When we make room for more of God we are filled with more from God.

If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life.
Mark 8:35

“Our entire society right now is built around and predicated upon self-indulgence. We are people who give in to our own appetites, caring nothing about the consequences. ‘I gots to get mine’ is the banner over humanity in our day and age. But the Bible makes the argument, that the more you live your life by your stomach, the more things unravel regarding what you long for and want.” —Pastor Matt Chandler

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. ⁴³ Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. ⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common. ⁴⁵ They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. ⁴⁶ Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:42-47

• Gathering and Generosity was a priority.

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer… ⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common.
Acts 2:42,44

• We were created for

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God has planted eternity in the hearts of men…
Ecclesiastes 3:11b

“Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.” —Billy Graham

Let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith…
Hebrews 10:22

Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should…
Romans 8:26a

The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who reverence him.
Psalm 103:13

¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John 5:14,15

“If you feel helpless in the midst of a culture in chaos own the ground beneath your knees, there is power in prayer.” —Louie Giglio

• We were created to

for one another.

“The single greatest National Public Health threat in America is loneliness.” —Surgeon General

⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ⁹ Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
1 Peter 4:8,9

As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Ephesians 4:16b

If one person falls another can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble.
Ecclesiastes 4:10

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• We were created to

one another.

(Jesus) “Your attitude must be like my own, for I did not come to be served, but to serve…”
Matthew 20:28

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10

All of you together are the one body of Christ, and each of you is a separate and necessary part of it.
1 Corinthians 12:27

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Will you make room for more of God so you will be filled with more from God?