The Church | Pr Janaronson Nagarajah

You're listening to a message to go from Acts Church. We hope this message

will light up your day. If you have your Bible, turn to First

Corinthians, chapter twelve. We're gonna read from verses twelve to thirty one,

and then from chapter thirteen versus one to eight. Yeah, let me give

you a context. The posto Paul wrote these pistoles in Corinthians. So the

pistole of Corinthians is divided into two first Corinthians and Second Corinthians. It was

written in a time when the Postal Paul was away from the church in Corinth.

He was based now in Ephesus. Right, That's why you also have

an epistle called Efficient. If you read Acts chapter I believe eighteen or so,

you realize that the postal Paul actually founded the church in Corinth. Okay,

so after he planted the church, he needed to move out of Korne

to plant elsewhere. And he basically spent one and a half years in Corinth

planting the church, building the church, discipling the church before moving on.

So this is the context. One and a half years moved away from Krinthe

then he heard their welfare in Corinth. He heard about different happenings in Krinthe,

and he felt compelled to then write down a letter, which is these

pistols. In other words, he was discipling the church in Corinthe on a

few key areas. Okay, So the contexts that we are going to read

in First Corinthian twelve basically is a context where Paul is encouraging the church to

be more united. All is encourring the church to celebrate diversity, celebrate each

other's strength, and break each other's witnesses as well, so that the church

can become one. So this is the context. So in Web twelve it

says, for us, the body is one and has many members, but

all the members of that one body, being many, are one body.

So also is Christ. For by one spirit we were all baptized into one

body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves are free, and have all

been made to drink into one spirit. For in fact, the body is

not one member but many. If the food should say, because I am

not a hand, I am not a body, is it therefore not of

the body. And if the years should say, because I am not an

eye, I am not of the body, is it therefore not of the

body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing?

If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now

God has set the members, each one of them in the body, just

as he please. And if they were all one member, where would the

body be? But now, indeed there are many members yet one body,

and the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you,

nor again the heat to the feet, I have no need of you.

No much. Rather, those members of the body which seem to be

weaker are necessary, and those members of the body which we to be less

honorable. On this we bestow greater honor. And our unpresentable parts have greater

modesty. But our presentable parts have known it. But God composed the body,

having given greater honor to that part which lacks it, that there should

be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same

care for one another. Following me, so far we are now in verse

twenty six. And if one member suffers, all the members suffers with it,

or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually, and God has

appointed this in the church first, apostles, second, prophets, teachers,

after that, miracles, gifts of healings, helps, administrations, variety of

tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are

all workers of miracles? Do all have gives of healings? Do all speak

with tongues? Do all interpret? But earnestly desire the best gift? And

yet I show you a more excellent way. Chapter thirteen, Verse one.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not

loved, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging symbol, symbol.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all

knowledge. And though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains,

but have not love, I am nothing. And though I store all my

goods to feed the poor. And though I give my body to be burned,

but have not love, it profits me nothing. So what is love?

Love suffers long and it's kind. Love does not envy. Love does

not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does

not seek its own, It's not provoke things not evil, does not rejoice

inequity, but rejoices in the truth. Bear all things, believe, all

things, hoax, all things endures, all things last worse. In the

first line, love never fails. Amen. Point number one. Love is

the heartbeat of the church. Is it the measure of the church. It's

not by how much we have loved. Sorry, the measure of the church

is by how much we have loved, and not how much we have achieve.

It's a reminder for all of us this morning to love one another.

Next like you we will see the next point. It's a reminder for us

to love one another. Is it a lot of things we do in church,

we must do it with the love of God, because when you take

away love from what we're doing, it becomes a religious ritual. And often

we can go to the motion of ritual without actually loving anyone. We do

it just because we have to. We come to church just because we have

to without really understand and that God has established the church as a body to

demonstrate his amazing love to one another. So in this chapter, Paul was

mentioning that the body is Christ. We are the body of Christ. The

Church is the body of Christ, and everything that we do must represent God's

love for each other. And you can only represent God's love once you have

represented you have experienced his love. We live in a time and in a

generation where a lot of people need to experience the true measure of God's love.

We live a time where perhaps our friends, or even in our own

family, because of different relational challenges, either between mom and dad or mom

dad and children, we never really have come to the place of experiencing what

love really means, and that often impacted how we behave that impacted That will

also often impact how we view God. Because as I'm here right now sharing

saying experience God's love, experience God's love, how do I experience God's love?

