Sharing is Caring

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Community of love             [Romans 12:9-13]         What do you think of when you think of a community called church?   When I think of “community,” I think of the early church community in the Book of Acts.   And I think of the community of the Early Church as a community of love.   At the same time, I often ask myself, 'How can our church be established as a community of love like the Early Church?'   In doing so, I can't forget the 5 steps I get through studying the Book of Acts on how the Lord establishes the church, which is the body of the Lord: (1) About 120 people also gathered together and prayed holding onto the word of promise (Acts 1:14), (2) When they prayed in unison, they received the fullness of the Holy Spirit (Ch. 2), (3) When they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they boldly proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ (4:31), (4) The Lord added people who are being saved daily...

‘According to the grace given us’     [Romans 12:3-8]     Am I really living a life of faith?   Have you ever asked yourself this question?   I think there is no one who has not asked himself this question at some point in his life of faith.   Why are we asking ourselves this question?   Perhaps one of the reasons is because when we look back on our own lives of faith, we have a guilty conscience that we are not doing something right.   How can we know whether or not we are living a life of faith properly?   Superficially, when we look at each other and say, ‘Oh, brother and sister, you are working hard in your life of faith’, what do we see and say that?   For example, when we see these things, such as diligently coming to the church to worship God, praying very well (of course, attending the early morning prayer meeting diligently), and serving the brothers and sisters diligently while serving the church diligently,...