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1 Corinthians chapter 12, verse 26.

If one member suffers, all suffer together.

If one member is honored, all rejoice together.

Oh, this is such a good verse, powerful imagery at the end of a whole chapter

filled with this imagery of followers of Jesus being members of the body of Christ. And every member

matters. And they're so interconnected that what one member is going through, another member experiences,

you think about, well, I've experienced back pain in my life.

Like when my lower back is hurting, it affects all my members.

And it brings me to the ground.

And some of you have experienced that and other things in your body where one member is suffering

and the whole body is suffering.

That's the imagery here.

And similarly, when you're feeling good, then the whole body's feeling good.

So picture the body of Christ that you know, maybe your local church.

And I just want to encourage you today, who is someone that's a member of the body of

Christ that you're a part of your local church who is suffering?

And how can you step into that suffering with them in prayer and encourage them?

Let them know today that you are alongside

them in their suffering, that they're not alone, that you're hurting, obviously, probably not

at the same level or depth that they're hurting, but that you're with them, that you're

grieved and burdened over what is heavy in their lives on their hearts.

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