"The Holy Spirit puts within the hearts of all genuine believers a desire for authentic community".- Frank Viola, Reimagining Church.
There are some I do experience authentic community with- a dear couple God brought into our life, Connie and Beas, Nick and I call them "our parents" -a few with church-body I attend - and then the people God brought into my life since 2008. I guess to me they are the Exchanged Life people although I hate to label them. They are my 'authentic community' - I feel more myself around the people I mentioned above than I do other believers. Sometimes I feel when I am with the other believers church is a thing people do, not WHO we are.
I am thankful for the authentic community God has brought into my life. I just long to be with them more-
just more. : )
Well, amen!
A child of God- beloved, holy, righteous, blameless, healed, forgiven, brand new, sheep, salt, light, a branch, temple of God, reconciled, a saint, God's workmanship, hidden with Christ in God, an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life, a partaker, a living stone- crucified with Christ, I no longer live but Christ lives IN ME!
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