December 9, 2023… Building The Church …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from two groups, Elevation Worship and Maverick City coming together and singing … Build the Church … Poignantly and powerfully singing of how God’s people are called by the Lord to become His Church with Christ as our “Cornerstone.”
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Highlight Passage: … Hebrews 10:24-25 [NLT] …
24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. …
… God’s call from the Author of Hebrews for God’s people to come TOGETHER to encourage one another as God’s Church.
Highlight Passage (in context) … Hebrews 10:19-25 … USE THIS LINK … .
… God’s Spirit, thru the Author of Hebrews, calls on believers to gather as the body of Christ, … His Church, to encourage and edify one another.
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Reference Passage: … Matthew 18:20 (NLT] …
20 For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.
…Jesus promises to be with any - even two or three - who come together to follow and serve the Lord as His church.
Reference Passage: … Romans 12:4-5 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul teaches fellow Christians that they (we) Christians come TOGETHER as one body, with many parts, unified to serve the Lord.
Reference Passage: … Acts 20:28 (NLT] …
28 “So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.
… Paul’s exhortation to church leaders in Ephesus (and to all Pastors and Elders) to watch over and shepherd God’s church, coming together to serve Christ as His body.
Reference Passage… Ephesians 2:19-22 (NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts and encourages all Christians, Jews and Gentiles alike, to come TOGETHER to build His Temple as one unified body, the Church.
Reference Passage: … 1Peter 2:4-5 (NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
…The Apostle Peter writes to oppressed Christians who’ve been chosen to become living stones as Christ, Cornerstone, builds HIs Temple, … the Church.
My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Elisa Morgan AT THIS LINK - tells how friends, Dave and Carla, searching for a church home during the Covid 19 pandemic, longed for the fellowship of a church body, but found it difficult due to the Covid19 restrictions, … but finally, finding a fellowship of people who had developed unique ways to serve the Lord TOGETHER.
Today, by meditating on the ODB devotional today and God’s truth in the Scriptures shared above, and finally inspired by the linked song, … I’m encouraged and edified of the importance of Christians, like you and me, coming TOGETHER to become living stones as the Lord builds His church(see photo). Oh, my fellow Christians, let’s all come together in unity to be THE CHURCH with Christ as The Cornerstone.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, …for calling me and fellow Christians to be stones in Your invincible church.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, …to become living stones in Your Temple, Lord. … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!!
Kjetil
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