Fellowship

This past week during our All Campus Gathering, we talked about reloading the mission into church. Most of us Christians go to some sort of church or some gathering for Christ to have fellowship with other believers. And this is what we are called to do, have fellowship with other believers. Fellowship is a great thing as I have come to learn this past year. I grew in my faith so much through fellowship with other believers and I am very thankful for that. This past year also showed me how much I missed out on fellowship growing up. It's not that I didn't go to church or didn't go to youth group events, I just didn't understand my faith entirely I believe. I treated church just as something you were supposed to do and not as something to be enjoyed and take pride in. I feel like this is a common affliction for many Christians, not just at my church but at churches across the nation.

As Americans, we have the freedom to go to church without fear of prosecution from the government or other groups. This may be our problem. We take church for granted and don't realize how good we have it. We don't value this time of fellowship as much as we should Now, this isn't all of us, but I feel like there's quite a few people that this applies to. People tend to go to church and just go through the motions. Church needs to be treated as something where you grow in your faith and have meaningful fellowship with other believers. That sentence seems obvious to me but many people, myself included, do not treat church that way. I challenge you to actively engage in church the next time you go and see how refreshed you feel afterwards. Faith tends to be left on the church's door step and that's where we will find it when we come back next Sunday. I also challenge you to change this too, engage in a deep spiritual conversation with someone this week or next. If you have quiet times, discuss something that you found interesting with someone. If you don't have quiet times, I challenge you to start then start some spiritual conversations with some people. If you take one thing from this, let it be that fellowship is infinitely valuable in the Christian walk and it needs to be a part of your life. Keep Christ center in all aspects of your life.

God Bless,
Tedd Sheets Jr.