There is nothing more satisfying to our spirit man than God's word. However, the enemy will try to distract us with things to keep us from consuming the only thing that can refresh and nourish our inner man.

As believers we can be confident that God is never really silent because He is always speaking through His written Word. When God's word is stored in our heart, we will hear Him speaking even in those moments when it feels like He is silent.

When life become overwhelming and far more than our mind or heart can take, we must lean into God's Word to be our source of hope and strength. For in God's Word we find His promises and the healing we need for our soul.

As we have entered into a new year that has already seen its share of tragedy, we are encouraged to place our confidence in God, trusting that He is with us through both the bad and good. In our faith, we can be a testimony to the world of the great hope we have through Jesus.

It is easy for us to get caught up in the celebration of Thanksgiving -the food and watching football games with the fam- and forget to give God thanks for His continual blessings. Before we prepare the Thanksgiving Day meal, turn on our favorite college football game, or do our annual Turkey Day 5K let us take time to reflect on God's love and goodness towards us.

If we are to accomplish the things that God has assigned to us as His instruments of service, we must be willing to trust Him and entrust ourselves to His leading and guiding. We need not fear because God already knows how the end results.

The question was asked if a tree falls in the forest does it make a sound? In truth, the sound is irrelative. The reality is the tree has fallen. As believers, we are to be sensitive to one another regardless of whether we hear the sound of the mouth or the heart. We must allow the spirit of discernment to help us hear God's voice to serve one another.

Koinonia calls every believer to be in simultaneous communion with God and with His family. To fully understand the practice of communion, that which took place just before Jesus was crucified, we see in full practice in Acts 2. The act of that Jesus instituted at His last Passover continued in constant practice amongst the early believers.