You know? Because when I go back after this, my family is

still not in a good shape. Perhaps maybe Salvias, where we grew up

having a single parent and our parents are separated, that kind of like affected

us to impede our ability to see love and receive love. So the church

must always come to a place where in a community where they haven't really experienced

love. We are meant to be that tool that can't do it, that

bring the love of God to them so that they can come to the understanding

that God loves them, because if you look at chapter thirteen, Paul was

saying that you know, he can have all the knowledge, he can have

all the prophecy, he can do all the charity he wants, but if

he had not love, it will amount to nothing. So maybe to this

message is a reminder to us as a church in everything we do. Why

do we do homes? Why do we go d aj thesam aljairi? Why

do we go missions? Why do we do revel sam? Why do we

do what we do? Why do we even do discipleship? Why do we

do alpha? Why do we ask people out for a meal? It is

basically a demonstration that the church exists to share God's live because the church herself

have experienced God's love. You know, I have confidence in all the wonderful

leaders here. Why do they go the extrama to arrange transport just for you?

Why do they go the extrama when they are so busy working to spend

time with you? Why do I go to extramu in Nelai despite my busy

schedule just to speak to a student? The best form of love expression often

is about being available for one another, being present for one another, and

we must remember that we are diverse, but one look around you. No

one is the same. No one is the same. We are diverse,

but we are one. And in this diversity, we must remember that all

of us have a part to play. In our words, each part of

the body has a part to play, and every part is important. As

Paul have illustrated, no part of the body can say I do not need

you, No part of the body can say I do not I'm not important.

Everyone is important. When the body move, every part move. So

you have a role in this body called eximony. You have a role in

this church. Never ever come to a place where you feel you're not good

enough to contribute. Never come to a place where you feel you have nothing

to offer. Everyone has something to give, Everyone has something to offer.

Why Because God has given each and every one of you a talent, a

gift that you can offer to the body. So everyone is immportant. I

like verse eighteen in chapter twelve. Let me read that again. But now

God has set the members, each one of them in the body, jess

as he please. I'm gonna shave you another point later. But you know,

just a matter of reflection, why did God give us two years and

one mouth. There's no scientific reason to be life, just an opinion on

ear. Maybe he wants us to listen more than we speak more, all

right? What he got placed the nose probably high up at our face and

not at our feet. What did God give us two hands? What do

you give us five fingers? I'm not a science teacher, but I do

know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. Every

composition of our body was intentionally set by God to serve a specific reason.

So, in our words, your place in this body is not a coincidence.

God has a plan for you as he sets you in the body,

and you need to be faithful in your function. I have a medical doctor

here because I'm gonna be very careful in saying unless I got it wrong,

but did you know that when you are sleeping, your body and your organ

is still functioning? Correct? R One trying to say is that every part

is important. No one part can say it's not important. So in your

relation to this church, I believe that God has called you here. God

has viewed for you to be here, to be part of this body,

contributing in this body in love many of you will know this that I got

safe through this church when I was twenty years old, and I've been in

this church for the actually not twenty years, So how old am I nineteen

years now in this church? And I always tell people that AXT Church is

my first church, an AX Church will be my last church. I live

by this conviction because I'm fully convinced that God has called me into this church

and to grow in this church. But you see, not many people these

days can follow this conviction because I tell you, nineteen years serving and growing

this church can be challenging as well, because of the fact that we are

all wired differently. We make different individuals, we make decisions differently. People

see a different perspective, multiple viewpoints, and different things. Often you will

enter into conflict as well. The church is not a perfect place to be

in here right. In fact, we say, if you have found the

perfect church, or if I found the perfect church, don't go. My

imperfection will make that perfect church imperfect. So there's no such thing as the

perfect church in my opinion. In fact, the church is like a spiritual

hospital for the spiritual sick people like me to come to encome to God.

So that he can continue to heal me, restore me, and grow me

so that I can continue to be better every day. You must understand that

when Jesus redeemed you and me, when he comes into your life, when

you receive him, he's not looking for perfection, right, He's looking at

you and me to be better each day walking with him. So I live

by this conviction. And why do I say this is because when we say

we are a body, when we begin to work close with one another,

the closer the proximity, the higher tendency. People will either disappoint you and

not meet your expectations, or you will disappoint others and you don't meet their

expectations. This is a fact of life. It doesn't just happen in church.

