Shelter

James 5:16 says Confess your sins to one another so you can pray for each other in service and in love because the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and holy. It is impossible to be a follower of Jesus Christ apart from life in the fellowship of local believers. As being followers of Christ that makes us one body. The body can not function properly if all the parts arent working. Think about the heart. The main thing that keeps the body functioning. Of that fails then you die. Now think about yourself as the heart in the body of Christ. In order for the body of Christ to work properly you need to do your part.  Also in a body there is communication. Your brain tells your heart to pump, your nerves to move and what to feel, and tells your eyes what to see. If there was no communication there would be nothing. no thoughts, no feelings, no breath, NO LIFE and you would die. Think about the body of Christ the same way. if there is no communication in the body of Christ your spirit would die.  you would not want that to happen would you.  Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. God gives us all with different abilities, different personalities, and different lives, not only so we can be there for another but because He shows us a different part of who he is in every person. One person can not do everything but God can. So he uses other people to show all the other people what he can do. Its like a never ending variety show.  He also gives us our brothers and sisters in christ to encourage each other  and help each other in times of distress. Maybe when you need prayer or encouragement or you just need a friend. Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." In the shelter of each other we will live. (just like Christ has commanded us to do.) we all need a friend. Todays song is called Shelter by Jars of Clay. I hope you will think about the words.


To all who are looking down
Holding on to hearts still wounding
For those who've yet to find it
The place is near where love is moving
Cast off the robes you're wearing
Set aside the names that you've been given
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
You will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (Never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (Your arms are all around us)

If our hearts are turned to stone
There is hope we know the rocks will cry out
And the tears aren't ours alone
Let them fall into the hands that hold us
Come away from where you're hiding
Set aside the lies that you've been living
May this place of rest in the fold of your journey
Bind you to hope
We will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In the shelter)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (You will never walk alone)

In the shelter of each other
We will live
[ From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/jars-of-clay-lyrics/shelter-lyrics.html ]
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)

If there is any peace
If there is any war
We must all believe
Our lives are not our own
We all belong

God has given us each other
And we will never walk alone

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (We will never walk alone)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In the shelter)

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (Your arms are all around us)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)
In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live (In Your arms are all around us)

In the shelter of each other
We will live
We will live
(In the shelter of each other we will never walk alone - never walk alone)


link to the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoDmFQWOL4Y