We Need Each Other: To Walk With
by Rick Warren
Just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, so walk in Him. Colossians
2:6 (NIV/NKJV)
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The Bible often compares life to a walk, because life is a journey;
we’re not sitting still. Throughout the New Testament, we are told to
walk in wisdom, love, light, and obedience. We’re told to walk as Jesus
walked. We’re also told to walk alongside other people. Here are three
reasons to walk with other people:
1. It’s safer. Have you ever walked alone at night through a dark alley
or down a lonely country road? It’s a little scary. But if you have
another person with you, you immediately feel safer.
2. It’s supportive. Life is not a fifty-yard dash; it’s a marathon.
Walking with other people gives you the energy to keep on going until
the end.
3. It’s smarter. You learn more by walking with others than by walking
alone. If you’re walking alone in the wrong direction, you may never
realize it. But if you have a friend alongside you, one of you is likely
to recognize you’ve veered off the path and need to find the right
direction.
We also learn some important lessons when we walk alongside other
people. We learn how to get along with others, how to cooperate.
We also learn how to love. Genesis 2:18 tells us, “It is not good for
the man to be alone” (NIV). God hates loneliness, and community is God’s
answer to loneliness. When we walk alongside other people, we find a
community where we learn how to love.
Walking alongside other people also teaches us hospitality. 1 Peter 4:9
says, “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling” (NIV). What’s
your grumble? What’s your excuse for not opening your home to friends?
Maybe you’ve said, “My home is dirty!”
Well, clean it up!
Or perhaps your excuse is: “My home isn’t big enough.”
Can you put three people in it? Jesus says, “For where two or three come
together in my name, there am I with them” (Matthew 18:20 NIV).
Everybody has a longing for belonging because God made us for
relationships. When we walk alongside other Christians in community, we
find that longing satisfied.
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kagabi kami ay nag-misa sa st francis. nahuli si dondon. sayang, thirty minutes lang ang misa pala kapag weekday, for that wala na siyang naabutan. kinita na lang namin siya sa megamall, sa tong yang. at kami ay nag-shabu shabu buffet. hehehe. happiness. ang sarap! dapat maulit un. sulit ang P560!
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