Eph. 1:5a (NLT): " His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ."
Sisters, we were created to be in God's eternal family. Just as you were born into a natural family, God wants us to be in a church family. No matter how you were brought up, or who has hurt you sweet ones, know that in order for you to grow in God and live a fulfilled life on this earth before entering into the next you need people to rely on. God is a relational God, and he created us to be in a family, which means we need to show love to others and find our circle of friends. We should never exclude others, but just as Jesus had 12 disciples that he was always around, and two or three that he confided in most, we need to do the same.
Love your brother (or sister)
The bible says, "And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. No other commandment is greater than these." Mark 12: 30-31 NLT Why did God say this? Was it because if you don't love them you can't get into heaven? No, but think of it like this; Just as a parent wants siblings to get along and it pleases them when they do, so the Lord loves to see his children getting along and fellowshiping with one another. Another analogy is this; Have you ever tried to loose weight or maybe just wanted to get into shape and tone up some areas? Have you tried going to the gym by yourself and found it difficult to get motivated into going? You needed to find someone, or maybe get a trainer to keep you accountable into staying in shape or working out right? Well, the same is true with God. If you don't have people you are in communication with, and that you are being held accountable you will not grow and your spiritual muscles will grow weak. Guess what happens when you don't workout your muscles or keep a routine? If I was to walk up an punch you in the stomach, that would hurt right? Well, imagine you have been working out and I go to punch you in the stomach, what do you think is going to happen? It would hurt a little bit, but I would hurt my fist worse right? Why? Because you have been working out, and when you have people around you encouraging you to grow, and you are learning from one another that is when you can defeat the enemy.
A three-stand cord
In Ecclesiastes 4:12 it says, " A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." When you have a small group of friends that each of you are relying on one another to look to Jesus it is hard for Satan to defeat you. Imagine you are in a race, and your goal is to win, you are looking - even mentally speaking - at the finish line ahead of you. As you make it half-way around you see your family and close friends on the side cheering you on, and in that moment right before seeing them you were starting to really feel pain and thought about giving up. But when you saw them cheering you on a spark lit inside you, and you realized that you could do it. You could really win! That is why God says to get in communion with a church and a small group of people, so that in those times when it gets hard and you feel you can not go any further you can hear those family members of God cheering you on saying, "A little bit farther, you can do it, you got this!"
My beautiful sisters, no matter what you are going through today, know that you have fellow sisters that are cheering you on. Don't give up! Even though the doctors said you have that disease, even if it looks like you are not able to pay that bill, even though you made the mistake of giving away your virginity, or maybe you are feeling excluded because you have chosen to protect it. Don't give up! Keep moving forward, keep up the faith! You are doing good, and you have people that love you and are with you every step of the way.
Till we meet again,
Be blessed my beautiful ones....
Angie
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