Colossians 3:16 (ESV)
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and
admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
A disgruntled church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of
a newspaper and complained: "I've gone to church for thirty years now, and
in that time I have heard something like three-thousand sermons. But for the
life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. I think I'm wasting my time
and the Pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This began a major controversy which went on for weeks
until someone wrote in this reply:
"I've been married for thirty years now. In that
time my wife has cooked some three thousand meals. For the life of me, I cannot
recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this ...
they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work...”
Hmmm. So true. We need our spiritual nourishment to be
able to do the work of the Lord effectively! Corporate worship, fellowship with
our brothers and sisters and Godly counsel are a great means to get it!
God does not want us to isolate ourselves! He wants us to
be in consistent fellowship with like minded believers, teaching and exhorting
one another, singing psalms and spiritual hymns together! Let us not forsake
the assembling of ourselves together Heb.10-25.
Dear Lord, we pray that we would stay involved in our
church fellow shipping with our brothers and sisters. And that we would grow
closer to you through our fellowship. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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