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I have much more to say to you, but I don\u2019t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.  <\/em>2 John 1:12 NLT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. \u2026 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  <\/em>John 1:1, 14 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Feed Is Full, But You Feel Empty<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

They devoted themselves to the apostles\u2019 teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.<\/em> Acts 2:42-47 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Early Church<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Studied the Bible together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shared meals together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Prayed together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fellowshipped together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Worshiped God together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Served others together<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Celebrated together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    All the believers were together … <\/em>Acts 2:44 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Things To Do This Week<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Don\u2019t just text someone; call them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Don\u2019t just pray for someone; pray with them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Don\u2019t just say that you care; show up and be present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. <\/em>John 13:34-35 NIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      I have much more to say to you, but I don\u2019t want to do it with paper and ink. For I hope to visit you soon and talk with you face to face. Then our joy will be complete.  2 John 1:12 NLT In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. \u2026 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  John 1:1, 14 NIV Your Feed Is Full, But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[110],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12105","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-jesse-loew","ctfw-has-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12110,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/12105\/revisions\/12110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_topic?post=12105"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_book?post=12105"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_series?post=12105"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_speaker?post=12105"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon_tag?post=12105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}