!” I’M ANXIOUS TO SAY “OF COURSE!” AND I AM TRULY IMPULSIVE TO ENCOURAGE SOMEONE WITH A “SURE!” OR A “WHY NOT!”

JESUS WAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING AND EXHORTING PEOPLE TO LIVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE … A LIFE IN THE SPIRIT, FILLED WITH INTEGRITY AND VIRTUE. IF THE OPPOSITE OF A CHEERLEADER IS A SADLEADER THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE THAT JESUS WAS A CHEERLEADER. MATTHEW 14:27, “BUT STRAIGHTWAY, JESUS SPAKE UNTO THEM SAYING, BE OF GOOD CHEER; IT IS I; BE NOT AFRAID,”

SO - WHETHER IT’S A GIFT OR NOT, WE ALL NEED TO BE ENCOURAGERS. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR PESSIMISM, HINDRANCE, OR DISCOURAGEMENT.
BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT – ALL THAT STINKIN’ THINKIN’ WOULD BE LIKE ROOTING FOR THE OTHER TEAM. OUCH!

HERE’S JUST A FEW ENCOURAGING BIBLICAL VERSES FOR CHEERLEADING:

MK 10:27 “ … WITH MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT WITH GOD: FOR WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.”
PH 1:6 “BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS VERY THING, THAT HE WHICH HATH BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL PERFORM IT UNTIL THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.”
PH 4:13 “YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHEN YOU.”
ROM 8:37 “ … IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS …”

SO, I’M A CHEERLEADER! I LIKE THAT! BEING A CHEERLEADER IS FINE! INDEED - IT’S GREAT! AND THINK ABOUT THIS - CHEERLEADING IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED CHEERLEADERS FOR THE CHEERLEADERS. THAT’S WHAT I’M DOING RIGHT NOW – CHEERING FOR YOU TO CHEER.

“RAISE YOUR SPIRITS, RAISE THEM HIGH
KISS THE ENEMY – BYE! BYE!”