Daily writing prompt

What do you wish you could do more every day?

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Have you been trained to trust? You can allow today’s troubles, trials, and temptations to be trust-training. Let them teach you to daily depend and rely on the risen Jesus Christ and to help other people to do so. Christ-groups will help you do that. Finding people who you can truly trust is a wonderful thing.

Christ-followers need to “spur one another on to love and good deeds.” We are called to frequently gather in Christ-groups so that we can support and encourage one another. It’s not good to get in the habit of neglecting coming together as Christ-led groups. (Hebrews 10:24-25)

The most effective Christ-groups are interactive gatherings. When Christians assemble together in Jesus’ name, we can help each other to be aware of His presence in our midst. (Matthew 20:18) Together we can learn to be sensitive to and led by His Spirit. (Romans 8:14)

When the early Christ-followers came together each person present was free to share something. (1 Corinthians 14:26) However, over time Christ-groups became more structured and formalized. They gradually shifted from the direct leading and teaching of God the Holy Spirit (John 14:26) demonstrating His presence through His spiritual gifts working in and through ordinary people, (1 Corinthians 12:4-11) to the preaching and control of a one-man pastor.

Are you “forsaking the assembly”? Are you in the habit of neglecting to encourage and spur on other brothers and sisters in Christ in Spirit-led Christ-groups? You don’t need a mega-group. Two or three people is sufficient. (Matthew 18:20)

To truly grow in Christ, requires more than a programmed religious service that year after year lacks the power to fully heal you, to set you free, and to radically transform you from within. (2 Timothy 3:5) Frequently interact informally and spontaneously with other believers to rejoice together, to talk to Jesus together, (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) to listen to Jesus together (John 10:27) and to follow and obey Him together. (Mark 8:34)

“Let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)