{"id":1438,"asset_id":"1746","title":"\"Unity in the Midst of Diversity\" -\u00a0Brian and Candice Simmons, Wichita, KS","alias":"brother-lawrence-of-the-resurrection-how-the-habitual-sense-of-god-s-presence-was-found","introtext":"<div class=\"post-header\">\r\n<div>\r\n<div align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.elijahlist.com\/faces\/Brian_Candice_Simmons_2020_600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"79\" style=\"float: left;\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"center\" \/><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"email_title_2014\" align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\"Unity in the Midst of Diversity\" -&nbsp;Brian and Candice Simmons, Wichita, KS<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"word-truncate\">\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Receive One Another as God Has Received Us<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">God's beautiful family is amazingly diverse. Many nations, tribes, languages, and cultures make up the wondrous Body of Christ. For this reason, the Church is an opportunity for each one of us to mature. We must embrace each other's uniqueness and diversity. This requires love and grace.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We are like a cluster of grapes, because individually we are less powerful than we are collectively. The new wine is found in the cluster. The blessing and fullness of the Spirit are experienced and flow from our unity<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Here is what Yahweh says, 'As new wine is found in the cluster and someone says, \"Don't destroy it, for there is a blessing in it\"...'\" (Isaiah 65:8 TPT, emphasis mine)<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Offer an open hand of fellowship to welcome every true Believer, even though their faith may be weak and immature. And refuse to engage in debates with them concerning nothing more than opinions. For example, one Believer has no problem with eating all kinds of food, but another with weaker faith will eat only vegetables. The one who eats freely shouldn't judge and look down on the one who eats only vegetables. And the vegetarian must not judge and look down on the one who eats everything. Remember, God has welcomed him and taken him as His partner.\" (Romans 14:1-3 TPT)<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\"><strong>A Gnat versus a Camel&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elijahlist.com\/words\/display_word.html?ID=28757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1 class=\"post-title unpublished\">&nbsp;<\/h1>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2023-01-23 14:09:13","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2023-01-23 14:13:18","modified_by":"873","checked_out":"873","checked_out_time":"2023-01-23 14:09:37","publish_up":"2023-01-23 14:09:13","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":2,"ordering":"0","metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":"0","metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}