Loving The God of Truth

Welcome to all those in the ODM who desire to know and to love the God of Truth through the faithful study of His Word. Please feel free to share your comments, insights, questions, concerns, words of encouragement, thanksgiving, praise, and prayer requests with all of us.

May God most richly bless the reading of His precious Word to our hearts this year.

"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;
They are sweeter than honey from the comb.
By them is your servant warned;

In keeping them there is great reward."

(Psalm 19:7-11)

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

The Fellowship of Believers

Sorry for posting late...my bad! I misread the schedule... >.<

42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

Today's passage talks about the characteristics of a healthy church and true fellowship in Christ. As I read this passage, first of all I got goosebumps because this description of the early church honestly feels so surreal to me. I really wonder if there's a church out there in our time like the early churches. Then I began to wonder if our church was like the early churches and whether we held these characteristics of a healthy, thriving church of God.
But something that captured me while reading this passage was that it was obvious that the believers in the early churches loved God and each other zealously because they had shown it through not only their faith to Christ's calling and teachings but to each other and to community around them. People, non-believers, saw this and must have been captivated by this because the last verse says their numbers grew daily.
I love our church and the members of our ODM family. I'm blessed to be apart of this family. ^-^
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darlayoo said...

thanks for your reflection michelle. i feel the same way every time i read this description of the early church. i'm sure it stirs the longing of every believer from every generation. a church that loves God and each other will look something like this. we know their fellowship pleased God exceedingly because He blessed them by adding "to their number daily those who were being saved".

July 14, 2010 at 12:30 AM

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