Living in Community
September 8, 2007
Small Group Fair — Fall2007
Speaker: Brian T. Anderson
- Introduction
- Gen. 2:18 (NAS) “Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
- John 17:21 (NLT) My prayer for all of them is that they will be one, just as you and I are one, Father—that just as you are in me and I am in you, so they will be in us, and the world will believe you sent me.
- “Community” - - The experience of knowing and being known, loving and being loved, serving and being served, celebrating and being celebrated.
- Living in Community
- Knowing and Being Known
- Psalm 38:6-8 (NLT) 6I am bent over and racked with pain. My days are filled with grief.7A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.8I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
- Psalm 38:17 (NLT) I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain.
- Loving and Being Loved
- Matt. 22:37-39 (NLT) 37Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’38This is the first and greatest commandment.39A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Serving and Being Served
- John 13:4-5 (NLT) 4So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist,5and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he had around him.
- Celebrating and Being Celebrated
- Song of Sol. 4:9 (NLT) You have ravished my heart, my treasure, my bride. I am overcome by one glance of your eyes.
- Song of Sol. 8:6-7 (NLT) 6“Place me like a seal over your heart, or like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, and its jealousy is as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.7Many waters cannot quench love; neither can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with everything he owned, his offer would be utterly despised.”
- Conclusion
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