tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14485860.post-78610714226254054882007-10-09T09:20:00.000Z2007-10-09T09:53:49.311Z<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VSamjlP8SPE/RwtPEFzw6pI/AAAAAAAAAN8/vZ2wJ4UM56o/s1600-h/1186859994_cb6df508ae_m.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119272333134064274" title="photo by i is Ashby of flickr.com" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="photo by i is Ashby of flickr.com" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_VSamjlP8SPE/RwtPEFzw6pI/AAAAAAAAAN8/vZ2wJ4UM56o/s200/1186859994_cb6df508ae_m.jpg" border="0" /></a>Things I'm learning about brotherhood (noun referring to the active fellowship of Christian men or women)...<br /><ul><br /><li>We all need it - no real brotherhood, no real Christianity</li><br /><li>It is the deliberate practice of love - we make time to get to know one another more deeply</li><br /><li>Peers are instrumental in setting an example - you can't excuse yourself because you're not in the same age group</li><br /><li>It requires you not to be selfish - to work it needs to be prioritised above other individual activities</li><br /><li>It is attractive - everyone seeks companionship</li><br /><li>It is healing - friends mirror back to you your faults and help you mature beyond them</li><br /><li>It builds the church - loving brotherhood draws a crowd<br /></li></ul><br /><blockquote><br /><p>They devoted themselves to the... fellowship (NIV)<br /><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%202:42;&amp;version=31;">Acts 2:42</a><br />They were like family to each other (CEV)<br />They committed themselves to the... the life together (Message)</p></blockquote><br /><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnashby/1186859994/"><span style="font-size:78%;">photo by i is Ashby of flickr.com</span></a></p>tschakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05941432849255530869noreply@blogger.com