What Is Fellowship?

As part of my amnesia, I find that I retain only a rudimentary knowledge in and of myself concerning Christianity.  Yeah, I know I am a Christian, nope can not tell you why, can not tell you anything about coming to salvation, only fuzzy pictures in my mind of my conversion experience (thank you Debby Kramer, where ever you are!), baptism in the LaPush River with my friend Maureen Fraher, Easter 1974.  Yup that is about it.  No memory of over 40 years of teaching!  So, starting over from scratch it seems!

The need for, the requirement for Christian fellowship is important in our lives - to grow, to learn, to live!  Without it, well, you are not going to last long as a Christian and find yourself a bit sideways from where you thought you would be ...

Philemon 1-7

Verse 1:  Paul is in prison and is writing to a house church of friends.
Verse 4:  Paul is in prayer for them.
Verse 5:  Paul hears of their love and faith.
Verse 6:  Paul prays for their witness.
Verse 7:  Paul is joyful for the witness of Philemon amongst the family of God.

Wait a minute!  What the heck does this have to do with fellowship?

Philippians 1:1-8

Verses 1-2:  In essence, all are workers
Verses 3-4:  Fellowship means praying for one another
Verses 5-7:  Fellowship means serving together
Verse 6:       Fellowship means trusting God together
Verses 7-8:  Fellowship means Grace and affection

So we can see that Paul was in fellowship with those in Philemon's house church.
Paul was in fellowship with those in Philippi.

So, whom are you in Christian fellowship with? 
Whom do you pray for regularly? 
Whom do you support one way or another?

An interesting thought ...