"If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth." - 1 John 1:6
THAT YOU TOO MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH US
"That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ."
- 1 John 1:3
I PRAY THAT THE FELLOWSHIP OF YOUR FAITH MAY BECOME
"And I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake."
- 1 Corinthians 14:26
WHEN A CHRISTIAN SHUNS FELLOWSHIP
"When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles. When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the devil shouts for joy."
- Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983) Holocaust Survivor, Christian Writer
ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER AND BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER
"Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
SATAN ALWAYS HATES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
"Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in. He attaches far more importance to godly intercourse than we do. Since union is strength, he does his best to promote separation."
- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher
WE WHO HAD SWEET FELLOWSHIP TOGETHER
"We who had sweet fellowship together walked in the house of God in the throng."
- Psalm 55:14
OUR EVERYDAY FELLOWSHIP WITH OTHERS
"Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays."
- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer
SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS
"Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord."
- Ephesians 5:19'
THE WHOLE CHURCH FOR MY FELLOWSHIP
"I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship and the whole world for my mission field."
- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister
EACH OF US BY THE OTHER'S FAITH
"That is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine."
- Romans 15:2
TOLERANCE FOR ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE
"With all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
- Ephesians 4:2-3
IN FELLOWSHIP, ALONE TO GOD, WITH FAITH
"In fellowship; alone to God, with Faith, draw near, approach His courts, besiege His Throne with all the power of Prayer."
- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister and Hymnwriter
HOW TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
"Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one’s heart, its pleasures and its pains, to a dear friend. Tell Him your troubles, that He may comfort you; tell Him your joys, that He may sober them; tell Him your longings, that He may purify them; tell Him your dislikes, that He may help you to conquer them; talk to Him of your temptations, that He may shield you from them; show Him the wounds of your heart, that He may heal them; lay bare your indifference to good, your depraved tastes for evil, your instability. Tell Him how self-love makes you unjust to others, how vanity tempts you to be insincere, how pride disguises you to yourself as to others. If you thus pour out all your weaknesses, needs, troubles, there will be no lack of what to say. You will never exhaust the subject. It is continually being renewed. People who have no secrets from each other never want for subjects of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held back; neither do they seek for something to say. They talk out of the abundance of the heart, without consideration, just what they think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God."
– Francois Fenelon (1651-1715) French Catholic Archbishop
DO NOT NEGLECT DOING GOOD AND SHARING
"And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."
- Hebrews 13:16
ADMISSION INTO FULL FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
"To be able to look into God's face, and know with the knowledge of faith that there is nothing between the soul and Him, is to experience the fullest peace the soul can know. Whatever else pardon may be, it is above all things admission into full fellowship with God."
- Charles H. Brent (1862–1929) Episcopal Church's First Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands
STIMULATE ONE ANOTHER TO LOVE AND GOOD DEEDS
"And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near."
- 1 Samuel 23:16
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