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ON FELLOWSHIP AND WORSHIP Poem Devotional

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October 12
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They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper and shared their meals with great joy and generosity. – Acts 2: 46(NLT)
ON FELLOWSHIP AND WORSHIP
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you go gather to worship with your spiritual family?
Do you share meals with others to remind you of Christ’s suffering?
Believers are all called to build relationships in the body
Do you try to encourage and connect with others regularly?
When two or more gather in God’s name, He is in their midst
Sharing your joy to God’s people is like giving him thanks
Encourage and share your burdens and testimony
It builds up the body of Jesus Christ greatly.
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One of the gauge of an authentic Christian life is a healthy relationship with other believers. Hebrews 10:24-25 suggests that we must think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works and tells us not to neglect meeting with one another to encourage each other. We cannot call ourselves true believers if all we do is go to church on Sunday and listen to the sermon and not even talk to anyone in the church. Can you imagine being in a family and no one acknowledges the presence of each other? Many homes are broken because there are no relationships built. Let’s worship together with other Christians, share meals and grow in faith.
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PRAYER
Lord, thank you for giving us a family of believers.
REFLECTION
Why is it important to fellowship, connect and share with other believers?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

UNION WITH CHRIST Poem Devotional

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February 21________________________________________
Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.-John 6:56(NLT)
UNION WITH CHRIST
A poem and essay by ILMA
Are you burning with passion to know Christ?
Are you helping his body to have freedom in their lives?
Anyone who eats his word will be released from bondages
Those who drink his blood will have much advantages.
To be in union with Christ is to feed on his truth
To spiritually grow, one must allow his words to take root
Store what the Scriptures say in your heart
He will remain in you and will never depart.
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When a man and a woman gets married, they become husband and wife and become one flesh. The commitment to marry someone is an act of unifying two people together and think and act as one entity. In the same manner, God longs for us to be united with him always. He created us for himself. We are not on our own. When we live our lives in isolation from him, we are behaving and acting like we come from him. God created us in his own image and likeness. We all have the capacity to become more like him everyday. He gave that gift to us. He expects us to eat of his body and drink from his blood so that He can remain in us and we in him.
PRAYER
Lord, remind me never allow anything to separate me from you.
REFLECTION
How can your union with Christ deepen so he can always remain in you?
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For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

COMMUNION BRINGS ETERNAL LIFE Poem Devotional

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February 19________________________________________
I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. – John 6:53(NLT)
COMMUNION BRINGS ETERNAL LIFE
A poem and essay by ILMA
Have you been reading and following the word of God?
Do you have your eyes fixed on the Father up above?
Do you partake of his flesh and blood regularly?
Are you intimate with him and hunger for him only?
Communion with Jesus brings you eternal life
Why wouldn’t you want to be in his glory light?
As much as you can, seek and obey him daily
It will lead you to a life that will last eternally.
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Communion is defined as “sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level.” I was taught that holy communion was a sacrament when I was growing up. We were made to line up so we can receive the host by opening our mouth and say “Amen.” I believed this doctrine for over five decades of my life without really understanding the depth of communion.
The bible tells us that unless we eat the flesh of the Son (which is the truth which comes from the word of God) and drink his blood (which is the death he experienced in order to serve others by dying to our desires), we will not have eternal life.
PRAYER
Lord, let me be united to you all the time.
REFLECTION
How can we better commune with God in our life?
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For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com