Howdy Church, Pastor Jovi here once again to just share some devotional thoughts.

What I just been praying through this week as we're in this time together is that, you know, the church is not an event.

The church is not a building. The church is not a place. The church is a movement.

This church is a movement for all people.

And so we are the church. And so you can't

cancel church because you can't cancel people called out by Jesus for Jesus. But also, if your

only experience with this movement is sitting in rows, singing and listening to me talk, then you're not doing it

right. Again, it's fine if you come and kick the tires a little bit and try to figure out if this

is going to be the family that you belong to. But once you're in, then you're in. And the Bible says

that if you're in Christ, then you are a part of his body, a member of his body.

And so, in fact, 1 Corinthians 12, it's what Paul teaches the church, that there's one body with many different parts, that Jesus is our head, and then all of us, like, belong to one another.

And so if you are a disengaged body part, your future is not good.

Like if you lost a finger, your finger's not going to make it without you.

And if you were not plugged in, and I don't mean just slightly attend some of the events of a church,

but if you're not a part of the body, then the future for you is tough.

You know that Peter says that the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to

devour. And again, the roaring lion always seeks

to devour that isolated one. You see, it's times like this in our country and in our city

when we begin to see how important it is to have some one another's in our life. Like, do you have people

that are loving you and praying for you? If you run out of toilet paper, do you have people that are loving you and praying for you?

If you run out of toilet paper, do you have any friends that you can call and say,

hey, I need a little help?

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