Verse of the Day 3/14
Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. English Standard Version (ESV)
Our family attended the Sunday morning church service at our church together as a family for the first time in almost a year since the onset of the COVID19 pandemic. Thankfully, our church has had it's services broadcast online during the pandemic and we've been able to watch the services in spirit and keep up with most of what has been going on, but is just not the same. Sure it was nice to watch the service at home in our pj's with coffee or tea, but the loss of a sense of community cannot be denied.
As the pandemic prayerfully, will continue to subside, our hopes and prayers will be that more and more church members will return to their local churchs to "stir one another to love and good work" in the coming weeks and months.
Rev. Joe Holland writes, "The human, created, redeemed, and placed in the community of the church is the masterpiece of technological information. Apple will never come close to approximating what God has done with a Christian. The Bible encourages us to pursue fellowship in worship in ways that maximize our humanity rather than highlight the more efficient or convenient aspect of a person. A simple prayer meeting in a dingy and poorly lit basement with four elderly women take a higher priority than a live-streamed event by a megachurch."
We may continue to appreciate the convenience and capabilities of our technological age, but may we never let it be an excuse not to continue to meet together when we have the legitimate opportunity to do so.
The church's one foundation
is Jesus Christ, our Lord;
we are a new creation
by water and the Word.
From heav'n he came and taught us
what perfect love can be;
through life and death he sought us,
and rose to set us free.
Yet we on earth have union
with God, the Three in One,
and mystic, sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
Oh, happy ones and holy!
God, give us grace that we,
like them, the meek and lowly,
may live eternally.
-- In Christ, Mike Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace. NIV
Hebrews 10:19-24 English Standard Version (ESV)
The Full Assurance of Faith
19 Therefore, brothers,[a] since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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