It happening in campuses, It happened in the marketplace. This is a

fact of life that people will disappoint us. That's when love must shine.

That's when love must be the anchor point that keeps us going when the going

gets tough. I consider myself to be a son of the house really,

and many of you you are still young, probably nineteen one or definitely less

than a hundred like me. But when you hear my heart very very well.

I'm not here to sell x chich to you. I'm here to share

with you a principle that as God has called you to be in a place,

be faithful in the place that He has called you to be in,

and be contributing to the place. I'll share with you later on why we

should not build things on feelings alone, but we should build things on faithfulness

and faith. Of course, without faith, there's no faithfulness. So faith

starts it. Faithfulness will be the one that will help us to complete it.

So you fully convinced that God has called you here in aximny I like

the fact in verse twenty six, Paul may mention that every action in the

member of the body has a consequences as a consequence to the body, either

for good or bad. Because you must say, if one member suffers,

all the members suffer with it, or if one member is on it,

all the members rejoice with it. You must understand that the church is not

just a building. The church is the people. A lot of things we

do in church. It's very important because people often are looking for a sense

of community. People often are looking for a sense of belongingness, if you're

part of the homes, you will realize that most of the time, at

least once or two times or three times in a week, you will receive

a prayer link of the church calling out to be praying for people who are

not feeling well or either they are at a critical condition. Just an example

of how the church comes together to support one another. Many of your campus

students, I'm sure in your graduation you will at least see one person there

okay to celebrate with you, but usually it's not one there many. This

is what church is about. Where we are with our people during their most

downtime, and we are also with our people in a time when it calls

for a celebration. In next Dayli, I have amazing leaders as good as

all the leaders here. Last Tuesday or Wednesday, one of our students grandparents

passed away and the venue was in Brs basically is in Bearah Before you go

after can remember by m barras I kid you not two of my young,

working adout leaders decided to drive there just to attend funeral. I've come to

realize that in next church, our leaders does go all the way for our

own people. But why do we do that. It has to go back

to First Corinthians thirteen, Love, Love, Love. It will be crazy

to do all these things thinking that we are at once saying the name of

our church. It will be crazy to even think that we're doing all these

things because we want to display any ego. Remember the definition of love in

a Corinthians thirteen. Love suffers long, love is kind, Love end yours

all things. So when you love your body, you will make sure every

part is taken care of. How many of you hear you bathe at least

once a day? Thing all of us do bathe at least once a day.

When you bathe, you make sure that all your part is taken care

of, Isn't it so? In other words, when you translate to this

analogy that Paul is trying to share is that every member, from the heat

to the toe, to the most prominent to the less prominent, must be

taken care of. We must. So the question is do you love your

body? Do you love your church? Yeah? I love my body,

man, I love my church as well. I do, I really do.

And I want to encourage you to join us in this journey of loving

the church. The test of a community or the test of a church is

in her ability to love each other. Nineteen years walking in this church,

I've seen people coming and going, which is a fact because we are all

in a cycle of life. Many of you, when you graduate, God

will have other plans for you. Maybe you will be going elsewhere, maybe

you'll be sent out from X. You will not be part of X.

But if God has given you the conviction to be part of this church,

then be part of this church. But I also realized that there are people

who, often because of certain heard, certain expectations, that are unmad,

they leave the church. And that saddens me a lot. Really, that

saddens me a lot, because I tell you why. If we say that

we are a church where we advocate God's live, we are all ambassador of

Jesus. We all have received the ministry of reconciliation. Shouldn't we approach conflicts?

Shouldn't we approach disagreement? Shouldn't we approach different relations challenge within the church,

within the community with God's love? Because if we were to place God's

love at the center, I can tell you honestly, a lot of things

can be resolved with maturity as well. So honest to remember this love one

another. When you're in a disagreement with one another, use the biblical way

to resolve it. Another thing is it's not what you can get from this

community, but what you can give to this community. We have to be

very careful in the times that we are living in. The times that we

are living in is basically more and more people are oneting things from just for

themselves rather than they wanting to give to others. What is it in for

me? How does it benefit me? But to really grow the church,

to be part of an active body, you got to be contributing because if

you don't contribute, your faith can never grow. So if you're in a

church for the past one year, two years, three years, or you

have been a Christian all this world and you have never been found to be

actively contributing to the body, it just means one thing, you have stagnated.

