An Empowered Church
‘Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms,
hymns, and songs from the Spirit’
(Ephesians 5:18)
The presence of the Spirit is not only personal, it is a mark of the Church as well.
The Spirit leads us to the Father through the Son. The Spirit unites us in Christ.
The Spirit enables us to serve one another, whether by the gifts of the Spirit,
or though the songs we sing to the Lord and to one another.
The Christian life is not isolated and merely personal.
The Lord Jesus laid down his life for his Church and when we come to know him,
we are immediately united to one another.
It is no accident that the first fruit of the Spirit is love,
for we are to love God and to love our fellow-believers also and care for them.
Question for thought: How important is Church to you?
Gracious Lord, we pray for members in Oru and Oleh in Nigeria.
Thank you for their courage in facing persecution and protect them from violent attacks.
As they care for women and girls in their communities help them to point
them to you through the love of Jesus in dying for them. Amen.