27/10/2025
Dear Soldier of Christ Chronicle Day4
Some years ago a pastor I wholeheartedly trusted did me shege,real shege.
In fact,not just one person.
People I trusted in church really hurt me. I was gossiped about, misunderstood, and betrayed.
I had valid reasons to stop going to church.
And honestly, I did.
I stayed off church for years.
I told myself, “It’s better I just serve God on my own.”
But then, it hit me
Church isn’t about human beings.
If you go to church because of people, people will drive you away.
The truth is, the devil will often use the very people you worship with to tempt your faith.
That’s where the real dying to self begins.
Human beings are not perfect.
Don’t let the devil use human beings to take you out of God’s plan for your life in the church.
Because trust me, you’ll miss a lot if you don’t have a place where you worship and are connected.
Even people in the world understand the power of connection they always have a “place,” an altar, or a gathering that fuels their system.
You can’t just be there, floating around, saying,
I don’t go to church.”
“I just stay on my own.”
“Church people are this and that.”
No.You need a home church a place where you’re fed, covered, accountable, and nurtured.
The enemy knows he can't defeat you easily when you're in fellowship,so he tries to isolate you because isolation weakens fire.
That's why the Bible says in Hebrews 10:25 (NIV) Do not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
See besties, you can't walk with God and despise His body.
You can't say you love Jesus and reject His bride, THE CHURCH.
Fellowship isn't a church routine, it's a spiritual lifeline. Psalm 133:1-3.
When you go to church, you go to worship, to grow, to be sharpened, and to align my heart again with His presence.
There’s a reason God designed us to fellowship together.
The early believers in Acts 2:42 “continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Fellowship is part of our spiritual diet, it feeds, strengthens, and anchors us.
Because the truth is,you can’t do this Christian walk alone.
When you isolate yourself, you become an easy target for weakness, doubt, and deception.
When coals stay together, they burn hotter, when separated, they die out. Fellowship keeps your spiritual flame alive.
There are days when you won’t have the strength to pray or the zeal to study but what you’ve been fed with in fellowship, what you’ve heard and experienced in the gathering of believers, will sustain you.
It’s like having spiritual reserves.
Proverbs 27:17a says,
Iron sharpeneth iron;
That’s what fellowship does, it keeps you spiritually sharp.
You see, you can’t be lukewarm in this walk.
You can’t be halfway in, halfway out.
You’re either here or there.
Revelation 3:16 warns us Because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.”
So, dear Soldier of Christ,
Don’t let offense, pride, or disappointment isolate you.
I understand they really hurt you, you either go back there or find another living church and commit yourself.
Please go back to fellowship. Go back and die. That's where the true dieing to self and the world begins.
Plug back into your spiritual family.
Because that’s where growth happens,
that’s where your fire stays burning,
and that’s where God commands His blessing
like Psalm 133:1–3 says, “How good and pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity,for there the Lord commands the blessing, even life forevermore.”
Stay planted
Stay connected.
Stay sharpened.
Stay growing
Stay burning.
Written by Blessing Meremma Ahamefule
©Meremma D Emotional Healer
27/10/2025
