Christian walk?

We need the Church for encouragement  we try to walk the Christian walk. Satan will try to use our bodies to discourage us from being a part of the Church, but we need to rely on God’s strength to do what we can to be a part of the Church.

However, we can’t just expect the Church to come to us. Yes, the Church does have a duty to minister to the sick, but we have to remember that we too are a part of the Church. We, too, have a duty to encourage others. We need to make phone calls, send emails, send cards, and visit others when we can. If you can never get out of the house, think about hosting a Bible Study. Do whatever you can to fellowship with and encourage other believers. This is one of your duties as a Christian.

I am guilty of pulling away for the Church when I am going through a rough time with my health, but I am also guilty of being angry at the Church for not meeting my needs when I am going through a rough time with my health. The truth is that I cannot pull away and expect the Church to come to me. I have to engage the Church in one way or another. I also have to be willing to communicate what my needs to the Church is. The Church cannot possibly know what my needs are if I am sitting at home feeling sorry for myself.

Christians with disabilities and/or chronic illness need the church, but they also need to be the Church. We need to be encouraging one another to be in relationship with God. We need to remind each other that God is our strength. When our bodies are weak, God is strong. This is the message that Christians with disabilities and/or chronic illness need to be proclaiming to the Church, and then we need to live out our message. Satan just loves it when we allow our bodies to keep us from serving God, thus we need to keep pressing on to be the Church. Day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute we need to rely on God’s strength to overcome the challenges of our bodies in order to serve God’s Kingdom. And, when our bodies our weak we need to lean on the Body of Christ to get the encouragement we need to keep pressing on..........Jason Wilson