Anyone have any thoughts on deeper fellowship? I believe its something that takes time and experience. Please feel free to disagree. or add your own thoughts.
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It definitely takes time and experience. You don't fully trust someone in just a day.
To get that deeper fellowship you can't have any secrets. And that takes time, learning to trust someone.
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I think we all have our strengths in this area and it can take time to know how to reach people or grow ourselves. It's a fascinating area and one I need to keep working on myself.
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Fellowship at home is difficult for my wife and myself. We are elderly, I am disabled, we do not attend church. We have each other, and, of course, God. I am searching for fellowship on the Internet, but have not yet found it, not even here. Can anyone suguest how best to use this website?
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The Deeper Fellowship forum is a bit slow compared to the debate forums on this website. I like this forum.
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Norman70
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Christian fellowship to me is just a few people sharing views about Jesus. Disagreement but no argument nor debate. Deeper fellowship develops over time. For instance, as a believer in the Holy Trinity I regard Jesus as fully God, and never think of Him as the Son of God, but fully accept this wording in the Nicene Creed.
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Thank you for the link, W2L. I have decided to post a brief testimony here.
My wife and myself came to Barbados in 1996 to retire, she from nursing in England and myself from school teaching. We had just got married in our middle age and have no children.
Most of my wife's family are SDA, we were both baptised into this Church. We no longer attend any established church due to my infirmity but also our spiritual disaffection from all institutionalised authority. I must stop for the present time, my wife needs me!
My wife and myself came to Barbados in 1996 to retire, she from nursing in England and myself from school teaching. We had just got married in our middle age and have no children.
Most of my wife's family are SDA, we were both baptised into this Church. We no longer attend any established church due to my infirmity but also our spiritual disaffection from all institutionalised authority. I must stop for the present time, my wife needs me!
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My own spiritual journey began in my teens but only describing myself as an agnostic. Apart from my professional interest in physics, my reading was science fiction and politics. My politics focused on the arguments between the communists (Marxism) and the anarchists of the 19th century.
On a school trip where I was in charge I experienced a commication with God. Years later a school gardener brought a bag of books he had found in a hedge, And I picked out "Surprised by Joy". I was familiar with C. S. Lewis from my science fiction reading, but I was amazed that he had a similar experience to my own which brought him to believe in God.
Regrettably my 'revelation' did not make me a better person. It was not until I met my wife did I say that she was a good woman and she would make a good man out of me!
On a school trip where I was in charge I experienced a commication with God. Years later a school gardener brought a bag of books he had found in a hedge, And I picked out "Surprised by Joy". I was familiar with C. S. Lewis from my science fiction reading, but I was amazed that he had a similar experience to my own which brought him to believe in God.
Regrettably my 'revelation' did not make me a better person. It was not until I met my wife did I say that she was a good woman and she would make a good man out of me!
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I use to be heavy into politics. However when i got serious about God i noticed that politics were getting in the way. So im apolitical now.
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I was thinking about How Gods rules protected me yesterday. Sometimes i feel offended by someone and i get all kinds of thoughts in my head, and the pain i feel is unbearable almost. I could have had a bad encounter with this person but instead i prayed for them, although it hurt to do so. Anyway, i obeyed God and now i feel so thankful that His rules protected me even when i couldn't understand the reason for them.
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These are our experiences too, W2L. My wife especially feels hurt by some family members and friends, even at our age. We pray together about them.
To continue with my testimony on arriving in Barbados my wife and myself were both baptised into the Seventh Day Adventist Church, but after five years there was still little fellowship and no spiritual connection. All they seemed to want was our tithe. We also had reservations concerning some of their doctrines so we withdrew our attendance. We could attend the Sabbath School as visitors only for fellowship but would not stay for the Divine Hour.
Our lives now are at home. We try to help anyone if possible, and hopefully bring them closer to God.
To continue with my testimony on arriving in Barbados my wife and myself were both baptised into the Seventh Day Adventist Church, but after five years there was still little fellowship and no spiritual connection. All they seemed to want was our tithe. We also had reservations concerning some of their doctrines so we withdrew our attendance. We could attend the Sabbath School as visitors only for fellowship but would not stay for the Divine Hour.
Our lives now are at home. We try to help anyone if possible, and hopefully bring them closer to God.
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