June bible journaling: FELLOWSHIP

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

SO THAT, the answer why fellowship and unity are so important:  So that the world may believe.

root meaning of FELLOWSHIP:   companionship, spirit of friendliness                                                                          Synonym: communion, rapport

root meaning of UNITY:  Quality or state of not being multiple, oneness, condition of harmony.                          Synonym: Orchestration, Symphony, Symmetry  (if a team of musicians are not in tune with each other imagine how awful the sound would be).

Sometimes even as Christians' we march to the beat of our own tune, oblivious to those whom we are hurting around us.  The world is watching, and longing for that fellowship and harmony. The one common ground that we have:  The foot of the cross, and before the throne of God.  Sweet harmony and unity are what we fill through fellowship and it spills out onto others.  We get that fellowship through; Church, friends, gatherings, but remember the benefits:   The world is watching and we never know who may be watching us or who may need a blessing.

Please be the blessing that other people need and that you shing to others so they will seek what we have.   

POINT THEM TO HIM!