When we stand together

I'm still thinking about what it means to be a part of God's Church.  It doesn't have physical boundaries, nor temporal restrictions.  So what is the Church, really?  The Church is us.  It's you, and me, and all of the thousands and thousands of people who have bent their knee to the Lord Jesus Christ.  The Church is people.  And we are called to take care of people, to take care of the Church.  It's a joy, it's a privilege....but it's also a sacrifice and difficult.  It's not something that we can do by ourselves.  But together, and with His help, we can.  So let's stand together and take care of His Church.

We must stand together

By Nickleback

One more depending on a prayer, And we all look away
People pretending everywhere, It's just another day
There's bullets flying through the air, And they still carry on
We watch it happen over there, And then just turn it off

[Chorus]
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
We must stand together
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
There's no giving in
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
Hand in hand forever
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
That's when we all win
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, yeah
That's, that's, that's when we all win
That's, that's, that's when we all win

They tell us everything's all right, And we just go along
How can we fall asleep at night, When something's clearly wrong
When we could feed a starving world, With what we throw away
But all we serve are empty words, That always taste the same

[Bridge]

The right thing to guide us, Is right here inside us
No one can divide us, When the light is nearly gone
But just like a heartbeat, The drum beat carries on
And the drum beat carries on, Just like a heartbeat

Isaiah 58:6-10
 ⁶ “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
   and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
   and break every yoke?
⁷ Is it not to share your food with the hungry
   and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe them,
   and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
⁸ Then your light will break forth like the dawn,
   and your healing will quickly appear;
then your righteousness will go before you,
   and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
⁹ Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;
   you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
   “If you do away with the yoke of oppression,
   with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
¹⁰ and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry
   and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness,
   and your night will become like the noonday.