I.B.S. #48

Acts 2:42

- "And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

"They continued steadfastly," in other words, they went on and devoted themelves to the doctrine, they continued to study with a heart that wanted more and more of the Word. In my walk with Christ, I know there have been times where I might slow down in my race. If I ever take a day off in reading the Word, it only seems to follow that I will go that whole week without opening my Bible. I realize in this verse that there is one thing I need more of, something that will keep me in the Word daily; I think people really underestimate the importance of this part in ministry, fellowship. I was born in Miami and my family lived there until I was about ten. From my birth up until I was about 7, were attended a Church called Jesus Fellowship. I had always thought that was a strange name for a Church, mostly because there were all these First Church's or Calvary Chapel's or Central Assembly's. Now I see however that really is the reason for going to a Church, the fellowship with other believers. On our second group street witnessing day, I met a man named Aaron. I asked him if he was a Christian, he told me yes but there was something about the way he looked at me and the tone he used when he answered me that made me think he was somewhat of sceptical about the faith. As our conversation continued, I found out that he was visiting Guatemala from Brazil and that while he was a Christian he stopped going to Church because every Church he has been too either adds to the word or takes away from the word. He told me that he can grow in his relationship with Christ just fine if he just sat in his room and read his Bible. I told him thats true, but going to Church and fellowshipping with other believers is a huge part of our walks with Christ. I then told him about Calvary and that they read through the Bible and that they should have a Calvary Chapel planted there. While we are running our individual races, we are running this race with the other racers. These are our brothers and sisters and we need to love them that way.

Pray that He will continue to remind me that the people in my life arent distractions, but lessons.