His name means son of encouragement. He was an encouragement to Paul, supporting him when Paul came back to Jerusalem after his conversion. Others were quite understandably afraid of Paul, but Barnabas stood by him convinced of his changed life. Later they had a falling out over John Mark and Barnabas went away with Mark giving him encouragement. It's good to know he had a reconciliation with Paul later. Is there someone in your life you could encourage? Maybe someone that no one else believes in?
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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