1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."
Family is funny thing. Everyone has one, all of them have their quirks, and mine are great. We had a family reunion dinner at my house today and it's always good to see relatives that live away or don't go out often. More so since I'm moving a thousand miles away in less than a month.
I have more than just one family though; I have a church family too. A church family doesn't quite provide all the necessities of life as parents do - daily meals, school clothes, etc., but they provide instead spiritual help and growth and well as a communion that nobody can get by just church dating (Hopping from church to church in order to "learn more" or change when one is offended among other reasons). Fellowship with the saints of the church is an important part of my faith in the fact that relationships are built to grow up disciples and provide examples of how a man or woman of faith should live.
Matthew 18:20 says "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." The fact that Jesus talks about meeting together in his name - what we call church - on top of the fact that it's in the Bible makes it something we should take note of (also see Hebrews 10:25, Collosians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, and Acts 2:42). It is easy to say that one's commitment to their church family could even show their commitment to other relationships in their life.
My family is fantastic. My church family is inspiring. A combination of both have made me the young man I am today, and I thank them for that. They have created the building blocks of my life that will lead me to the man I hope to be in years to come.
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You are right about having a fantastic family and church family! You are very blessed! Keep your eyes on Jesus!
I had an egg and piece of toast for dinner tonight..I should have came and crashed your family party! :)
So I told you that I was going to read this, and i finally got the chance.
You are so right about this, i tend to be self seeking sometimes, to see what i can get out of doing something good, i meen not for other people, but to be noticed by my family, cause. .well you know some of my family by just listening to me talk about them, but they tend to not notice that im even home most of the time, but anyways, what i do, is for Jesus, but honestly, i do want some credit for what i do sometimes.
As for church family, well you guys are the closest thing to being a real family to me, the only thing i have to feel like that, thats what a family is suppose to be like, supportive, getting spiritual growth with one another, to feel that between one another and Jesus that you are being yourself and that you can be the person you are. Serving communion with The people within the church is the most amazing feeling that someone could get.
worshiping with the people you know you can never lose is the greatest feeling, to grow with one another,i just cant explain how great it is to have a family that knows Jesus, that we could spread our faith with others, its just great.
yes this is long, and i just noticed.
thanks Ryan Allan!
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