Well we are almost at the day of election 2020. I will not go into what an insane year we have experienced in 2020. Unless you have been under a rock for the last 8 months you are well aware of the changes that we have seen all over the world. The changes have definitely placed many of us in a place we thought we would never find ourselves. Restrictions here and there, up and down left and right, everywhere else move there is a mandate that we must follow. Never in our free country of America we have ever seen anything like this.
Christians have seen the most adversities in this season. Church have government mandates forced upon them that restrict people going to worship the Lord. We understand the illness potential we are facing and should practice safety when needed but we are to worship as it is mandated by God. If you are worshiping under these restrictions, praise the Lord. We in California have it much worse and have our hands tied to rules that almost make it impossible to worship the Lord.
This has taken its toll on the Church. Not the church down your street but the Church of Christ. The lack of fellowship with other believers has taken its toll on the health of individual believers and the corporate body. We are not among our brothers and sisters loving one another and encouraging one another that leads us to a feeling of emptiness and depression. In some cases many have slide away, not lost their salvation but a lack of motivation to study and worship in our own time. Many are wondering what will happen to the future of the church.
No matter what is happening in the world, we can always seek the Lord in His Word. We need to get creative with our fellowship with other believers. We may not be able to do physical meetings but with media as technical as it is now we can use many platforms to fellowship with one another. Zoom calls, Discord or FaceTime can be utilized as ways we can have fellowship. We must look for any opportunity to reach out and help one another.
I have and I urge anyone reading this to do what a friend and I are doing. This is a challenge to all believers. What my friend and I are doing is daily reading assignments. We read 5-6 chapters in a book of the Bible everyday. 5-6 chapters which is about 20 minutes, everyday. We then text or call each other to confirm our reading to one another. This keeps us accountable to each other for our reading. We text some key things we read and that turns into a small text bible study. We are in tough times but we have much in our possessions that we can utilize to our favor.
The challenge is to pick a partner and do a daily reading of a book in the Bible. Chose a few chapters or as much as you can handle. When you and your reading partner select the book and chapters, read daily for the 14 days consecutively. After the time you agree on move on to the next section and so on and so on.
No verses today and it has been awhile since I have posted anything and I apologize. I look forward in posting frequently from now on.
In Christ!
WALKING IN TRUTH 