I copy/pasted this from John Piper's Instagram post Sunday October 8th. (I'll link his page below) I thought this was a powerful thing to consider as we head into the first Bible Study since Warriors For Christ Online started:
"Make your meeting together with believers a meeting specifically for the empowering to love.⠀ ⠀ Don’t be unintentional when you get together. Don’t just say, Christian fellowship is good, so we are going to get together and talk. It is good. And talking is wonderful, but the stakes are too high these days to be that casual and lackadaisical about your gathering.⠀ ⠀ Verse 24 says, 'Consider one another in order to stir each other up to love and good works' (literal translation). There is a clear goal. We are meeting so that when we leave, we will have more power to love, more resources to love, more motivation to love, more wisdom to love and do good works, so that people will see our good works, as Jesus said, and give glory to our Father in heaven. The visible glory of God is at stake.⠀ ⠀ And not only is there a clear goal, there is a kind of urgent intentionality. The word 'Consider' suggests that we come on the lookout for how we can specifically help other people get power to love. We don’t just drift into a 20:20 meeting thinking about all kinds of worldly things. We come on a mission. We come 'considering,' on the lookout, watching, listening. What does David need tonight? What would help Noël be stronger tonight?⠀ ⠀ So the fourth point is, be intentional in your coming together. Aim at empowering each other to love and good works."⠀