Of course I have known it before, but recently the reality that I am surrounded by a loving and supportive family of believers was thrust in my face. My husband, my family, my friends all jump in when I whisper that I need help. Sometimes they jump in before I muster up the words to speak it.
Today on my inspirational thoughts flip calendar Max Lucado said this:
God offers you a family of friends and friends who are family – His church. When you transfer your trust into Christ, He not only pardons you; He places you in His family of friends.
“Family” far and away outpaces any other biblical term to describe the church. “Brothers” or “brothers and sisters” appears a whopping 148 times between the book of Acts and the book of Revelation.
God heals His family through His family. In the church we use our gifts to love each other, honor one another, keep an eye on troublemakers, and carry each other’s burdens.
“His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family…through Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 1:5
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Wait are we switching again or is this a new and additional blog?
It’s additional. I’ll still be blogging here, too.
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