Daily Worship

Acceptance is not a one way street

September 30, 2016 0 0

1 Corinthians 12: 25 - 27

"There should be no division in the body, but,..its parts should have equal concern for each other.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it."

Father, we are so grateful to be part of the body of Christ.
In Him we are accepted by you.
We are washed clean on the inside and made new.

Forgive us then, when we hold on to the habits of the old life
and find all kind of reasons for receiving your acceptance and love,
but withholding it from someone else.

They have annoying habits,
we just don't get on 
or they did something we cannot forget.

Help us to see, with new eyes,
that acceptance is not just a one way street - it's a two way flow,
and when we learn to accept one another "warts and all"
we are well on the way to manifesting the body of Christ to a needy world
and discovering what true Christian family feels like.

Help us then to be the body,
the fellowship...the family.
In Jesus name.
Amen.