I wonder: what comes into your mind when you hear the word, “Fellowship.” How do you understand that concept? When you think of fellowship, what do you think of? A fun time with Christian friends? Interesting and inspiring conversations? Common interests? Sharing a meal with someone? Having a snack with someone? How about the time of a church service or Bible study where the teaching is officially over and everyone gets to just hang out? And we say things like, “Oh, we had some good fellowship tonight.”
Whatever we think about fellowship, I think we can all agree that Paul and the Philippians had it. I mean, even as I read that opening passage, if you're like me those words tap into your soul's longing for that experience with other believers. We all wish we would have those deep, meaningful, substantive relationships with our brothers and sisters here at Grace Church, and in GraceLife. We want to “click” with people—and not just about superficial things, like what movies we like or what sports teams we root for, but about things that really matter. We all want the kind of Christian relationships that cause us to well up in the kind of exuberant thanksgiving that Paul expresses in these opening verses of Philippians. And yet, for many of us, that kind of thing just seems so rare—something that must have been available only to those in the early church, when they really suffered together, when they weren't as busy as we are...
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Mike Riccardi serves as the Pastor of Local Outreach Ministries at Grace Community Church, which includes overseeing Fundamentals of the Faith classes, seven foreign language outreach Bible studies, and evangelism in nearby jails, rehab centers, and in the local neighborhood....
