Piercing Truth

11 Hindi ko sinasabi ito dahil sa kayo'y pinaghahanapan ko ng tulong. Natutunan ko nang masiyahan, maging anuman ang aking kalagayan. 12 Alam ko kung paano maghikahos; alam ko rin kung paano managana; natutunan ko na ang sikreto kung paano masiyahan sa anumang kalagayan sa buhay, ang mabusog o ang magutom, ang managana o ang maghirap. 13 Ang lahat ng ito'y magagawa ko dahil sa lakas na kaloob sa akin ni Cristo.

Filipos 4:11-13

In the drive to build a large church, elders can lose sight of what is most important—congregational discipleship. A large congregation might be spiritually mature, but it could also be that the tares outnumber the wheat in a given locale. The same dynamics are true of smaller churches as well. Let us encourage our pastors and elders to do the work of discipleship, and may we seek to be involved as well, according to our circumstances and abilities.

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