Don't Cut Yourself Out 3
Hebrews 10:25 (NLT), Ephesians 4:16 (NLT), Acts 2:46 (NIV)
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. *He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. *… they continued to meet together in the temple… They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.
 One of the greatest things happening on the earth right now is the glorious work that God is accomplishing in the body of Christ. Jesus is building His church and His church is prevailing over the gates of hell. You and I are this church and body of Christ and Christ's life is flowing in us and filling us up. We are moving from faith to faith, Rom.1:16-17. We are being transformed and becoming more like Christ. We are going from glory to glory by the spirit of God, 2Cor.3:18. When we refuse to fellowship with other believers, we intentionally cut ourselves off from the abundant grace and blessings that God desires to flow both in and through our lives. This is why the devil wants there to be bitterness and division among us.
1 Corinthians 3:4, 21-23 (NLT) says, when one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another says, "I follow Apollos," aren't you acting just like people of the world? *So don't boast about following a particular human leader. For everything belongs to you—whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. Psalm 133:1-3 (GNB) adds, how wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony! It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron's head and beard, down to the collar of his robes. It is like the dew on Mount Hermon, falling on the hills of Zion. That is where the LORD has promised his blessing—life that never ends.
PRAYER: Thank You, Lord, for the great work that You are doing in the church. Touch me and use me more to bless Your Church.
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