How about them Phillies?

Sorry. This isn’t about baseball. (Though I’m dying to do that!) Philadelphia is the Greek word for brotherly love or mutual affection. It’s what we add to godliness, according to 2 Peter 1:7. Philadelphia doesn’t exactly live up to its name these days, but that’s a whole separate discussion.

Mutual affection is key to the Body of Christ. We simply walk in devotion to each other. The call throughout Scripture is to truly love one another. It takes devotion.

Ps. 133:1 — It takes unity. It takes looking out of the good of someone else before you look at your own needs.

Acts 4:32 — The love they had for each other had action. They sold their extra possessions to take care of needs. They shared possessions to make sure needs were attended to in the church.

We are called to love one another from a pure heart. We are to step out in that love and ACT. We look to out-do each other in good deeds. We look to make sure someone is taken care of so needs are being met.

One of the best ways to accomplish that is to end a conversation with this question: “What can I do for you?”

Look to lift up the other. Philadelphia.