You want to experience a miracle, COMMIT to COMMUNITY.
3 John 2: Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. If you want to experience the life of Jesus, you have to adopt the lifestyle of Jesus.
Luke 2:42-43 When Jesus was twelve years old, they attended the festival as usual. After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first,
Luke 2:46, 48-49 Three days later they finally discovered him in the Temple, sitting among the religious teachers, listening to them and asking questions. His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.” “But why did you need to search?” he asked. “Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
Psalm 92:12-13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalm 92:14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
Mark 3:13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.
Mark 3:13-15 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.
3 Qualities I Am Looking For In A Community
Mark 3:14 He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach
Commit to a community that LOVES JESUS.
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”—Jim Rohn
Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
My community that loves Jesus: MY LOCAL CHURCH
2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
Mark 3:14 He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach Commit to a community that is ON MISSION.
Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
My community that is on mission: DREAM TEAM
Every member is a MINISTER.
Every task is IMPORTANT.
Everyone is a 10 at something.
Mark 3:14-15 He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.
Commit to a community that BRINGS FREEDOM.
James 5:16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
We go to Christ for our FORGIVENESS.
We go to church for our FREEDOM.
James 5:16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
My community that brings freedom: CONNECT GROUPS
