Fellowship; God's Way.

Just as prayer and reading the Bible is important, fellowship is another important component for Christian growth.

God said, "it is not good for man to be alone." ~ Gen 2:18. As Christian, we are called to be the light of the world and God called us to fellowship with other Christians. Therefore, we can never keep to ourselves. It is important that we make Godly friends, to fellowship so that we can have personal experience with God.

I have seen many Christians and backsliders complained that they "don't" experience God anymore. They prayed, they read the Bible, they fasted but God is "no longer" talking to them. Ask them if they have fellowship with other believers, they will say, "Of course I do, I have many friends in church, we go out often, we can talk about anything, we hang out like close friends, I do 'fellowship'."

If fellowship is all about making friends and hanging out with each other, then even non-Christians are "fellowshipping".
A certain group of halfings, dwarf and humans also fellowship around a ring.
If you want to experience God, you must always go back to the Word and fellowship God's way, not your way and not the world's way.

Yes, fellowship is about making friends, hanging out together, caring for one another. However, remember God made us holy, set apart from other people because we are the ones who can hear and fellowship with God. Therefore, even the way Christians fellowship are special. Let's see what the Word says about Christian fellowship.

1 John 1:3
"what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may have fellowship along with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ."

1 John 1:7
"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin."

From these two verses we can clearly see a few important features of a good Christian fellowship.

1. Fellowship is the sharing of personal experience and testimonies with one another.
We don't just hang around and talk crap all the time. We share the problems we have, the things we see and the blessings of God in our life. That is what it means to be walking in the light. It helps to build trust among one another.
However, be careful who you share things with though, make sure that person is spiritual and trustworthy before you share personal things with him/her.

2. Fellowship is the sharing of revelations.
What is the similarity between The Dead Sea and The Sea of Galilee? Both are giantic lakes found in Israel.
What is the difference? One is dead and nothing can lives in it while the other is full of life with many fishing companies flourishing around it's shore.
Both lakes have rivers flowing into them. The rivers carries rich mineral that is vital for marine growth. However, the Dead Sea does not have a river that flows out of it. It become one big basin that keep accumulating minerals. As we have learnt in science that when you add more salt to water, it become saturated and when that happens, no more salt can dissolve in the water. The high amount of minerals in the Dead Sea make it totally unsuitable for marine life to flourish.
The Sea of Galilee however have rivers that flow out of them into the ocean. This ensure that the lake is never saturated with minerals yet still provide the necessary nutrients for marine life to flourish.
This is what happen to many believers. They are on fire at first. They can pray and will keep getting blessed and hear from God. However, as the time went by, they begin to feel dry, less on fire. Sometimes, it is because they don't share these revelations with others. They keep storing the "wealth" in them until it become too much and they can no longer contain new revelations anymore. They have become a "Dead Sea".
Become a "Sea of Galilee" today, start sharing your blessings by being generous in giving to others, share your revelation and edify one another. That way, you can be sure God will keep pouring forth His wealth into you.

3. Fellowship is praying for one another.
James 5:16
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful."

This is the most important point. Prayer brings you closer to God and closer to the people you are praying for. Do you pray for one another? When one is sick, do you lay hands and pray for them? If you know someone is depress, do you pick up the phone, talk to them AND pray together with them?
Fellowship is strong in a group that pray FOR and pray WITH one another. Jesus said, "When two or three come together in my name, I will be there among them." ~ Matthew 18:20.
You see here, if you truly feel that you cannot sense God in your own prayer life, start praying in a group! Jesus promised He will be there! Also, with Jesus as the centre of the fellowship, you can be sure this friendship will only become stronger.


Ever since I had friends like Briony and Cinthia in this past few months, both trustworthy people whom I can share my revelations, personal struggles, pray together with and of course, share my blessings with , God had being speaking to me more than the past 5 years in church! I can hear from God or see visions even when I am not praying (e.g. On the bus, playing games etc), I can chat with my friend and start having revelations and go offtrack on our topic then my friend and I will go "WOW!" It is within this few months then I am beginning to understand my calling, even though the picture isn't clear, I finally know the general direction I am suppose to go.

That is what true fellowship does for you. as "Iron sharpens iron,and one man sharpens another"~ Proverbs 27:17 God make it clear that He uses people to help others grow.
Like I always say, GOD is GOOD! :)