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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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Breaking out of the failure syndrome

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Breaking out of the failure syndrome

Feb 7, 2025


‘Despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.’ Romans 8:37 NLT


When you have been abused, rejected, or abandoned, it’s easy to become shame based and end up with a very poor self-image. The devil knows this, so he will attack your personal confidence whenever he can find an opening. He wants you to believe that you are a failure, because without confidence you will never step out and try to do the things you truly want to do. He does not want you to fulfil God’s plan for your life. If he can make you believe that you are incapable, then you won’t even try to accomplish anything worthwhile. And even if you do make an effort, your fear of failure will seal your defeat, which, because of lack of confidence, you probably expected from the beginning.


This is often referred to as the ‘failure syndrome’. You fail because of wrong beliefs, and you continue to have wrong beliefs because you fail. It’s hard to know which came first, but you find yourself in a trap you cannot seem to get out of. What’s the answer? As a redeemed child of God, the Bible says that you are ‘in Christ’. Jesus defeated Satan and triumphed over him at the cross. And because you are ‘in Christ’, His victory is your victory. You can break out of the failure syndrome and begin to succeed in life. Here is why: ‘Despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.’ Note the words ‘despite all these things’. Regardless of what has happened to you in the past, God has a wonderful future in mind for you.


SoulFood: Gen 24:1 – 25:18 Luke 9:1-17 Ps 134 Pro 4:5-13

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