Hope for Community
In his great mercy he has given us new birth in to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
1 Peter 1:3
1. We are tempted to do life
A. I can handle it on my own.
B. If they only knew the truth about me…
C. It’s not worth it.
2. Jesus faced the
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Hebrews 4:15
At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.
Mark 1: 12-13
3. Jesus stretched to be in
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Mark 1:16-17
Three Ways to Stretch into Community
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name.
Philippians 2:5-9
A. Realize your
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage.
Philippians 2:6
B. Serve
rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
Philippians 2:7
C.
And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— likeness even death on a cross!
Philippians 2:8
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