11.14.2008

One is the loneliest number...

Wow. That's all I can say. God keeps His promises.

Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them."

Whether you believe in strength in numbers or whatever one thing is clear. We are not meant to tackle Christianity and life on this earth alone. God purposefully puts people into our lives for us to have meaningful relationships with, Godly relationships. Not just relationships that don't go below the surface but deep down spiritual based relationships.

Man time is something that was started after going to Cayo Costa last year for spring break. Only a couple of us have been showing up this year and for the past few weeks we haven't met because we were all so busy. Last night we met for the first time in prolly a month and it was amazing. People often say you don't know what you got till it's gone, that was so very true in this case.

God just opens up our eyes so much more when we sit down with fellow Christians and talk about our ups and our downs. Yes, the downs too. I have realized that in good fellowship you can't bring only half of yourself to the table because more than likely the half your not bringing with you is a half full of sin that you are ashamed of. I'm the same way but I am fighting through it. Trust me when I say that confessing your sins to others does many things for your spiritual growth.

When you share your struggles with others it helps for a stronger bond between the group making the environment even more loving and more comfortable for everyone involved. This can only lead to more great fellowship down the road. The second thing is does it makes others aware of what your going through. More than likely your not the only one going through a particular problem. This then allows you to talk to other Christians about how overcome whatever it is your struggling with.

For the sake of keeping this short (cuz I have had a couple extremely long ones) I will just end with saying please please please get into some sort of fellowship. Read the Word together, share your struggles and your accomplishments, and pray together.

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