THE POWER OF THE LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY

THE POWER OF THE LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY
♦There is great power,benefit and advantage in belonging to a local Church family you can call your home.

                       ♥PSALM68:6amp.
God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

            -The local Church Family is the RIGHT PLACE TO BELONG and the Place to truly Express your GREAT WORSHIP TO A GREAT GOD.
            -Anyone that wants to live a purposeful Driven meaningful life,must Endeavor to connect and orient their life around the local church Family,the place of Unity and Love.

                             ♥Ephesians 4:3-5 KJV
Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
[4] There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
[5] One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

                 ⚫According to BILL HYBELS "THE LOCAL CHURCH IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD"

♦The Local Church Family gives us the opportunity to fellowship and worship our heavenly father who is WORTH-SHIP or WORTHY TO BE WORSHIPED.

           -WORSHIP is our act of expressing homage to GOD our FATHER Because HE IS WORTHY of it.
          -IT is an intense passion or esteem for the person,place,or thing we value most.
         -IT also means our human response to a gracious Loving Father who Has Given Us All Things  and Done So much for Us in the Finished Work of JESUS CHRIST HIS SON.

         -Your OBJECT of WORSHIP is that thing that is nearest and dearest to your heart.Your Worship is also an outward reflection of an inward connection to Someone or Something you Value and Appreciate a Lot.

         -YOUR WORSHIP of GOD should be reflected in your everyday life,and the local Church in One place you are really Encouraged to keep your focus of Worship on GOD ALONE.
        -YOUR WORSHIP of GOD Reveals your Absolute Trust and Dependence on Him.See your Worship of God as your Safe Place of Refuge and Comfort in your Times of Distress.

                               ♥Psalm62:8message
8 So trust him absolutely, people;
lay your lives on the line for him.
God is a safe place to be.

           ⚫ WHAT IS YOUR OBJECT,FOCUS AND PLACE OF WORSHIP?IS IT GOD AND GOD ALONE?

  -THE LOCAL CHURCH Represents the place for your corporate dimension of worship you cant get else where.
          -OUR Coming Together to Worship has a strong community aspect to it.Through our belonging to a local church family,we can get to love and care for one another.

                               ♥HEB.10:24-25amp.
 24 "And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities,
25 Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together [as believers], as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching."

           -To have the Right focus of Worship in the Right Place,we need to always get our Priorities in harmony with God who is our Right Focus of Worship.
           -Whenever we are engaged in doing things that draw us closer to GOD and to one another,We are truly "WORSHIPPING OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN"

        -Lets Look at the Benefits of the Local Church Family Fellowship.

♦THREE UNIQUE BENEFITS OF BELONGING TO THE LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY:

1.THE LOCAL CHURCH is the place where Issues of the heart are championed and the felt needs of People attended to in Love.

        -Just like the marriage relationship is built on intimacy,trust,Open communication and time spent together,the Church family life thrives and prospers through building intimacy, Closeness and Caring for One Another.

         -You will never find a matured growing believer who is disconnected from a local church.
         -The local church helps you to guard your heart and also Embrace deep Close Relationship with the Brethren.
         -Only in the local church family can you experience amazing relationships that are built on Godly moral Values and Principles.

                        ♥2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

          -The Local Church is a Place of deep and intimate connection.We are not wired to do life alone and in Isolation.

2.THE LOCAL CHURCH is the place where we have a common source of Sharing Love,Friendship,and Growing Up Spiritually Together.

                            ♥Ephesians 4:14-15 KJV
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
[15] But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

         -In the Local Church,we can socialize with like minded people who share the same Biblical Knowledge of CHRIST and values with us.

3.THE LOCAL CHURCH is the place where true life Changes and Transformation takes place as our Minds are Renewed By God's Word.

                    ♥Romans 12:2amp.
[2]Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

         -To do something that matters that will leave an eternal legacy and make an impact in your world,you need to get involved in the local church Family.
        -Only through the local church can we truly be Stirred up to be True Agents of Lasting Change to our Society and the World.

4.THE LOCAL CHURCH is the place where we Can All Experience and Enjoy the Cooperate Outpouring of the BLESSING OF THE LORD and GOD'S POWER in our Midst for the Miraculous.

                      ♥Psalm 133:1,3 KJV
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
[3] As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
                
    ⚫HOW THE POWER OF OUR CONNECTION WITH CHRIST MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR WORLD.