You have not been growing. So I want you to begin to re

look into your faith and ask yourself. In the community that God has placed

you in, which is not by coincidence because He wanted you to be here,

how have you been contributing? Because everyone and contribute something, Everyone can

give something, So why did God, you know, establish the church Ephicient

Chapter four was one. Here it's Paul saying, I, therefore, the

prisoner of the Lord beseech you to walk worthy of the calling which you were

called, with all loneliness and gentleness, with long suffering, bearing with one

another in love, and during to keep the unity of the spirit in the

bonne of peace. There is one body and one spirit, just as you

were called in, one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith,

one baptism, one God Father of all, who is above all and

through all, and in you all you know, as Christians, we are

meant to live and express our faith in and through the body, which is

the Church. The expression of your faith can be demonstrated in the church first.

And I like the fact that Paul was saying here, with all loneliness,

gentleness, long suffering, bearing one another in love. So when I

look at what community, I see towards common and unity. So it's the

common things that we have together that will unite us. So that's community.

So we say that we are a community who unites us. God, the

love of God unite is there's something common and it calls for a community.

Let's move to the slides where it talks about the church. What is the

church? So a church here in the original word basically means ecclesia. All

right, So it is termed in Greek because the New Testament were written in

Greek. So the original meaning basically means it is calling out or an assembly

is a calling out? Or is it an exembly? Now when you are

in an assembly or you're when you're in a community, I want to let

you know that not everyone who who comes to church comes for God. Not

everyone who comes to church have a very pure motive. Some people they come

to church because they heard that church girls are a very good one. Some

people come to church because they heard that church guys are also very good one.

Some people come to church because they have a TC survey that they need

responding, They need respondents. Some people come to church because they have a

product or a service that they would like to share with you. Some people

come to church because the church sells free food most of the time. Now

this is a reality. I'm telling you. Not everyone who comes to church

have a pure motive of one thing, to worship God. And it is

because of this diverse intention, diverse motivation and the fact that we are all

of different personality. It calls for the church to be even more embodying what

Paul says loneliness, gentleness, long suffering, bearing with one another in love,

because if you can only love those who are lovable, what's the point

of having the word love and yours all things? Because the test of love

is when your patience is tested? Can you still love the quote unquote unlivable?

You know, we always like to be around people who are like minded,

people who share the same waveless, people who are not socially awkward.

But what about those whose society have rejected What about those in your own class

when nobody wants to talk to you know, there was this girl who says

that in my funeral, I'm going to ask my assignment group made to come

and lower down my casket because they can let me down one last time.

It's a joke, guys, you can laugh, okay. So there as

an example that even in the campus or in the marketplace, you are dealing

with different personalities, people who will disappoint you. Many people have disappointed me,

but I always give them a second chance because God gave me a second

chance. Really really, I always tell people that last week, I have

to ask me lying, you know, if the church have never met your

expectation, if I, as a pastor, I have never met your expectation,

please forgive us. Please forgive me. Because I'm not perfect. I

can tell you I'm not perfect. But don't ever doubt that whenever you needed

someone, the church will be there. Don't ever doubt that because we are

here to represent the love of God. Unless the way past I can quote,

Wow, I really love this quote. Man. When people tell you

they don't feel the community where they are, ask them how committed they are

to the community. If they are honest, they'll admit that they are not

so committed. Community doesn't happen without commitment, and feelings alone without faithfulness will

never suffice to seal a relationship. This from our foundings in the pastor as

a kind of I need to take your cote and chat. Okay. Recently

I spoke to one of my colliques who was also a pastor in my marketplace,

and he shared this as well. Community doesn't happen out of convenience.

Community is built by commitment. We must understand that the church is built by

commitment. Everyone is expected to be committed to God, for sure, that

is given. But you express your commitment to God through the church. If

anyone tells me that I'm a committed Christian, or ask the person how committed

are you to your church? Because as we partake in communion, there's also

a line for we proclaim his death until he comes. So Jesus is coming

back, but who is he coming back for? Is he coming back for

ronson, that's for sure, but he's coming back primarily for his church.

