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Lessons in Faith - 2 ----------------
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"Mom, why do we have go to church?"
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"We go to church to pray and worship God!"
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"But we can do that at home. I say my prayers before I go to
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bed, and Dad thanks God for food before supper."
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"At church we have fellowship with other people who ÿbelieve
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in God."
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"What is 'fellowship'?"
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"Fellowship is caring about other believers and sharing news
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about what God has done."
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"Is that like when I told my friend about Jesus?"
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"Not quite, ÿthat is called witnessing. ÿFellowship is ÿmore
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like ÿgoing to a party where everyone knows your name, ÿÿeveryone
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believes ÿin God and his son Jesus, ÿand everyone is always ready
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and ÿhappy to help you in any way. ÿEveryone cares about what ÿis
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happening ÿin your life, ÿand is ready to listen if you ÿneed ÿto
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talk, ÿÿand ready to pray with you about your or ÿsomeone ÿelse's
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needs."
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"That ÿsounds like the Bible study you have here on Tuesdays
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with all those ladies!"
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"That's right! ÿWe all share God in common, ÿand are ÿalways
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ready to share him and what he has done!"
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"My teacher in Sunday School always asks 'What did God do in
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your ÿlife this past week?' ÿOnce Joey said that God gave him ÿan
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'A' on his math quiz!"
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"Your Sunday School class is a fellowship!"
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"Mom, is fellowshiping important?"
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"Yes. ÿWithout fellowship, ÿa ÿbeliever might start to ÿfeel
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alone in the world. ÿBelievers need to share, to know that God is
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working in our, and other people's lives."
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"Mom, ÿÿI ÿÿknow it's Friday, ÿbut could we go to church ÿto
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fellowship now?"
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LRH 11/09/85
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