Thursday, November 20, 2008

Genuine Fellowship

Genuine fellowship within a Bible study group can be an illusion. We could think we are experiencing genuine fellowship because of the fact that on Sunday mornings we gather together. We must be intentional about genuine fellowship. It is going deeper than just "Hello, how are you doing?"

Every time we gather together there are those in the group who are experiencing joy and others who are experiencing sorrow. There are those who are experiencing success and others who are experiencing failure. There are those who are experiencing hope and others who are experiencing despair.

This is why we must go deeper, listen better, and show more compassion.. It takes risk, it take time, it takes effort and it takes a genuine desire for genuine fellowship. Genuine fellowship does not end with the group gathering on Sunday morning but it can definitely start there.

Let's be a group that turns the illusion of genuine fellowship into reality.

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