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'Spurring one another on', in the faith. How can we do that?
Who runs 'zoom'?The use of ' zoom ' to hold church house groups, Bible study groups, , "
Whaa-t, You and I may not amount to much, but what about our brethren who's meeting involves email accts and heavy transactions?Irrelevant.
If China is interested in the gosipping of Christians in suburban and country churches in the us, in the UK and in Europe good luck to them in finding anything useful to them.
Haven't owned a mobile gadget since the 80's, and you can have that intrusiveness!If you want to worry, worry about he GPS ability in your phone,
'Spurring one another on', in the faith. How can we do that?
Thank you for sharing and encouraging us,'Tolworth John'As we either cannot physically meet together, or numbers are severely limited.
There are several ways we can encourage one another.
The use of ' zoom ' to hold church house groups, Bible study groups, even choir practice as a way of seeing one another and encouraging each other by one's faithful attendance.
By video phone calls and group calls and using emails, ways app groups and finally writing cards and letters to those who don't have or won't use technology.
From all this to pray for one another.
Thankyou for that encouraging verse,'rocknanchor'“I have set the Lord continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken”
(Psalm 16:8)
Thank you for those encouraging thoughts mourning dove'We can pray for each other, speak words of encouragement to one another ...
And we can "keep the faith"! Walking in faith can be of kind of 'contagious' thing ...
an encouraging witness to those around us.
Glorious encouragement!,''Anthony'Hope this beautiful hymn will be an encouragement to everyone. It's so fitting as we move from Christmas into a brand New Year. We can sing along and make it our prayer for 2021.
What great encouragement this post is 'tturt' Thank you for sharing with us!"But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God." Matt 4:4 "My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh" (Pro 4:20-22)
Here's just a few - (soul, body, and spirit)
"You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You." Isa 26:3 "Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones" Pro 16:24
'A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: ..." Pro 17:22 Neurosugeon ,Dr Avery Jackson has written "God's Prescription Book" Includes an explanation of some benefits of laughter such as helping our immune systems. (Our bodies benefit if it's an authentic laugh or when we make ourselves laugh). Also, whatever we go to sleep thinking about continues while we're sleeping. (That must be one reason God said "When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down." Eph 4:26).
We acknowledge who God is. The joy of the Lord is our strength (Neh 8:10). 'O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. ..." Psa 95