"Do you ever feel like you are taken for granted in the Body of Jesus?
When you are ill or discouraged or maybe absent from Cell group or Service and no one calls or attempts to minister to you, do you feel forgotten?
The devil smiles and gladly steps in to minister to you – in harmful ways.
He plants a multitude of questions in your mind that only grow darker.
You begin to question whether you are truly loved in the body, whether anyone evern notices or appreciates you.
Paul doesn’t want us to take each other for granted.
We all need to hear words of encouragement, words that affirm the Father’s love for us, words that strengthen our faith.
All of us have that unspoken expectation of God and our church family, and when that expectation is unmet our struggle to feel confident of our place in the body can begin to erode.
Respect those who work hard among you.Do you think Paul is addressing how we ‘feel’ about our leaders or are there some things we might ‘do’ to hold them in ‘highest regard in love’?
God, I thank You for Jean.Live in peace with each other.When we have that peace Jesus left in the world, the peace that affirms our place in the Father’s favor, we have the confidence to allow it to cushion our relationships with each other.
Warn those who are idle.Idle means lazy.
If a person is lazy in one area of life, they are usually lazy in every area of life.
Some may think the word ‘warn’ a bit extreme.
Warn them about what?
Is that an ‘or else’ kind of warning or is it a more friendly suggestion?
‘Warn’ really stands out if you read it in the context of the urgency Paul was suggesting.
Maybe Paul is telling us to not ignore them and write them off as a lost cause.
They need to hear God’s warning about their lifestyle or their lack of spiritual sincerity.
We share a God mandated responsibility to minister to them in a loving, firm way."
I found this on Grace's blog.
is it intriguing?
No not really,
its just interesting sentences from facts and verses.
Do I agree with it?
Im not so nice really.
I do hold grudges.
Its scary that i sometimes dont know it.
But since I said it.
I must know about it.