I have a group of friends, we call ourselves the Freedom Fighters. We not only fight for our own freedom but the freedom of each other. We got together yesterday in one of our homes. This is how this works.
We get together and begin to be open and honest with each other. We laugh together. We shed a few tears. We share our struggles and our joys. We talk about books and articles we have read. We talk about people God is bringing into our lives without mentioning any names but we testify to what God is doing. As we are together the Spirit begins to work in each of us. We see things in each other we could not see on our own. We confess our sins. We talk about how God uses even our sin for good. How it is all of grace that God loves us and uses us. We talk about scripture that speaks to where we all are. The gospel comes into play. We are iron sharpening iron. We are the body of Christ. We not only are in fellowship with each other but with God. We are setting each other free.
We end up in all praying together. We thank the Spirit for being with us. We thank God and praise Him for what He has done in each of us and for His presence. We pray blessing and lift each other up. We pray for our families and people in our life.
We leave each other strengthen and ready to fight the battles in our life. Our weakness and strengths have spoken into each others hearts. We have a power to love difficult people and to move out in new and exciting ways. We are renewed and the fire within our bellies is relit. We leave in peace and joy and freedom. We have met with God and with each other. We decided we would meet more regularly and we would invite others.
It is a beautiful thing when the body of Christ comes together and our Spirits testify with each other. We were one in Christ and we had united.
We get together and begin to be open and honest with each other. We laugh together. We shed a few tears. We share our struggles and our joys. We talk about books and articles we have read. We talk about people God is bringing into our lives without mentioning any names but we testify to what God is doing. As we are together the Spirit begins to work in each of us. We see things in each other we could not see on our own. We confess our sins. We talk about how God uses even our sin for good. How it is all of grace that God loves us and uses us. We talk about scripture that speaks to where we all are. The gospel comes into play. We are iron sharpening iron. We are the body of Christ. We not only are in fellowship with each other but with God. We are setting each other free.
We end up in all praying together. We thank the Spirit for being with us. We thank God and praise Him for what He has done in each of us and for His presence. We pray blessing and lift each other up. We pray for our families and people in our life.
We leave each other strengthen and ready to fight the battles in our life. Our weakness and strengths have spoken into each others hearts. We have a power to love difficult people and to move out in new and exciting ways. We are renewed and the fire within our bellies is relit. We leave in peace and joy and freedom. We have met with God and with each other. We decided we would meet more regularly and we would invite others.
It is a beautiful thing when the body of Christ comes together and our Spirits testify with each other. We were one in Christ and we had united.
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