authentic community we are stsa – part 2 may 20, 2012
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AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY We are STSA – Part 2 May 20, 2012. LIMITLESS ACCEPTANCE. We believe that every person who enters our church is the most important person in the world. That person is sent by God and should be loved and accepted as such. AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY. What is community?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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AUTHENTIC COMMUNITYWe are STSA – Part 2
May 20, 2012
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We believe that every person who enters our church is the most important person in the world. That person is sent by God and should be loved and accepted as such.
LIMITLESS ACCEPTANCE
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AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY
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What is community?
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“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.”
Romans 12:5
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“Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread…
Acts 2:44-47
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…from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”
Acts 2:44-47
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…from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”
Acts 2:44-47
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“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him…” Colossians 2:6
1) WALK WITH one another
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1) WALK WITH one another
Community is God’s answer to LONELINESS
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“Two are better than one…for if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls for he has no one to help him up” Ecclesiastes 4:10
2) WATCH OUT FOR one another
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“Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12
2) WATCH OUT FOR one another
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2) WATCH OUT FOR one another
Community is God’s answer to DEFEAT
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“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11
3) WAIT & WEEP with one another
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3) WAIT & WEEP with one another
Community is God’s answer to DESPAIR
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Where am I going to find friends like that?
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Where am I going to find friends like that?
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“Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”
Philippians 2:3-4
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“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25
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Life & Leisure Groups
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