You’re never getting victory over
those things until you share them with someone. You just need to find one
person whom you trust. Someone who will love you unconditionally not be
judgmental, and pray for you. Revealing your feelings is the beginning of
healing. If you’re a believer, you belong in the family of God. If you are part
of God’s community, you realize there are two important parts to it:
Worship that attracts others to the
Heavenly Father is done through volunteering in the church, showing hospitality
to others, and being fully engaged in the worship experience. To be busy about
the mission of God by bringing souls into the Kingdom of Heaven, prayer from
the community is needed; offering your time in service for others is necessary;
and an invitation to hear the Word of God a
could be life-changing.
“In this way we
are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the
body as a whole not the other way around. The body we’re talking about is
Christ’s body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a
part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount
to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these
excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in Christ’s body, let’s
just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully
comparing ourselves with each other, or trying to be something we aren’t.” (Romans 12:4-6, MSG)[i]
[i] Inspired
by the sermon “Created for Community: The Byproduct of Community” (installment four,
final) Sunday September 30, 2018 Pastor Dave Jansen CenterPoint Gahanna Church
Gahanna, OH.
Additional sources
used: Change
Requires Honest Community” by Rick Warren
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