THE ATTITUDE AND SPIRIT OF COOPERATION:
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com ( YouTube: Wade Hughes)
COOPERATION BEGINS AT HOME!
From the tribe of Levi there were a dad and a mom named AMRAM and JOCHEBED. Jochebed made a water proof basket. Jochebed stayed home and prayed. Miriam waited by the Nile River watching over her baby brother. There were 3 children: MIRIAM, AARON AND MOSE. As a whole this family moved and worked by cooperating together.
COOPERATION WILL ALWAYS CONQUER PRESSURE AND STRESS.
BABYLON PUT PRESSURE ON THE JEWISH CAPTIVES TO CONFORM TO THE PAGAN WAYS… … HAD A TEAM: DANIEL… SHADRACH… MESHACH… ABEDNEGO… THEIR FAITH WAS TESTED… TOGETHER THEY STOOD STRONG… TOGETHER GOD BLESSED THEM. They were faithful in a strange land. No one back at home would ever know?
YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE PEOPLE AFFECT/EFFECT EACH OTHER. YOUR REATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE BUILD OR DESTROY BY YOUR ATTITUDES, WORDS AND DEEDS. HOW YOU HANDLE SITUATIONS IN LIFE WILL MAKE YOU BITTER OR BETTER.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Genesis 2:18 (NLT2) Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
WE FIND JOY IN COOPERATION IN A SPIRIT OF COOPERATION.
Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Psalm 133:1-3 (MSG) A pilgrim song of David How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! 2 It's like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. 3 It's like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where GOD commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
*COOPERATION: to work toward a common goal, the process of working together to accomplish the same end, assistance, working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, joint action, teamwork, partnership, unity, sharing interest, ally, and share.
*COOPERATION COMES IN DIFFERENT FORMS. 1. SELF, 2. WITH OTHERS, 3. WITH GOD… WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CAN’T STAND YOURSELF? 4. FORCED, COERCED, DRAFTED, 5. VOLUNTARY, WILLINGLY, 6. UNINTENTIONAL
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Amos 3:3 (Amplified) Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed?
GIDEON KEEP 300 MEN THAT MET THE CRITERIA OF COOPERATION. GIDEON MINUS 32,000… NO GREAT WORK CAN BE ACCOPLIISHED BY INDIVIDUALS WORKING ON THEIR OWN. DOWN TO 32,000… 300 MEN DO MORE IN COOPERATION…TRUMPET, PITCHER AND TORCH…
Matthew 5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
DO WE WANT TO SEE THE INDIVIDUAL THRIVE OR THE WELLNESS OF THE WHOLE. SPIRIT OF COOPERATION WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (MSG) By yourself you're unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn't easily snapped.
Philippians 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philippians 2:2 (MSG) then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.
AGAIN (ANOTHER TIME, ONCE MORE, ALREADY MENTIONED…. AGAIN, I SAY, MUST HAVE SAID IT BEFORE?
Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
COOPERATION: FRIENDS BRING A PARALYZED MAN TO JESUS… OVERCOME OBSTACLES…
Mark 2:1 (MSG) After a few days, Jesus returned to Capernaum, and word got around that he was back home.
2 A crowd gathered, jamming the entrance so no one could get in or out. He was teaching the Word. 3 They brought a paraplegic to him, carried by four men. 4 When they weren't able to get in because of the crowd, they removed part of the roof and lowered the paraplegic on his stretcher. 5 Impressed by their bold belief, Jesus said to the paraplegic, "Son, I forgive your sins."
Mark 2:11 "Get up. Pick up your stretcher and go home."
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
JOSHUA COMMANDS GOD’S PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND JERICHO ONE TIME A DAY FOR 6 DAYS AND ON THE 7TH DAY MARCH AROUND… BUT KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT… WHY?
Joshua 6:10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
Conclusion: JOY and Peace can be found when families, churches and individuals cooperate. The Bible teaches many great truths. One of these truths is by working together we can reach a common goals easier and quicker.
Nehemiah 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Cooperation is essential for the church, the family and the individual. In the spirit of cooperation the weak and the strong stand stronger together.
KNIT TOGETHER: bind, committed,
1 Samuel 18:1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Colossians 2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
AROUND 30 TIMES IN THE BOOK OF 1 JOHN IT SAYS: WE KNOW…
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19 (MSG) They left us, but they were never really with us. If they had been, they would have stuck it out with us, loyal to the end. In leaving, they showed their true colors, showed they never did belong.
1 John 2:19 (NLT2) These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfinger@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)
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