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          How can we maintain that unity?

          - I want to do more than diagnose the problem, I want to talk about what we can do to make sure it doesn’t happen to us.

          - I got to thinking about the unity that the early church enjoyed and how we can have that.

          - There is a Greek word - “homothumadon” - that pretty much only shows up in the book of Acts (11 of 12 NT uses). It means “with one mind, unanimous, in one accord.” I want to briefly look at what the early church was doing that kept their unity. (We’re just going to handle it briefly; I may come back and unpack this some other time.)

          
          Maintaining The Unity Of The Church:

          1. Acts 1:14 - It all starts with PRAYER.

          2. Acts 2:46 - Stay focused on the PURPOSES.

          3. Acts 4:24 - Be quick to lift up PRAISE.

          4. Acts 5:12 - Be channels of God’s POWER.

          5. Acts 8:4-6 - Boldly PREACH the Word.

          6. Acts 15:25 - Maintain biblical PEACE.

          7. Acts 19:29 (and 7:57 and 18:12) - Don’t be surprised by PERSECUTION. ...

          "Ican do all things through Christ which strengtheth me" phil.4:13
          

    Mon, Jan 9th - 3:37AM



        Do you really want to let somebody else’s bad behavior separate you from God? You know it seems much wiser to let God deal with the hypocrites and to make sure that we remain right with God. The Lord Jesus had to deal with hypocritical Pharisees during His entire ministry, but He never let their hypocrisy keep Him from doing what was right! He kept right on teaching and preaching in the synagogues and loving people. Don’t let someone else’s sin infect your heart and turn you away from God. Researchers say that 35 million adults in America identify themselves as having no religion at all. In all there are nearly 100 million Americans who are “unchurched,” that is, they haven’t been to church in quite a while. And even though they are not going now, most of them used to go to church.                 Many folks feel you can be a good Christian and not attend any church at all. The Bible, however, places a high priority on active membership in church.In Psalm 122 David sang, “I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’” David and others would sing this song as they were walking up to Jerusalem to observe the feast. When brothers and sisters in Christ meet together for worship, they are meeting with God and His Son Jesus Christ. The church belongs to them, it’s their family. And of course, the Lord wants to meet with every member of his family regularly. He loves each of us .When you stop coming to church, the Lord and His people miss you.  

    Walk in Love, Sue Shipp Outreach



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