Greetings in the amazing name of Jesus Christ!!🙂🙋🌹

Topic : Four Biblical Principles For A Healthy, Joyful And Fruitful Christian Life.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

One of the greatest truths I've learned during my youth age - mean, in my early 20s in Youth For Christ has been fundamental four biblical principles for a steady healthy Christian growth. That is - Word of God, Prayer, Fellowship and Witness.

They are like four main spokes of a wheel get attached to the hub of the wheel, i.e Jesus Christ.

We were privileged and blessed to know these truths, and on these foundation we have grown. And certainly I'm indeed grateful for the godly leadership of Rev. Christopher David uncle, Hepzy aunty and later on Rev. Ashirvadam anna in Youth For Christ. And also our dear Benhur Luke uncle from Love of Christ Youth Fellowship.

All the four principles are equally important.

Today, would like to dwell on the importance of "Fellowship."

During these days, young people are destroyed with bad company of friends leading them to wicked things and laziness without any vision and goals...

I was blessed with an article received from a group which I would like to share shows the significance of having Fellowship.

"A man, who regularly attended family & group meetings suddenly, without any notice, stopped participating. After a few weeks, one very cold night the leader of that group decided to visit him.

He found the man at home, alone, sitting in front of a fireplace where a bright fire burned.

The man welcomed the leader. There was great calm & silence.

The two men only watched the dancing flames around the logs that crackled in the fireplace.

After a few minutes the leader, without saying a word, examined the logs that formed the fire and selected one of them, glowing most brightly of all, and removed it to the side with a pair of tongs. Then he sat down again.

The host was paying attention to everything, fascinated. Before long, the lone log’s flame subsided, until there was only a momentary glow and the fire soon went out. In a short time what was previously bright light and heat had become nothing more than a black dead piece of wood. Very few words had been spoken since the greeting.

Before preparing to leave, the leader picked up the useless piece of wood with the tongs and placed it again in the middle of the fire. Immediately, the piece of wood was rekindled, fuelled by the light and heat of the burning logs around it."

When the leader was about to leave & had reached the door, the host said: ‘Thank you for your visit and for your beautiful lesson. I'll return to the group soon.’

Why is a group or a fellowship is important in our lives ?

Very simple: Because each member that withdraws takes fire and heat from the rest.

It's worth reminding group members that they are a part of the flame.

It's also good to remind us that we are all responsible for keeping each other's flame burning.

And we must promote the union among us so that the fire is really strong, effective and lasting. Let's Keep the fire burning.

Fellowship is not just organising meetings and informing and feeling happy with our achievements without change of heart. Having Fellowship meetings and prayer meetings for years without change of heart or without any growth, I mean without the true transformation is, wasted months, years and decades in our lives.

A true fellowship based on the divine Word, in my opinion is - group of Christians joining without any egos, without any selfish motives, without any hatred against each other, but with accord and, with love to build God's kingdom and to exalt His name alone.

Have a blessed and joyful time!! 🙂🌹🙋

I. Benedict James