Fellowship:
- Described as “koinonia” - sharing of one’s self with another.
- Contribution,
- As believers, we engage in transparent relationships that cultivate Christ’s love for each other and the world.
13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there werewho followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” —Mark 2:13-17
Community requires
.
Those who are
in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. —Psalm 92:13
is the essence of transformation in our lives. (2 Corinthians 3:18)
Community is driven by
.
- 1 Corthians 13
Community is founded in
.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a
of it. —1 Corinthians 12;26-27
The Practice:
- Ask the Holy Spirit how you can more fully connect and commit to community?
- Life Group Leaders - participate in a small group
- Study and practice the biblical “one anothers”
- Take a closer look at how you interact in groups. Are you a team player, good listener, authentic participant? How would others describe you? Ask people to give you feedback and offer yourself to God to become a growing, teachable participant.