Who are your favorite people to be around?

The People of God

Do Not Forsake the Assembling Together” Meaning 

In this passage, the Greek word used for assembling is “episunagoge,” which suggests an official meeting. This could include worship, praying, reading, teaching, hearing, and studying the Word.  

The spiritual reality and need of “do not forsake the assembling together” is more than an official meeting. It’s a call to be empowered by God and do life together. As the Body of Christ, we are to be living proof of a loving God. Hebrews 10:24 says, “… consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,” and verse 25 mentions “exhorting one another” (emphasis added). 

• Stirring Up Love: The word for “stirring up” means to incite or provoke in the best sense. To incite or provoke others in love does not mean loving just happens. Instead, we are to intentionally love, loving those who aren’t always lovable. We are to encourage them to grow in their faith journey and “work out your own salvation” as Philippians 2:12-13 says, encouraging them to water the gift of salvation from within to fruition.  
• Exhorting One Another: Exhorting means to strongly encourage. In Hebrews 3, the writer writes, “exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13). Again, we can see how assembling is God’s instruction for divine protection. When we isolate and do not strongly encourage each other in our faith journey, our hearts are at risk of hardening.  

In short, the writer of Hebrews is informing the Church “do not forsake the assembling together” so they are empowered to BE THE CHURCH.  

Forsaking fellowship gives place to discouragement, doubt, and depression, which multiply in isolation. Without fellowship, there is no stirring up love or exhorting one another.    

• “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”—Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 

Abundant life

What’s your favorite candy?

Is the type of candy that makes everything OK 😃the caramel the peanuts the chocolate heavenly.🫶🏽 When you’re having a bad day just pray and get a Snickers and it’s gonna be all right your confidence will come back and you will know, that the Lord got your back. It puts joy back into you ha ha ha. Or maybe it’s just a sugar in it.😆 🤔🤫

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

I love watching Hallmark movies. Good clean movies..

Love God and my neighbor: Believers should love God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and they should love their neighbor as themselves. Believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit when they believe in the gospel of salvation.God’s purpose for believers is to conform them to the likeness of Jesus Christ.

What could you do more of?

Read my Bible and Love people.

Love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said that the second most important command in the universe is to love our neighbor as ourselves (Mark 12:28-34 ).

What TV shows did you watch as a kid?

My favorite TV shows was Little House on the Prairie. I love Lucy ,Lassie

The Jefferson. and Star Trek..

What brings you peace?

What brings me peace is the word of God. Isaiah 26 3-4 says You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You. Trust in the LORD forever, For in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.

Matthew 24:35 says Heaven an earth will pass away, but his word will stand forever.