God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:21

loving God, loving each other

 

 

Loving God, loving each other
making music with my friends
Loving God, loving each other
and the story never ends

They pushed back from the table
to listen to His words
His secret plans before He had to go
It's not complicated
don't need a lot of rules
This is all you need to know

It's loving God, loving each other
making music with my friends
Loving God, loving each other
and the story never ends

 

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marbles and grapes

 

Christians can be grouped into two categories — marbles and grapes. Marbles are "single units that don't affect each other except in collision." Grapes, on the other hand, mingle juices: each one is a "part of the fragrance" of the church body.
The early Christians didn't bounce around like loose marbles, ricocheting in all directions. Picture them as a cluster of ripe grapes, squeezed together by persecution, bleeding and mingling into one another.
Fellowship and worship, then, is genuine Christianity freely shared among God's family members. It's sad to think of how many Christians today are missing that kind of closeness. Sermons and songs, while uplifting and necessary, provide only part of a vital church encounter. We need involvement with others too. If we roll in and out of church each week without acquiring a few grape juice stains, we really haven't tasted the sweet wine of fellowship.
— Anne Ortlund