Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from Christy Nockels singing By Our Love … poignantly singing of how we as Christians need to come together to show our God’s love by the love we share with one another.
Sharing the love of God - TOGETHER
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Highlight Verse[s]: Acts 2:46 [NLT] ... 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity —
… The early Christians came together to share their worship and provisions in the connected relationship with Christ.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Acts 2:42-47 [NLT] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… The early Christians, as the newly formed “body of Christ,” came together and formed a community of believers.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 133:1 [NLT] … 1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
… God made us for unity and harmony.
Reference Passage : … John 13:34-35 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus commands His disciples (that’s us!) to show God’s love to one another as the Body of Christ.
Reference Passage : … 1Corinthians 1:10 [NLT] … 10 I appeal to you, dear brothers and sisters, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, to live in harmony with each other. Let there be no divisions in the church. Rather, be of one mind, united in thought and purpose.
… Paul recognized the need for Christians to come together in unity as the Body of Christ.
Reference Passage : … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru the author of Hebrews, exhorted the early Christians - which extends to us - to come together regularly to encourage and exhort one another on to carry out good deeds in Christ’s name.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Kirsten Holmberg, made reference to our human need for connection, with loneliness being one of the biggest social maladies of our times. … The ODB author wrote: Loneliness is one of the greatest threats to our sense of well-being, affecting our health through our behaviors on social media, food consumption, and the like. One study suggests that nearly two-thirds of all people—regardless of age or gender—feel lonely at least some of the time. …
We need human connection; God designed us that way! [see photo] Painful seasons of loneliness point to that need. Like the people of the early church, it’s important for us to engage in the human companionship our well-being requires and to offer it to those around us who also need it.
Most certainly what has transpired in the past few weeks, with this COVID-19 pandemic, has illustrated our human need for connection. We have been forced by medical necessity and government control to stay apart from one another; and we’ve seen, as did the early Christians (see the Acts 2 passage), the need to come together and share the love of God and His provisions with one another.
We were made by God for connection, … especially as the Body of Christ, … to come together to share His love. And as the linked song and scriptures above attest, we need to do all we can as Christ’s Body to share His love - TOGETHER - with others today … and tomorrow.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for driving me to see the need to join with fellow Christians to do all we can - TOGETHER - to share Your love with each other today.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me, to connect with one another today - and tomorrow - and share the love of God. Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.</ span>
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