Feeling Neglected?
Do you feel neglected tonight by others in the Body of Christ? Have they missed ministering to a need in your life? Ask yourself, how well do you know the people who sit next to you in the pew week after week? Do you know their needs and their hurts...or even their last names?
One of the conditions in the Body that grieves Brother Cerullo and me the most is the superficial level of many church "friendships." Because this once-a-week, detached attitude is so prevalent, many partners tell us, "I can't find a church where I really feel at home. I don't know where I belong. I know God wants me rooted somewhere, but how can I find a real church family?"
It's painful to think that many of our brothers and sisters go to bed on Sunday nights feeling neglected - like "displaced persons." Yet, the scripture that comes to mind is: "Give, and it will be given to you; A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you" (Luke 6:38, NIV).
This Sunday, look around for someone you don't know very well. Ask what their needs are and offer to pray with them. Take them to coffee and follow up with contact and prayer during the week. Then open your arms to receive, as God gives back to you what you have given to others. What a harvest you'll reap!
God loves you and wants to answer your prayer. Say this prayer with me:
Heavenly Father, thank you for Your work of unifying Your Body. Help me to be Your minister to bond, to mend and to heal. I choose to no longer feel neglected in Your house! I praise You for the harvest I will reap and the love I will receive in return. In Jesus' Name, Amen.