FEELING NEGLECTED?

Do you feel neglected by others in the Body of Christ? Have they missed ministering to a need in your life? Ask ourselves, how well we do know the people who sit next to us in the few weeks after week? Do we know their needs and their hurts...or even their last names? One of the conditions in the Body of Christ that give grieves to some of us is the superficial level of many church "friendships." Because this once-a-week, detached attitude is so prevalent, many us feel it. "Some of us can't find a church where we really feel at home. Sometimes there are question in our mind. I don't know where I belong. I know God wants me rooted somewhere, but how can I find a real church family?" It's painful to think that many of our brothers and sisters go to bed on Sunday nights feeling neglected – like "displaced persons." Yet, the scripture that comes to mind is: "Give, and it will be given to you; A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. Next time, look around for someone you don't know very well. Ask what their needs are and offer to pray with them. Take them to coffee and follow up with contact and prayer during the week. Then open your arms to receive, as God gives back to you what you have given to others. What a harvest you'll reap. GIVE BACK TO OTHERS....