Churches Need Cheerleaders
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★MANY churches are in need of what every football team has: cheerleaders. The job of a cheerleader is to tell everybody “we’re going to make it.” No matter how bad things look on the scoreboard, there is still hope. Cheerleaders cheer all the way to the end of the game and will act like the team is winning by a big score even when there may be no way that a victory is possible. Their job is to be a cheerleader. When folks come into today’s sanctuary with broken lives, they need to run into some cheerleaders, folks who are willing to cheer them on and tell them that they are going to make it.
The point
Churches need encouragers who maintain hope and support the community, just as cheerleaders encourage a football team.
Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:11Romans 12:15
Audience
Adults
Tone
Encouraging · Inspiring · Warm
To tell aloud
under a minute · 115 words