1.JESUS CHRIST IS THE HEAD AND WE ARE HIS BODY AUTHORIZED TO ENFORCE HIS DOMINION MANDATE ON THE EARTH.1stCOR.12:12.

                         ♥Ephesians 1:22-23 KJV
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
[23] Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

2.JESUS CHRIST IS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE AND FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH, AND WE ARE THE LIVING STONES THAT REBUILD OUR FAMILIES AND NATIONS.EPH.2:20.

                        ♥1 Peter 2:5 KJV
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

3.JESUS CHRIST IS THE VINE AND WE ARE THE BRANCHES THAT BEAR THE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOOD WORKS FOR THE WORLD TO SEE.JOHN15:1-11.

                       ♥Ephesians 2:10 KJV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

4.WE ARE NOW THE TEMPLE OF GOD, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY, AND NOT THE CHURCH BUILDINGS TO SPREAD THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST EVERYWHERE.
        -Where We Go,the Church Goes.2ndCor.2:14-15

                       ♥1stCOR.3:16amp.
     16 "Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, [c]collectively as a church and also individually]?

5.THE CHURCH IS THE PLACE WHERE THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD RESIDES FOR THE BENEFIT and TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD.

                         ♥Ephesians 3:10 KJV
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

6.THE CHURCH IS THE GROUND AND THE PILLAR OF TRUTH FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF THE WORLD.

                      ♥1 Timothy 3:15 KJV
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
         -We Represent the Voice of Truth in this Endtimes.

7.THE CHURCH IS THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN ALL EXPERIENCE TRUE WORSHIP FOR OUR SPIRITUAL REVITALIZATION AND WELL-BEING.

                          ♥1 Chronicles 16:29-30 KJV
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
[30] Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

          -Our Reason of Existence is to Worship GOD.Worshipping GOD should transcend everything else we Do.We are created in God's Image and Wired to Worship Him
          -God is the One who infused this Desire in Us to Give our Lives to Something Bigger and Greater than Ourselves.Worship is our Life and our Breathe.
                             ♥Psalm 37:4 KJV
Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

           ⚫THE LOCAL CHURCH Family Fellowship is what Helps to keep our Focus on our GREAT OBJECT OF WORSHIP,so We Won't Be Easily Distracted By the Worldly Influences Around Us.

       -Because we are genetically wired to worship,the source of our joy,excitement and enthusiasm in life should be GOD and He Alone Should Always be the Center and Object of our Worship.
      -This is what the Fear of God is All About.It's All About making God the Undistracted Object of your Worship.

                        ♥Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

      -We Should Always Ensure that the Pursuit of the Good Life,the Comfort of Life,the Cares of this Life and other things does not Compete with our focus and Object of Worship.
     -Also, how you Spend your Time and Money does Reveal to you the Focus and Object of your Worship.
    -It is important you Make GOD your object and focus of great worship and not things.

    -We are all living in a World of Worship and what you Worship is what you are Serving.Whatever is more valuable and important to you,you will end up serving and worshipping.Get your Worship Right and Keep your Focus on GOD'S WORD.

♦ LET'S CONCLUDE BY TAKING NOTE OF THIS FOLLOWING POINTS CONCERNING OUR SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION:

         ⚫ THE LOCAL CHURCH is the Hope of the World in Restoring GREAT WORSHIP Focused on the AUDIENCE OF ONE(GOD ALMIGHTY).
            -LET GOD BE YOUR FOCUS OF WORSHIP  AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WORD THE PURSUIT OF YOUR LIFE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY IN YOUR LIFE.

           ⚫THE LOCAL CHURCH FAMILY IS CERTAINLY THE PLACE TO EXPRESS AND EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF WORSHIPPING THE ONLY TRUE GOD AND THE PLACE TO GROW AND MAINTAIN STRONG FELLOWSHIP WITH THE BRETHREN.

         -I ENCOURAGE YOU BY THE MERCIES OF GOD TO STAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY OF HOLY FRIENDS WHERE THE UNDILUTED WORD OF GRACE IS PREACHED FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT AND GROWTH.

                            ♥Acts20:32message translation
32 "Now I'm turning you over to God, our marvelous God whose gracious Word can make you into what he wants you to be and give you everything you could possibly need in this community of holy friends.

    BE BLESSED AND PROSPER.