No Problem!
Buck it up!
Step up to the plate!
If you have known me for a while, you know I tend to use these three sayings from time to time.
I explain No Problem! here.
Buck it up comes from my failed attempt at being a compassionate Stephens Minister. It was great to hear Dr Les Parrot tell his wife Dr Leslie Parrot to Buck it up! at the Marriage Enrichment Conference today at our Church.
Step up to the Plate is a Sports Analogy that is often used when guys are involved in an organization or a cause and they are needed to start walking the talk they have been talking. It is not an attempt to lay a guilt trip on anyone but rather a challenge to live out the life they have been professing to live when the need is presented to them. A baseball player doesn't feel guilty about the coach asking them to "step up to the plate" but instead he feels needed, important to the team and wants to perform to the best of his ability. It is his moment to show the team why he is there in the first place. This is actually Scriptural. 1 John 3:18 tells us to quit talking about "love" and "start practicing it" Or in the Art's Message interpretation of the Bible: Step up to the Plate! If you love Jesus, love your Church, love your fellow Christians...then step out of all your posing, talking and pretending and show it! Jesus needs you in action not just in meetings!
So Step up to the plate, if you feel insecure about that commitment then Buck it up! If you don't agree "No Problem!"
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