Christianity is a team sport,
so the pastor said that
morning from the pulpit.
Sometimes it can feel
lonely, different from that
in the congregation. With
gifts of poetry,
gifts of prophesy, it can
anyway
outside what others see as a
calling.
He spoke of the life of the
Christian,
of quiet time for prayer,
alone in our closet,
time for bible study, for
immersing in the Word
the lessons of the living
God
for each believer’s heart.
But there is the need for
together time,
for time in the Spirit with
fellow believers,
in group study, in
conversation, in service.
In communion, in the
sanctuary, the soup kitchen,
the prison, the office, the
marketplace of ideas
we grow stronger as a body,
one people.
We grow best, in the company
of Christians,
learning together the humble
service we are called to
to follow the example of the
Creator,
the Savior, the Son and the
Father
giving ourselves over in
purpose, in service.
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edited August 3, 2014
Team Sport – v2
July 19, 2007 21:49
Team Sport
Started March 4, 2007
Philippians 3:12-4:1
Sermon “A Race Everyone Can Win”
by Rev. Peter Hey
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
3/4/07
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