Be Still And Know

Philippians 1:9–10 I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.  You may be a member of lots of organisations, such as the National Trust, a car breakdown service, a political party or a sports club. If I asked you whether your relationship with those organisations was growing, you would probably think that was a very odd question. You would probably just think of yourself as being in or out – a member or not a member. The idea of having a developing relationship with the organisations wouldn’t seem relevant. The problem is that many people look at the Church in exactly the same way. They are members of a local church but would never think of it as a relationship that was changing or needed to change. Throughout Paul’s writing he saw his relationship with Christ as being something that was constant