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No matter what part of the world, on Sundays, we gather to commemorate the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We take the bread, representing his body, and drink the fruit of the vine, representing his blood. And no matter where I have worshiped, whether or not I understood the spoken language, I was at home in the community of believers as we shared communion.
Take a moment to reflect on the community in which a missionary you know or one that your church supports, is working. When you take the Lord’s Supper this Sunday, imagine that you are gathered with that community, sharing in the communion of the saints and lift up a prayer of blessing for your fellow Christians in another location.
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The church is a community that extends beyond borders, languages, cultures, and time. I have had the blessing of getting to know members of the community of believers across the U.S. and from many countries across the world. Whether African or Chinese, Hispanic or Indian, Kazak or Russian, Canadian or Southern, the community in Christ is one.
One thing we all have in common is the desire for relationship—for a deeper sense of community. We long for community with our Creator and with His creation—other people with whom we can relate and share our lives.
Grandmas and college students alike want to know what it truly means to be in relationship with God and one another—what it means to be community, family, and the church to each other.
Today, I encourage you to find a community, members of a church family with whom you can be authentic, encouraged and accountable.
It is my prayer and one of the goals of Iron Rose Sister Ministries, that we might be that community to each other—a church family that spans at least two languages and two continents. I pray that we may be iron sharpening iron to one another and that we might encourage and inspire each other to be as beautiful as a rose in spite of a few thorns—all in the context of community.