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Fellowship“A Fellowship Moment” at Brookdale Church Fellowship Moment No. 24 What is Fellowship at Brookdale? Fellowship is “experiencing life together”. It centers on the development of personal relationships in which spiritual issues are shared and discussed and Christian love grows deeper.
This article in the February 14 "Our Daily Bread" from Dennis Fisher hits it on the head.
Benefits Of Friendship
“Cicero was one of the greatest thinkers of the Roman Empire. He was a skilled orator, lawyer, politician, linguist, and writer. Still today he is quoted for his clear prose and practical wisdom. For instance, of having friends he wrote: “Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.” He understood the double benefits of friendship along life’s journey. Nearly a millennium earlier, King Solomon had written about the value of friends as well. In Ecclesiastes we read, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up” ( Ecclesiastes 4:9-10). Certainly a life without friends makes our sojourn lonely and hard to bear. That famous Roman and that Jewish king were right: Friends are important. Friends serve as confidants, counselors, and burden-sharers. Think about your friends. Have you been neglecting those God has provided to share your joys and sorrows? If so, seek out one of your friends for fellowship this week. Remember, “two are better than one,” because a friend can double our joy and divide our grief.”
A friend is “trust,” a friend is “warmth,” A friend is “always there” To add to every happiness, To lessen every care. —Anon. Friends are flowers in the garden of life. ”Praise Him! Love Him! Obey Him!
Your PD Fellowship Team brings this Fellowship moment to you: Steve Blazer, Jackie Butler, Judy O’Donnell, Mike Sander, and Don Weston.
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