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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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The Prodigal comes home

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Prodigal, come home!

Jan 18, 2025


NKJV ‘His older son … was angry.’ Luke 15:25,28 


The parable of the prodigal son is about two brothers and their father’s love for each. The younger one dishonoured his father and ended up in a pigpen. When he returned home, he had lost everything—except his father’s love. So, no matter who you are or what you have done—God loves you and wants you in His family. Jesus made an amazing statement: ‘“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him’ (Luke 15:20 NKJV).


Ancient Hebrew culture thought running was an undignified act for older men. Men wore long flowing robes and had to pull them up around their waist to run, exposing their undergarments. But the father didn’t care about what people thought; he cared about his wayward son. Unfortunately, his older brother didn’t feel that way. Do you understand why a lot of younger brothers are still out in the pigpen and don’t want to enter the church? Because they’re afraid older brothers will hit them with the mean hand of judgement instead of touching them with the welcoming hand of love.


The older brother desires punishment, but the father provides pardon. The older brother requires guilt, but the father gives grace. The older brother wants revenge, but the father wants reconciliation. Here is the good news: no matter how low you have fallen, know that as soon as you return, you will discover your heavenly Father facing you, extending open arms and a loving heart towards you.


SoulFood: Isa 63-66 Luke 4:14-30 Ps 89:15-37 Pro 2:21-22

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