In this series of Church Without Walls we’re suggesting to you that church looks like spending time with God. Spending time with God makes room for the Holy Spirit to meet your deepest needs. We encourage personal devotions using scripture to guide us as a helpful tool in allowing God to work in our hearts. In this devotion, search for ways God would invite you to be dedicated to a life of devotion.
Make room for the Holy Spirit to meet your deepest needs.
CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS ACTIVITY CHALLENGE
Devotion Activity #3
Acts 20: 7-12
Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where they were gathered together. And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down, fell on him, and embracing him said, “Do not trouble yourselves, for his life is in him.” Now when he had come up, had broken bread and eaten, and talked a long while, even till daybreak, he departed. And they brought the young man in alive, and they were not a little comforted.
Dedicated to Devotion
From the beginning of time, it has always been Gods plan that we would meet together; to gather and share a meal, share communion, and share our lives with one another.
Paul made a point in Acts 20 to share for as long as he could as he didn’t know when he would see them again, he couldn’t keep the good news to himself.
In our busy world it is easy to neglect getting together. Sometimes it easier to “connect” online or not at all, but Paul shows us how we are called to gather.
Acts 20:12 tells us all the people were “greatly comforted” when they left. We never fully know the impact we can have on people with a small gesture of kindness, an invitation, or a kind word, so let’s meet together, share our lives and all walk away greatly comforted.
CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS
As we actively live being the Church Without Walls let us not neglect meeting together. This doesn’t need to be formal or planned, and you don’t need to speak until midnight, and there is nothing greater than a spontaneous picnic or fish and chips by the lake with others!
How could you be the Church Without Walls this week?
Here are a few ideas:
- Invite another family to join you for donuts at the park.
- Invite someone for dinner.
- Do a shout out on social media saying you’ll be somewhere at a certain time and invite anyone to join you.
- Drop round some muffins to a single person you know.
- Invite people to join you for pizza by the lake and take turns sharing how you are being the Church Without Walls.