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Day by day, the Lord added to their number those who were being saved. Growth was not the goal. It was the result. When a community is genuinely devoted to God's word, to one another, to remembering what Jesus has done, and to prayer. When that community carries a real awareness of God's presence, it becomes irresistibly attractive to a world that is searching for something real.

This is still true today. The church, with all of its quirks and imperfections, is God's redemptive plan for the world. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, sustained by Scripture, and fixed on Jesus, it is a community where the broken find healing, the lost find direction, and the weary find rest.

The question worth sitting with is this: Are you fully engaged in that community, or are you standing at the edges, hoping to receive its benefits without entering its life? Devotion, by its very nature, requires participation.

The early church did not stumble into something extraordinary by accident. They were simply people who had encountered a risen Savior, who remained aware of his presence, and who refused to do life alone. That same invitation stands open today.

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"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
Psalm 23:4

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"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."

Revelation 3:20

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"But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15

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"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Revelation 2:29

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