They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42
Four things are mentioned in this text that seems to be the center of the first and youngest Christian church, as it is described in the New Testament.
1) The teachings of the apostles’.
2) The fellowship.
3) The breaking of bread.
4) Prayer.
Four foundation stones. Four pillars deeply driven into the ground. Four concrete bases, one in each corner. Yes... Then the house of God stands firm.
That is how the church in the book of Acts was built, and this is how we are trying to build SOS Church Stockholm.
Today we, (SOS staff), have been on a boat all day, going from Kapellskär to Mariehamn. A one day cruise in the Swedish/Finnish archipelago with a huge Christmas buffet on the meny. We have laughed, had coffee, played cards, played with the kids, played chess and just hung out with each other… So much fun! So spiritual. So important. It is so good for a church and its leader to just rest, with no demands, work or effective activity; it is called fellowship.
We run six Bible Schools in SOS, preaching and teaching from the Bible seven days a week… We celebrate communion in our house churches and with our families around the kitchen table on a regular basis. We pray, fast, do spiritual warfare and have prayer nights.
Let this Christmas be a time of fellowship without demands for you, your family and your siblings in the church. Laugh, talk and rest together! Enjoy each other’s friendship and sense of humor!
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
2 Cor 13:14
See ya!
