I have been praying about fellowship for a while now.\u00a0 John David’s recent testimonies have stirred that prayer up.<\/p>\n
I have been asking Jesus to teach me more about fellowship and to let me value it like he does.\u00a0 If it is what is eternal, then I want it etched in my soul.\u00a0 I want to hear and live what Jesus is telling us.<\/span><\/p>\n I was just listening to an Old Testament* cd again about slander and in it, you asked, \u201cWhat did it do to Eve, to take in slander from the serpent?\u201d\u00a0 I felt like Jesus made things a little clearer about fellowship.\u00a0 I thought about us; what could ever come between us to ever doubt our hearts with each other?\u00a0 If Eve could have rested in God’s love for her, if she could have trusted that love, her whole life would have been different. Not eating of the tree of life, which was a sweet gift from God protecting them from death and pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If Satan ever wanted to hurt us as a body, that old trick he used on Eve would do it. It’s still the same, that whisper that says we can’t trust one another’s heart or intentions or love.\u00a0 To really know each other’s heart and to trust Jesus, and to know we are loved, is protection from division.\u00a0 That protects our fellowship.\u00a0 Then we can see division coming a mile away.<\/span><\/p>\n For years now, I have asked Jesus to help me know I am loved \u2013 not in words but to really know.\u00a0 It seems insane to even say that to Jesus, but I know how much I need to know it.<\/span><\/p>\n Beth D.<\/span><\/p>\n =============<\/span><\/p>\n If Jesus lets us\u00a0feel\u00a0loved, we will know that we are loved.\u00a0 That is the only way to know.\u00a0 I pray that he will do that for all of us, all the time.\u00a0 We can help, too, by loving one another with the\u00a0love\u00a0of God.\u00a0 What a sweet life that is!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n