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Looked at Acts 2 again on Sunday as we revisited what the church is and why its exists and it is striking how totally counter cultural the picture of the church there is to today's society, especially in Britain.

One particularly striking area is devotion to each other, or to togetherness. We do friendly very well, we do polite very well, we even sometimes verge on the loving in our churches (at least with the people we like). But all too often we fail at being devoted to one another.

Acts doesn't just leave us with a principle but a picture - they sell fields when another has a need, they are in and out of each others houses - no castles with the draw bridges drawn up in that church.

It has given us much to think about. Am I devoted to my church family? Do I refuse not to see them? Do I do all I can to be with them? Do I welcome people who just drop by? Have I encouraged people to just drop by? Will I just drop in on others? Will I go out of my way to love and care for them even when it is inconvenient to me?

That is what God's love and a devotion to the Bible should lead me to do.