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First Corinthians chapter 12, verse 27.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

I love this picture.

It's all over 1 Corinthians chapter 12.

It's just a great, especially the last half of this chapter.

A great picture, word picture of the church as the body of Christ with all kinds of different members.

Just like a physical body has all kinds of different members, fingers,

toes, legs, arms, a head.

So the church is the body with all kinds of different parts.

And every part matters.

Like the finger doesn't say to the toe, I don't need you. And the leg doesn't say to the arm i don't need you and the leg doesn't say to the arm i don't need you and our arms and legs don't say to the heart we don't need you to the lung we don't need

you like it all works together and so the church is this way like we're the body of christ he is our

head and every part, every member matters.

And this is where I just want to encourage you. As I was reading this and just preparing to pray

this verse, I just thought about the number of people who are in a church who feel like they don't matter.

Like, almost like spectators who come to church, sit on Sunday.

Yeah, maybe interact with some people. Maybe not even that. But then kind of walk

away and then think, yeah, that pastor, he's really important or that leader is really important.

These people do all these things. Yeah, they're kind of the way that make this whole church run.

But in the process, like the adversary has blinded so many Christians to the fact that they are members of the body of Christ and valuable members

at that every single one of them and valuable members at that, every single one of them.

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