Christian Living

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Created, Called for Community.
Framed and fashioned for fellowship.
Formed, fitted for God?s family.
Furnished for fulfilling purpose.

Away with solitary sainthood!
I belong to a Living Organism,
Much, much better than an organisation.
I am not just believing but belonging.
I belong to the Body of Christ-
His hands and feet here on earth.
I have a role to play.
A have a work to do
A have a function, a part in the whole.
I am interconnected, indispensable,
united, accepted in the beloved.
I am not called to live in isolation,
But called into God?s warm , loving , living congregation.
God has adorned and decorated me for His House.
My talents and giftings are for God?s glory.
I am called to compliment with commitment.
United we stand, divided we fall.
I am called to unity for eternity.
We need each other,
To make progress further.
In unity God bestows blessings.

I must cultivate community.
I know community calls for honesty.
No candour no unity or community.
No frankness, no fellowship.
No openness, no progress or oneness.
I know cultivating community courts conflict,
But conflicts can be carefully, conscientiously resolved.

Fear not to rock the boat,
Else you will be like a goat.
Tell the truth in love,
And you?ll see Him smile from above.
Iron sharpens iron,
That?s the call of Zion.
That?s how to be Bone of his Bone,
and Flesh of His Flesh.
We?re not called to compete,
but called to complete,
bow down at His feet,
patient with each other,
pardoning one another
praying for each other,
peace making with each other,
playing with each other,
purifying , not petrifying each other.
Let there be fondness and frankness.
No thorns of valleys or conflicts, no intimacy
Unity in diversity.
Unity, not uniformity.
Harmony, not acrimony.
Gossip divides, damages, destroys.
Cut out carnality in the Church of Christ.
Don?t let differences divide.
Promote harmony and symphony.
Don?t you know that we have:
One God,
One Spirit
One father
One future
One faith
One Redeemer
One Hope
One salvation
One redemption
One baptism
One union
One goal one purpose
One life
One Teacher
One strengthner
Advocate
One Attorney
One Mediator
One Home, Heaven
One Body
One Lord
One Lord
One bond

Where Christians are united in love,
Joy is added, sorrow is subtracted,
Blessings are multiplied,
God is glorified,
And the Body is edified.

Personalities will differ.
Preferences will not be the same.
Races, graces, faces will differ.
Let?s celebrate the differences
To make a difference and distinction-
No not denigrate the differences,
Let's crave and reach for the ideal
without lampooning or lambasting the real.
Be weaned from the milk of immaturity.
Be patient with each other, protect one another.
Protect God? s Family.
Guard God?s property, Christ?s Body.
Be not a fuel for the fire of gossip.
Gossip tears, rips.
Trouble makers listen to trouble makers.
The stolen property buyer
is as guilty as the seller.
Those who have others for breakfast with you,
will have you for lunch with other.
Those who sin with you will sin against you
Those who steal with you,
will steal from you
Be not a sheep in wolves clothing
Keep others ?secret secret

Pray particularly for your leaders and pastors.
Be not a pain in their necks.
Contribute continually to their joy.
Don?t make them your toy.
Give them a hand when you can.
Encourage them, don?t enrage them.

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