Paul did not travel alone most...
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Paul did not travel alone most of the time, but sometimes he left one of his friends behind and sometimes he sent one back if he himself could not go.
How often do we thank God for all our fellow Christians? We support each other.
As a former prison chaplain I talked often with prisoners, and they told me that they would have a hard time surviving if it weren't for fellow prisoners who are Christian and if it weren't for our church members who are praying for them and looking forward to helping them when they get out.
One pastor here lost a grandson a couple years ago and then lost his son last week. But he is an example by his life of faith to encourage all who have problems in his church. He stands firm and goes on with his work for the Lord. We show our fellow Christians by the life we live after tragedies that our faith in God has not faded. It can encourage others better than many quotes from scripture -- not that they can't be added since that is where our faith came from. Jesus' example in life did most to build the faith of his disciples.
I asked a group in one of the churches I served when they felt closest to the Lord. Almost everyone told the group that they felt closest to our Lord when he brought them through rough times in their life. He was their strength.
Maybe we haven't changed from serving the kind of idols they thought of back then, but our idols may be money and power and intimate relationships.
How often do we thank God for all our fellow Christians? We support each other.
As a former prison chaplain I talked often with prisoners, and they told me that they would have a hard time surviving if it weren't for fellow prisoners who are Christian and if it weren't for our church members who are praying for them and looking forward to helping them when they get out.
One pastor here lost a grandson a couple years ago and then lost his son last week. But he is an example by his life of faith to encourage all who have problems in his church. He stands firm and goes on with his work for the Lord. We show our fellow Christians by the life we live after tragedies that our faith in God has not faded. It can encourage others better than many quotes from scripture -- not that they can't be added since that is where our faith came from. Jesus' example in life did most to build the faith of his disciples.
I asked a group in one of the churches I served when they felt closest to the Lord. Almost everyone told the group that they felt closest to our Lord when he brought them through rough times in their life. He was their strength.
Maybe we haven't changed from serving the kind of idols they thought of back then, but our idols may be money and power and intimate relationships.
