{"id":1335,"date":"2023-06-30T03:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T03:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chministries.org\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:00:44","slug":"ways-to-draw-strength-from-your-biblical-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chministries.org\/blog\/ways-to-draw-strength-from-your-biblical-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to draw strength from your biblical community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When you\u2019re going through a difficult time, it may be hard to connect with your biblical community. You may feel like they don\u2019t really understand what you\u2019re experiencing, or that you\u2019re an inconvenience to them when you\u2019re not feeling or acting your best.  However, God created us to dwell in a community, and His love, compassion, strength, and comfort are evidenced through the people He puts in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re going through a difficulty, medical or not, consider the ways you can draw strength from your biblical community:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draw strength from your community\u2019s help<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s often hard to admit you need help\u2014let alone accept it\u2014from others who see your weakness. We want to convince ourselves and others that we can do everything that we need to do and, most certainly, take care of ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God doesn\u2019t ask us to carry our burdens and trials alone, though. The Gospel story is all about Someone (Christ) stepping in to care for us when we could not, and saving us when we were powerless. This concept is reenacted as your Christian community surrounds you with support: By preparing a meal for you and your family, sitting and talking with you, helping you clean, or simply sending a message to say they\u2019re thinking of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draw strength from your community\u2019s prayers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When your community is praying for you, they\u2019re taking time out of their day to lift you and your needs up to God. Know that their prayers are an extension of their love for you. Even if your fellow CHM members on the other side of the country haven\u2019t met you, their love for God compels them to love you and lift you and your needs in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is great power in prayer. Throughout the Bible, we see examples of God moving powerfully through the prayers of His people. When people pray for you, God is surely at work in your life in a way that brings Him glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Draw strength from God through your community<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

God strengthens and encourages His people through their communities. Exodus 17:12<\/a>, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12<\/a>, Esther 4:16<\/a>, and Ephesians 4:1-2<\/a> all point to that. Sometimes the Holy Spirit directly leads people to care for you in specific ways. In other instances, people act out of their God-given gifts to care for you as they see your needs arise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can access God through your community in several ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n