Hi sports fans!
This is a great message from Steve and it has a sports link. I love sports analogies! When watching a football game, we hear the announcers talk about the "12th man" on the field. That "12th man" they refer to are the fans. They talk about the impact the fans can have on the outcome of the game simply by cheering! The fans cheer their excitement when the team is doing well and they cheer their support when the team is facing tough situations (except in Philadelphia when the fans boo all the time).
It works in our families, too. I love the concept of "God first, family second and everything else is third". We need to show our support for our family ALL THE TIME. We have to be the #1 fans of our spouses and children and we need to let them know that we are their #1 fan. We are going to cheer for them when they are doing great to show how proud we are and we are going to cheer them when things are tough to show our never wavering support.
The message is crystal clear - "I love you and I am proud of you in the good times and I love you and I proud of you in the tough times. I am your number one fan always."
We talk often about the importance of "catching our kids doing something good" and then when we do, give them praise! I doing so, we reinforce the positive performance which will "feeds the good wolf". We spend so much of our parenting time focusing on what our kids could do better. Our kids want us to accept them and like them and see the good in them - they want us to love them, they need us to be their #1 fans.
Blessings to your family!
Scott
LOVE ONE ANOTHER (Day 46) > > > Cheerleaders!
Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
Everyone likes to be cheered on, even if it’s just one person doing the cheering! It makes us feel appreciated and supported and it motivates us to try harder or to just finish the race. Unfortunately, sometimes we spend more time talking each other down than we do lifting each other up.
The author of the Book of Hebrews was writing to a crowd that needed some good cheerleading. It was incredibly difficult to be a Christian back in those days. Jewish people were mad at you for following Jesus and the Romans thought you were a potentially dangerous, up-and-coming religious movement. The Christians back then really needed to stick together and cheer one another on…and we still need that, today.
The Christian life can be really hard, and that is why the Bible has so much to say about how we treat one another. We all need to be encouraged to do the right thing because our sinful nature always wants to do the wrong thing. We all need some cheerleaders in our lives…so why not start that at home?
APPLICATION: Come up with some ways that your family can “motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” Take a few minutes to write encouraging notes to each other, and then go put them on each other’s beds or dressers. Finally, do a family cheer together, like: “Give me an N! Give me an O! Give me a B! Give me an L! Give me an E! What does it spell? Noble! Say it again! Noble! Gooooooooo Noble!”
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