Quotes about Fellowship

The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.

The only way is by mortifying our own wills which are always obtruding themselves. And the only way to do this is by letting Christ alone reign in our hearts, by surrendering our wills completely to him, by living in fellowship with Jesus and by following him. Then we can pray that his will may be done.

In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don't insist on your rights, don't blame each other, don't judge or condemn each other, don't find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts…

The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.

The evidence that a person has truly opened their life to Christ is continued fellowship with Christ.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.

A willingness to share our possessions with one another is a very important aspect of true biblical community.

This is fellowship: sharing with one another what God is teaching through the Scriptures, and this is an important part of true community.

It is not the fact that we are united in common goals or purposes that makes us a community. Rather, it is the fact that we share a common life in Christ.

Without this relationship with God, there can be no spiritual relationship with one another.

God does not require a perfect, sinless life to have fellowship with Him, but He does require that we be serious about holiness, that we grieve over sin in our lives instead of justifying it, and that we earnestly pursue holiness as a way of life.