What a joy to have our first cell meeting in the year at our home this morning! We were truly blessed!
First we had our coffee or tea time together - one brought a cheese cake, another some fruit, lovely juicy sweet pineappale and guava, a stollen, etc to share with each other.
Then we had our Bible discussion on several Bible portions. It was most stimulating even though at times we strayed from the subject. The time passed very quickly and soon it was time to close the meeting in prayer.
We had lunch together and it reminded us of the early church 'breaking bread in the homes of believers.' It was our holy communion the only difference was we had fried noodles and soup while the early Christians broke bread. Every meal should be a sacrament.
We thank God for bringing these folk into our lives. We have been blessed and enriched by their friendship and fellowship with us.
Fellowship comes from the Greek word "KOINONIA" which means 'to share in common.' This sharing is not something optional or when we have the spare time. We need to make time to have fellowship with believers and strengthen the bond among us.
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin." 1 John 1: 7
We cannot alienate ourselves from fellowship. To do so will certainly restrict the life-giving flow of the body of Christ and lead to spiritual decline leading us away from God.
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