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Laughter Is The Best Medicine
Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Three Biblical Ways to Inject Humor into Your Lives
MARK TWAIN - “LAUGHTER is the greatest weapon that we humans possess and it’s the one we use the least!”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - “If I do not LAUGH, I should die!”
Henry Ward Beecher – “Mirth is God’s medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it.”
Milton Berle – “Laughter is an instant vacation.”
Alan Alda – “When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.”
Victor Borge – “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”
Quincy Jones – “I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain’t that the truth."
UNKOWN AUTHOR - “Love may make the world go ‘round, but laughter keeps us from getting dizzy.”
Sometimes, all WE can do is laugh!
Take my advice: acquire a sense of humor. Learn to laugh. It’s relaxing and healing and a buffer to all the stress the world throws our way!
Humor is ESSENTIAL for life! It can even SAVE YOUR LIFE!
WE need LAUGHTER in all of our relationships TOO! In our marriages, if WE don’t laugh together WE’re missing out on a TON OF FUN! Laughing with others is an integral part of healthy friendships. It’s one of the keys to successful relationships on the job. Members of the same church family need to laugh together. Sometimes it gets stressful trying to accomplish God’s purposes!
How do WE learn to laugh? How do WE develop our sense of humor? How do WE inject humor into our lives? Let’s go the CREATER OF LAUGHTER and see what His Word says!
THREE BIBLICAL WAYS TO INJECT HUMOR INTO YOUR LIFE:
1. LOOK FOR LAUGHTER!
It’s MORE than just “Looking at the bright side!”
Solomon said, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven…A time to cry and a time to LAUGH. A time to grieve and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 (NLT)
No matter what you may have heard, or how you were raised, it’s okay for Christians to have a good time. Jesus was criticized by His enemies for partying with sinners. He believed it was okay to celebrate at weddings, to enjoy the hospitality of His friends, etc.
There will be those who will criticize you for really ENJOYING life as a follower of Christ – but I believe, there will be MORE who will find your laughter contagious.
When the Jews came back from captivity in Babylon here’s what they said: “We were filled with LAUGHTER, and we sang for joy. And the other nations said, ‘What amazing things the Lord has done for them.’” Psalms 126:3 (NLT)
When’s last time someone looked at how you respond to life and said, “What amazing things the Lord has done for them?”
LAUGHTER and JOYFULNES and SINGING and SHOUTING are such a GREAT WITNESS to those who have yet to find a personal relationship with God.
Being critical and grumpy aren’t qualities that make people want what you have.
STUDIES SHOW: people won’t come back to a church where everybody was unfriendly and long-faced. Who can blame them?
It’s okay to LAUGH! Laughing is good for us. And It’s even okay to laugh right here in church!
Solomon’s words of wisdom are simply reminding us to have proper timing.
Even when you can’t see the funny in your everyday life, on the basis of Scripture, we need to learn to look for the right times to laugh. God has given us this capacity for enjoying good humor so we need to intentionally incorporate LAUGHTER into your daily routine!
