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I want to talk about developing healthy, creative communities, a place where people belong. And it's

actually, it's part two of a message that I brought some weeks ago about the power of belonging.

If you want to turn to Acts chapter 2 verse 42, we're going to kind of take up where we

end it, that last message. And we're just going to read for a few verses

here. This is the early church about maybe three years into after the resurrection and the birth

of the early church. And it says this, this is their commentary on the early church. And they were

continually devoting themselves to the Apostles' teaching,

to fellowship, to breaking of bread, and to prayer. And the outcome was this. Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe.

And many signs and wonders were taking place through the apostles, and all those who had believed were together and had all things in common.

And they began selling their property and possessions, and were sharing them with all,

as anyone might have need.

And day by day, continuing with one mind in the temple and breaking bread from house to house,

they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,

praising God, and having favor with all the

people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day, those who are being saved.

This is really a powerful passage about how the early church function, that they were in the temple,

but they were day by day in houses so i think that

in the midst of this covid we've found uh we found our our place in our homes and it's it feels to me

like the early church in that we're so much of the expressions of faith are happening home to home

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