The Gift of Encouragement from Jubilee Church on Vimeo. In Acts 13 Barnabas himself was encouraged by others. Remember the purpose of prophecy is encouragement. Remember when we say encouragement, we’re not just talking about a warm fuzzy feeling. We’re talking about sometimes being thrust out, our passage begins "and in the church of Antioch, there were prophets and teachers." (Barnabas is at the lead of this list, he seems to be the church leader there.) “Barnabas, Simeon, who was … [Read more...]

Very soon, Barnabas’ encouragement finds another outlet, another opportunity. We see, in Acts 11, that Barnabas begins to encourage a baby church. A few people don’t wait for the apostles to send them or tell them what to do, they run because of persecution and when they arrive in Antioch they begin to share the Gospel. They don’t wait for headquarters to instruct them, they get on with it. Then, in verse 22 the apostles hear of what’s been happening, people are becoming Christians and a … [Read more...]

  Downloads: HiDef.  LowDef , DVD Quality or Audio Here is the continuation of an edited transcript of the above sermon which began yesterday: Who did Barnabas Encourage? First of all, and it may seem like a slightly funny place to start, he encouraged his leaders. Have you ever thought about that, that leaders need encouragement too? I know one or two of you are sitting here this morning thinking: “I want to be a leader?” Are you so sure? Leadership can be a real … [Read more...]