When you consider what to bring do your best to set aside time during the week to ask God what he wants to build up in the body first. What is God doing and building at FTCC and how can you play a part in what God is already doing.
Sometimes we might simply share what God is teaching us (which is good) but we can’t neglect what God is doing in the body collectively. Remember this is not the responsibility of the elders, teachers or leaders but it’s up to everyone equally.
I’ve set aside time to pray each week for this tiny body and every week God has given me an idea, impression, passage topic etc. that may have nothing to do with what God is doing in me but is something he wants to build up in the body as a whole.
I imagine if everyone did this every week one thing that might often happen is God confirming a similar message through many members of the body (what’s more awesome than that?)
But this can only happen if we are all taping into the deep well of our individual relationships with God on behalf of the body and drawing out of that a gift only we could give.
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