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 The Word for Today.     The importance of fellowship Mar 2, 2025 ‘All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship,’ Acts 2:42 NLT Euclid was a Greek mathematician who lived about three hundred years after Christ. He is best known for his thirteen-volume series of books called Elements. Two of his axioms of geometry have been revised to produce the modern saying: ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ Another way of saying this would be ‘something happens in a group that doesn’t happen alone’. That ‘something’ is called ‘synergy’. It comes from the Greek word sunergia, meaning cooperation and working together. The New Testament church practised it: ‘All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer’ (Acts 2:42 NLT). Jesus described spiritual synergy in these words: ‘“Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth con...
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Freed from the drama of Emotions

 Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy.’ Ephesians 4:24 NLT

Dealing with crucifixion, Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. He felt intense emotions. ‘And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground’ (Luke 22:44 NKJV). So strong were these emotions that He prayed for the cup of crucifixion to pass. But that night, Jesus broke the domination of emotions by obedience to the will of His Father, saying, ‘… not My will, but Yours, be done’ (Luke 22:42 NKJV). Not only can emotions be ruled by obedience, but they will obey faith. Emotions will do what we, in faith, order them to do. David said, ‘Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name’ (Psalm 103:1 KJV). David ordered his soul, the centre of his emotions, to bless the Lord. He believed his soul and everything in him would do what he commanded.

Feelings can be transformed from drama to blessing. Paul believed that negative emotions can be put off, and positive emotions can be put on. ‘Throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and holy’ (Ephesians 4:22-24 NLT). Again he writes, ‘And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, …’ (Colossians 3:15 NKJV). It is clear from the Scriptures that emotions can be governed, and the will can respond to God’s power and faith rather than the drama of emotions.


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