
Stronger Together
September 12, 2024
Welcome to Church! Whether you are joining us in person, or on line, we believe the Holy Spirit will be at work in your life. We are happy you have chosen to join us!
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.
If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls, because no one is there to help.
If two lie down together, they will be warm, but a person alone will not be warm.
An enemy might defeat one person, but two people together can defend themselves;
a rope that is woven of three strings is hard to break. NCV
Cord #1 is Jesus
When We Are Together with Jesus We Are:
1. Strong
Philippians 4:13
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
When We Are Together with Jesus We Are:
2. Fruitful
John 15:1-6
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful… Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
Cord #2 is Church/Community
Key Truth- In community, we find functionality and connection.
Romans 12:4-5
For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.