Showing posts with label Acts 2:42-47. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acts 2:42-47. Show all posts

Monday, August 21, 2023

CULTIVATING COMMUNITY!

"Cultivating Community" communicates relational identity that requires deposits from participants. Plural. Think reciprocity.
A continual devotion to apostles' teaching and fellowship of believers.

Cultivating Community in no way negates getting alone to spend time in prayer or meditating on God's Word.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 states that the "Lord has placed eternity in our hearts." Embedded in each of us is a sense of something more..... a longing.
Two needs of life resonate with each of us....to belong and to matter. Fellowship supports those truths. Longing for belonging.

Long to belong--a bedrock for Christian fellowship
Theology of Togetherness. Made to be known. Knowing we matter to God. 
NO "I"-dentity.
"We"-dentity. In Christ together.
Sounds like fellowship at its best.....aligned with awe and one purpose.
Single-mindedness in worship; yet, unity in diversity. Practicing/preserving that diversity without slamming another's politics or opinions on social media. Do unto others....for their benefit. (John 13:34)
You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. (John Bunyan)
A community coming together to know Him and make Him known not in words alone but in our actions. 
Cultivation that bears fruit of awe and purpose that blesses community.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Regulari-TEA

And they devoted themselves to.....teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul,.....And all who believed were together...... And they were selling their possessions......and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received......with glad and generous hearts, praising God....(Acts 2:42-47, ESV)

Many aspects of regularli-TEAs beneficial to a believer's life are listed in this section of Acts 2---

  • Devotion to teaching
  • Devotion to fellowship
  • Prayer
  • Sharing with others
  • Attending "temple"
  • Praising God

Along with regular quiet times, I see the need in my life for regular times of interaction with other believers, as well. Times of fun and fellowship hemmed in prayer. For me the best result would be service to others. Service which leads to a soul full of awe and a grateful and generous heart which praises the Lord.

A cuppa regulari-TEA, a perfect blend of Acts 2.