He's coming back for his body. So when Jesus comes back, oh,

I'm alive and I hope that I'm found in a church. So, as

I mentioned earlier, we don't build things by feelings. You can ask them

married couples here or you can ask those for a relationship. Feelings come and

go. You don't build things by feelings. You build things by faith fullness.

All of you are studying as well, you don't, you know,

build your studies on feelings because there are days ninety percent of your time you

don't feel like studying, but you still have to study. That is faith

full nurs for those who are working. You don't build your career on feelings,

you build on faith full nurse. Because if we all build our career

by feelings, I can tell you in our resume, in a year,

we would have four or five jobs. Really, faithfulness is a very very

important ingredient if we want our body to continue to thrive in the ten years

in my career, I have viewed close to a thousand resume. One resume

takes me about fifteen to thirty seconds. You know what's my first filter.

My first filter is basically this, I will look at previous work experience.

So the last position, let's say I'm applying to this new position, but

the last position is less than six months, the second last position is less

than one year, third position is one year. Is to me, it

doesn't make my catna. It doesn't because it tells me that if you can't

be faithful in your previous roles, what makes mee thing? You'll be faithful

when I entrust you with this role. It's very healthy. You sign healthyal

sign. Don't run away when it is difficult. Don't run away just because

your colleagues don't like you. Don't run away just because your boss is an

evil querrella. Don't run away, stay build faithfulness. So we live in

a society where we are in a danger where the church is no longer a

priority, where people choose to give their minimum to the church but maximum to

the world uralized. After the pandemic, after your MCO and all, not

many people came back to church and they are still tuning in online. And

how do you build a community online? Man? How do you do church

online? I always believe God's design for the church is to be a community

like this. Online is good, it facilitates learning, but it cannot replace

the church. It must not and it cannot. So two principles that I

always live by is that when you revolve your key decision around the House of

God, you will stand to be blessed. That is a truth I live

by. And when you build for God, he will build for you for

sure. Do you know that not many people these days make radical decisions anymore

when it comes to the church. You know, at one point here during

exam time, people are still found in church. You know, they don't

give us reasons like, oh I have exam, I cannot come to church.

Right. What used to be normal previously now has become a it's not

even radical. One has been normal previously now has become a non normal abnormal.

But hey, guys, look, don't miss your Sunday. Don't miss

your Sunday. Sunday is the most important day where you give to God.

As a campus student, I've never missed my Sunday because of exam. Never

because if I say that I have exam and I don't come to church and

exalt the King of Kings, that makes exam my God. You know,

I'm saying that my exam is bigger than God, even you're a king a

doubt. Don't miss church because you're playing God with your boss. You're playing

God with your client because you need to seal that contract on that Sunday.

Don't don't compromise your Sunday. Friends. Really, I say this joyfully because

coming to Sunday is actually not a mundane It's not a religious obligation. That's

why we say Sunday celebration service. We come, we celebrate God, we

celebrate each other. Must come with a prize, generally in revel, some

money. You had that Neeli dance. Do you remember the Chinese fan dance.

We have three dancers, right, Two of them gave their life to

Jesus this year. One of them is only a three months old Christian.

Another one I think is about five or six months old Christian. So when

one of the girls responded on a Sunday message, say that own received Christ

as my Lord and Savior. The following week was a holiday semester holiday,

h so our church. She is in Neeli. She stays in Seambani.

So Neili to sum money is about forty five minutes. I can't or forty

minutes. So one of my leaders asked me aster, so and so asked

where the on that Sunday can she can We recommend a church in ceremony that

she can worship in. Wow, regular hungry. But you must understand that

when I read Corinthians, I felt like Paul. You know, because Paul,

when he wrote to the people in Korean, he is writing as a

capacity as a spiritual father to them. I labored for you guys have in

a science. You guys are my spiritual family and children. So I told

my leader days, I say that because she is a new believer with us,

I sense a strong responsibility that we should now reach and fit her in

NELI many of you will be mom one day. Guys. Sorry, no

milk coming up from you. Many of you will be a mom one day,

and when you eventually have a child, you want to nurture the child.

