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Give yourself to the church

"After a true Christian has given himself or herself to the Lord, the very next act should be to give themselves to the Christian Church; they should at once assay, as Paul did, to be united to the brethren of Christ. Somewhere in the district where he lives, if there be a Christian church, the new-born believer should at once seek fellowship with others who love his Lord, because saved by his grace. The right way to do this is to give himself. Not his name, his money, not his mere presence, his sympathy, his active labours: all these are part of the gift; but the soul of it all is, to give himself. In the whole force and weight of his influence, personality, and ability, so far as God shall help him, he is to give up to the Church."

–Charles Spurgeon, from a sermon preached on 2 Corinthians 8:5, October 24, 1869.