WE NEDD MODERN DAY BARNABASES=IN TODAY'S WORLD

 

 

 

 

 

 

WE NEED MODERN DAY BARNABASES=IN

Today’s world

 

Have you SUFFERED MUCH=In this world=But do you yet CONTINUE=

With STRONG-Deep=abiding faith IN CHRIST?=That is who Saint

Barnabas was=Yet he REMAINED FAITHFUL=and an Encourager  of

Others=to the end=That is MY FRIEND Nicholis too=A modern day

ENCOURAGER=WE NEED modern day ENCOURAGERS=in this the

21^st century=Those who are there=TO ENCOURAGE others=In their faith=

“……..Barnabas rejoiced and ENCOURAGED them all=to REMAIN

FAITHFUL=to the Lord=In firmness=of heart=and it was in Antioch=that

The disciples=Were first called CHRISTIANS”                                                          Acts 11:23, 26

 

OUR modern day Christians=Contain the FIRE=that the Original Christians

Contained=They have the HOLY SPIRIT OF God=and they ENCOURAGE all=

Of us=to remain FAITHFUL=to the Lord=WE NEED MORE=Modern day Barnabases=

In today’s world=To HELP us=continue the fight=To Keep God and Jesus=

NUMBER ONE=in our hearts=In our minds=and in our souls=More people=

Who ALWAYS=Take the time=to ENCOURAGE OTHERS=Thank you=for

ENCOURAGING me=ENCOURAGING ME=My dear brothers and sisters=and I in

TURN=HOPE I encourage to=to keep THAT FAITH=that you have

 

“You Lord=Hear the desire=Of the afflicted=YOU ENCOURAGE THEM=and you=

Listen to their cry”                                                                                                                        Psalm 10:17

“Joseph=a Levite from Cypress=Whom the apostles called Barnabas=which means=

‘Son of ENCOURAGEMENT’=Sold a field he owned=and brought the money=and put

It=at the apostles’ feet”                                                                                                              Acts 4:36

“Therefore ENCOURAGE one another=with these words”                                 1 Thessalonians 4:18

 

Today=we CELEBRATE=the feast day of Saint Barnabas=June 11^th=and I want to

THANK all of my friends in Florida=MY old friends in Pittsburgh=and my OTHER FRIENDS

Around the country=and a FEW=around the world=For encouraging me=to REMAIN

FAITHFUL=to my calling=”To LIVE for my family=my friends=and all PEOPLE EVERYWHERE”=

You all are MODERN DAY BARNABASES to me=We NEED=Modern day BARNABASES=

In today’s world=To HELP OTHERS=to REMAIN STRONG in their faith

 

“He is the=Maker of heaven and earth=the sea=and everything in them--------=

He REMAINS FAITHFUL forever”                                                                                             Psalm 146:6

“If you REMAIN in me=and I in you=Ask whatever you wish=and it will be done

For you”                                                                                                                                                 John 15:7

“Let no debt=REMAIN OUTSTANDING=Except the continuing debt=to love one

Another=For whoever loves others=Has fulfilled the law”                                             Romans 13:8

 

You see=My friends=My brothers and sisters=That is what our Saint Barnabas did=

He ENCOURAGED OTHERS=to keep on BELIEVING=to keep on PERSEVERING IN=

The words of God and Jesus=all those 2,000 years ago=And that is what=YOU ALL=

Do for me=You ENCOURAGE ME=to remain FAITHFUL=to my calling=You guys

INSPIRE ME=You keep giving me the FIRE=to keep on LOVING and=Never Quitting

 

And we need=MODERN DAY BARNABASES=More than ever in this world=You all =

Are that to me=and I will SING JOYFULLY with thanks=and love=to ALL of you=

For all the DAYS of my life=Until the end of time

 

In Jesus’ name=and HIS FATHER’S=who are THE GODS OF LOVE=and Hold us

TOGETHER IN UNITY

 

Robert P. Wallman

6-9-2025

 

 

Ps        INSPIRED=by an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco