The Way of Recovery. New Covenant Grace 2.9.2025 The meeting of Grace Christian Church. We meet in person and stream services every Sunday at 10:30 AM EST in Manalapan, New Jersey.
This message focuses on the first—Body Life, emphasizing three spiritual benefits:
1. Connected Together
Believers are not meant to live isolated Christian lives but are members of Christ’s Body, deeply connected to one another (1 Corinthians 12:12-27). Since the 1970s, God has been restoring this truth through teachings such as Ray Stedman’s Body Life, which encouraged open sharing and mutual support within church gatherings. Many Christians still fail to recognize their identity as part of the Body, leading to spiritual loneliness and stagnation.
2. Equipped Together
God provides the Church with spiritual leaders (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers) not to do all the work but to equip believers for service (Ephesians 4:11-12). Many churches misunderstand this, relying on pastors to do everything instead of empowering all members to serve. True equipping involves teaching believers to be Spirit-led and to allow Christ to work through them in their daily lives.
3. Building Each Other Up Together
Church gatherings should be a place of mutual encouragement and spiritual growth. Ephesians 4:15-16 teaches that believers strengthen one another in love, allowing the Body to grow and function as God intended.
