DON'T GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER

Let’s be real—it’s easy to drift from community. Life gets busy. Schedules get messy. You miss a Sunday or a group gathering and tell yourself you’ll be back next week… but next week turns into next month, and before long, isolation starts to feel like the new normal. Hebrews 10 speaks directly about that drift, urging believers to keep showing up. “Let us 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.”
This passage isn’t just about attendance—it’s about encouragement, accountability, and shared formation. When we gather—whether on a Sunday morning, in a small group, over coffee, or around a dinner table—we remind each other what’s true. We help carry each other’s burdens. We get stirred up to love and do good deeds. And let’s be honest, sometimes just seeing someone else worship, pray, or keep going through a hard season builds our own faith more than anything else.
The longer we isolate, the easier it is to believe the lie that we’re alone. But showing up—even when it’s inconvenient, awkward, or imperfect—is a way we fight that lie. It’s how we practice belonging. You don’t have to be perfect to show up. You don’t even have to feel like it. But every time you do, you’re choosing faith over fear, connection over comfort, and presence over passivity. And that choice shapes you, and strengthens the Church.

• What barriers keep you from regularly engaging with your church community?
• Who has encouraged your faith recently just by showing up?

Make a plan today to be present in community this week. Show up to your small group, church service, or a coffee with a friend. Put it on your calendar. Then, go with an open heart—not just to receive encouragement, but to give it.