So I can you not The next Sunday, she took a public transport

six thirty am train just to arrive in Eli. This to me is rare

deicle fast forward. You got a old time Christian. We'll most likely say

nolah for gerrila. Why because we are so used into the motion, we

are so used to church jargons, we are so used to familiarity to a

point where it blinded us from seeing what is the most important thing is that

every Sunday, I've been living a life that is sacrificial to God. God

is not asking for a lot. You know, He created seven days.

You have six days to leave to do whatever you needed to do, just

that one Sunday to be given to him. Is it an unreasonable asked?

Think about it? Seven days, six days to ourself, just one day

to him. It's not a difficult ask if you ask me, it's not

a difficult ass at all, because it is a matter of priority. When

there's a will, there is a way, is a matter priority. So

I'm very proud of this girl. And then she started serving as hosts take

the public transport come. But of course as leaders we will go. We'll

meet her half whaler. We sent her back after service from Nilai to Surrombad,

because the church also must be in a place where we demonstrate that we

care for you, that you have made that effort, we too, as

shepherds and leaders, we will also make our effort to make sure we send

you back. So three scriptures before I go Hebrews ten twenty three to twenty

five, let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for

he who miss is fifth. And let us consider one another in order to

stir up what stir up love? Yeah, don't still have additing right,

stir up love and good works, not forsaking one the esembling of ourselves together

as the better of some by exalting one another, and so much the more

as you see the day approaching. So I like verse T. Not forsaking

the assembling of ourselves together, very very important, very important. I couldn't

stress this enough. The community you choose to belong in does play a role

in how you will end up in the future. It's just that. Closing

three sixteen to seventeen. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in

all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms and themes and spiritual

songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatever you

do in word or do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, give

thanks to God the Father through him. So let me ask you when you

come together, what you talk about her it's good to talk about it,

whether it's good to talk about other things. But let's not forget that as

Christians, we are supposed to encourage one another using the Word of God.

Teaching one another and monishing basically means warning one another. You know, if

I live a life that is ungodly, I lived a life that is out

of line, and my friends knew it, and they are Christian, I

hope they will speak some senses into my life. I hope they will wake

me up so that I can walk in line with what God wants me to

be. So, if you are a Christian, you have a responsibility to

edify one another, encourage one another, and also all correct one another where

necessary. Don't leave the correction or to the pastor and the leader are all

right. Everyone can do it. One encourage one another. I feel the

more you grow up in life, the more you need this kind of people

in your life. Because I tell you why. I do this in my

marketplace as well, I tell my stuff. The fact that I'm thinking time

to tell you these things shows that I care enough and I love enough to

tell you, because if I don't love you, I would even be bordered

in one thing to try and to correct you. Think about it. It

takes more courage to love and to tell people that, Hey brother, I

think you should reconsider this relationship. Hey brother, I think you should reconsider

this job offer because it will take up most of your time. Think about

it. It takes more courage, and we have to do that. Amen.

Ephesians five fifteen to twenty. See then that you work circumspectly, not

as fools, but as wise readeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Therefore, do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the

Lord is. And don't be drawnk with wine in which it's dissipation, but

be filled with the spirit. This is very good speaking to one another in

psalms and hymes and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to

the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father, in

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. So end with this closing three points

why you need to be part of this community. The Church is supposed to

hold issue and every one of us accountable for our faith so that we can

grow and finish well. Without accountability, there's no growth. Basically, many

of us don't like the word accountability. Many of us don't account our lives

to someone because these days many people are wanting to live a life of their

own rather than submitting and accounting their life to someone. But it is a

very act that will grow you, but not many people want to do it

for reasons. Right is a word of God saying. The word of God

is saying is that when we come as a community, we're supposed to encourage

one another. We're supposed to grow one another. So the Church is supposed

to hold you accountable for your faith so that you can grow and finish well.

Second, provides you covering. Covering is very important in life here and

that is the responsibility of the Church to give you covering, either true prayer

through counseling or just being present for you, covering the last one is to

provide support. Amen. So the question as you stand I have for you

this morning you can stand is as you step into this community, would you

want to be counted in and step up? I love my church, I

do. I know that many of you love your church as well. Aday

in your hometown, your home country. I'm asking you to leave your church

missing that in this season when God has placed you, would you consider stepping

up in this community? Would you consider to say that God, I want

to be part of this community. I have something to offer and this community

is just radiating your life. Amen. We hope you've been blessed by this

message. For more information on our church, please visit as church Org.

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going to be a good week. I hit for you. God bless