“And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, ‘Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, that person is My brother and sister and mother.’” Matthew 12:49-50 HCSB
When we come to Jesus in surrender to Him, we are adopted into His family!
In this new family, how do we act with each other?
While I don’t exactly recommend greeting each other with a song, these verses speak of encouraging each other:
“And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled by the Spirit: speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music from your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.” Ephesians 5:18-21 HCSB
Today we can pray that God will use us to encourage each other.
We should also pray for the devastation from Hurricane Helene, the dockworker’s strike and its repercussions on our supply chain, and our upcoming election.
“But You Yourself have seen trouble and grief, observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands. The helpless entrusts himself to You; You are a helper of the fatherless.” Psalms 10:14 HCSB
