God's Word tells us in Ephesians 1:5 TLB - "His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family." Family is so important to God, that He wants us to be a part of His family.
I just spent time with my parents in Florida, and some one of my brothers and my sister and their families came as well. My brother who is three years younger than me, and people thought we were twins, because of the resemblence that we have with one another. (But I think I am the more handsome of the two!!!) LOL. Being a part of a family means that you are alike in many ways, characteristics etc.
This is the same way it is in the family of God. We may have differences in style, beliefs, attitudes, types of worship, but we should have more things in common then we disagree on. If we are a son or daughter of God, we need to live like family!
We need to live like family in the church, and that means we must minister to everyone in the family. People come to church with all kinds of needs, some are broken. Think about how many people come to church with broken hearts, broken dreams, broken homes, broken lives. They limp into our church with a broken faith, and need people to minister healing to them. We need to consider our church God's treatment center for everything that ails people!
May I encourage you to be a part of the family!
I always find the sense of family in you pastor, I have no Mom to talk with, my Dad is dead. But, when I come to church and listen to your sermons, there I find the feeling of family, because you care about us all as a church. Not many pastors say that they love their church people. Hearing that makes that longing for a Mother and Father go away.
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