PLUGGED IN
WEEK 2 - PLUGGED INTO COMMUNITY
WHEN SOMETHING NEEDS POWER TO WORK, IT MUST BE PLUGGED IN!
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20
COMMUNITY IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE…
YOU MIGHT BE ONE
When [Saul] came to Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus. 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. Acts 9:26-28
THREE TYPES OF FRIENDS EVERY PERSON NEEDS:
RUTH: A FRIEND THAT ALWAYS
“But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters; why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? But Ruth said: “Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”” Ruth 1:11, 16-17
CHEMISTRY IS
JONATHAN: A FRIEND WHO REMINDS YOU OF GOD’S
While David was at Horesh in the Desert of Ziph, he learned that Saul had come out to take his life. 16 And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God. “And he said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Even my father Saul knows that.””1 Samuel 23:15-17
BE A FRIEND ON THE
SAMUEL: A FRIEND WHO SEES GODS
…Then the Lord said, “Rise and anoint him; this is the one.” 13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David. 1 Samuel 16:12-13
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17 NLT
YOU CAN GET SOMEWHERE IN LIFE WITHOUT A MENTOR, JUST NEVER WHERE GOD WANTS YOU TO BE!