In the final week of the Devoted series, we focus on what it means to be a church family. Fellowship is more than just gathering—it’s a deep, sacrificial togetherness, modeled by the early church. Despite the messiness of family, we are called to love, restore, and remain devoted to one another. The world often sees the church as judgmental rather than loving, revealing a gap between who we are called to be and how we are perceived. Today, we are invited to step into deeper devotion and truly live as a family, serving and loving like Jesus.

In Acts 2:42-47, the early church’s devotion to communion was central to their life together. In the third sermon of our “Devoted” series, we explored how communion is more than a ritual—it is a sacred encounter with Christ, a unifying act for the body of believers, and a proclamation of redemption. When we approach the table with expectancy, we step into the grace and restoration Christ offers. Let’s commit to making communion a defining practice in our lives, just as the early church did, and experience its transformative power.

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