Devoted FellowshipActs 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. In December 1989, Nicolae Ceasescus dictatorship in Romania came to an end when he and his wife were executed. Ceasecus attempts to double the Romanian population in one generation left men and women fiscally unable to provide for their families and forced them to turn their children over to orphanages.In 1989, there were more than 150,000 children occupying these ill-equipped warehouse facilities. Caretakers had as many as 20 infants in their care, which left little time for any personal care beyond changing diapers and administering bottles. When foreign doctors came in 1989 and examined the children, they found grossly delayed development of mental and motor skills.There was no real physical contact with other humans, especially any of the cuddling and holding that babies need to develop normally. They ended up in semi-catatonic states and often died from a lack of human contact. This medical condition is called “failure to thrive syndrome.”We need to understand that “failure to thrive syndrome” can happen in our spiritual lives. It can be avoided and it can be cured. But, prevention doesn’t happen by itself, it requires fellowship with other Christian believers. Behind every saint stands another saint. Are you in fellowship with other Christian believers? Today in prayer, thank Jesus for other believers and seek to draw closer to Christ by being in fellowship with other Christians. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:25
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 06:53:40 +0000
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