DAY 22 – Being The Church

Welcome to the last week! This week is all about how your personal relationship with God impacts the way you do life with everyone else. Today, let's start with the church! Maybe we think of the church as a building or a place, but in the Bible, this word was never used to describe a building or gathering place. It was used to describe the people that made up the church! It actually comes from a Greek word that means, "called-out ones." We are the ones called out of the world to live for God and bring His Kingdom to our world. God also calls the church His Body, and the Bible tells us that His body is made up of people who all have a part to play. Every part is needed, and every person has a gift to give...a way that they can serve God and serve others in the body. God sees every gift as important, and necessary for building His church. God doesn't want us to be spectators at church, but He wants each of us to be active in serving Him and serving others. Think about this.: you are the church! As you read these scriptures, think about what God has given you to give and serve with. Acts describes what the early church was like, and it was amazing! This group of people devoted themselves to their leaders' teaching, they were generous to each other, shared everything and looked after each other's needs and they met every day! The result was that there were many miracles, and people were getting saved every day. This is the impact that God has called us, His church, to have.