GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST.
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK YOUR WORD,
GOD IT'S YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME!
CHRIST IS THE PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS.
"JESUS HAD A CRYSTAL - CLEAR PICTURE OF COMMUNITY. JESUS KNEW WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT SHOULD FEEL LIKE, AND WHAT IT SHOULD PRODUCE. JESUS PRAYED THAT YOU AND I WOULD EVENTUALLY KNOW DEEP FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHERS. BUT THAT FRIENDSHIP - THAT COMMUNITY - ONLY COMES BY UNDERSTANDING THE PARTICULAR THINGS JESUS PRAYED FOR US. IN JOHN 17, WE SEE FOUR KEY AREAS WHERE JESUS INTERCEDED ON OUR BEHALF: JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR UNITY, OUR JOY, OUR GROWTH IN TRUTH, AND OUR MISSION."
1) "JESUS MODELED ONENESS AND UNITY IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER, AND JESUS ASKED THE FATHER TO LET UNITY BE A DEFINING MARK OF THE CHURCH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT UNITY DOESN'T MEAN UNIFORMITY. BUT IN OUR DIVERSITY, WE CAN STILL BE "KEPT" UNDER THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER AND DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE TO THE WORLD AROUND US."
2) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR JOY, ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY IS THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT IT BRINGS. I AM ENCOURAGED WHEN MY FELLOWS POINT ME BACK TO JESUS. WHEN PRESSURES OF LIFE MAKE ME FORGET MY IDENTITY, MY FELLOWS REMIND ME WHO JESUS IS AND WHO JESUS DECLARED ME TO BE. MY FELLOWS REMIND ME THAT MY JOY IS FOUND IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY CREATOR, AND MY HOPE CAN ONLY BE SATISFIED BY GOD."
3) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR GROWTH IN TRUTH. WHEN I STRAY FROM TRUTH, MY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO GENTLY INSTRUCT ME IN GOD'S WORD.
NO MATTER HOW I WALK AWAY FROM TRUTH, MY FELLOWS HAVE A WORD OF TRUTH FOUND IN THE BIBLE THAT WILL CHALLENGE ME TO STAY COMMITTED TO JESUS. AND KEEP MY FEET FIXED ON THE NARROW PATH."
4) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR MISSION: WE ARE TO LIVE AS A COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE GIVE WEIGHT AND URGENCY TO OUR OTHER RELATIONSHIP WITH UNBELIEVERS. OUR LIVES SHOULD BE MARKED BY UNITY WITH OTHERS, THE JOY OF SALVATION, GROWTH IN TRUTH AND A URGENCY OF MISSION THAT BEING, THAT WE MAY ALL BE ONE. FATHER, JUST AS YOU GOD ARE IN ME CHRIST AND I CHRIST AM IN YOU GOD. MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU GOD HAVE SENT ME, CHRIST IN TO THE WORLD."
"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!
"JESUS HAD A CRYSTAL - CLEAR PICTURE OF COMMUNITY. JESUS KNEW WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT IT SHOULD FEEL LIKE, AND WHAT IT SHOULD PRODUCE. JESUS PRAYED THAT YOU AND I WOULD EVENTUALLY KNOW DEEP FRIENDSHIP WITH OTHERS. BUT THAT FRIENDSHIP - THAT COMMUNITY - ONLY COMES BY UNDERSTANDING THE PARTICULAR THINGS JESUS PRAYED FOR US. IN JOHN 17, WE SEE FOUR KEY AREAS WHERE JESUS INTERCEDED ON OUR BEHALF: JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR UNITY, OUR JOY, OUR GROWTH IN TRUTH, AND OUR MISSION."
1) "JESUS MODELED ONENESS AND UNITY IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER, AND JESUS ASKED THE FATHER TO LET UNITY BE A DEFINING MARK OF THE CHURCH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT UNITY DOESN'T MEAN UNIFORMITY. BUT IN OUR DIVERSITY, WE CAN STILL BE "KEPT" UNDER THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER AND DEMONSTRATE GOD'S LOVE TO THE WORLD AROUND US."
2) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR JOY, ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS OF COMMUNITY IS THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT IT BRINGS. I AM ENCOURAGED WHEN MY FELLOWS POINT ME BACK TO JESUS. WHEN PRESSURES OF LIFE MAKE ME FORGET MY IDENTITY, MY FELLOWS REMIND ME WHO JESUS IS AND WHO JESUS DECLARED ME TO BE. MY FELLOWS REMIND ME THAT MY JOY IS FOUND IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY CREATOR, AND MY HOPE CAN ONLY BE SATISFIED BY GOD."
3) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR GROWTH IN TRUTH. WHEN I STRAY FROM TRUTH, MY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HAS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO GENTLY INSTRUCT ME IN GOD'S WORD.
NO MATTER HOW I WALK AWAY FROM TRUTH, MY FELLOWS HAVE A WORD OF TRUTH FOUND IN THE BIBLE THAT WILL CHALLENGE ME TO STAY COMMITTED TO JESUS. AND KEEP MY FEET FIXED ON THE NARROW PATH."
4) "JESUS PRAYED FOR OUR MISSION: WE ARE TO LIVE AS A COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY. OUR PRIMARY RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE GIVE WEIGHT AND URGENCY TO OUR OTHER RELATIONSHIP WITH UNBELIEVERS. OUR LIVES SHOULD BE MARKED BY UNITY WITH OTHERS, THE JOY OF SALVATION, GROWTH IN TRUTH AND A URGENCY OF MISSION THAT BEING, THAT WE MAY ALL BE ONE. FATHER, JUST AS YOU GOD ARE IN ME CHRIST AND I CHRIST AM IN YOU GOD. MAY THEY ALSO BE IN US SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU GOD HAVE SENT ME, CHRIST IN TO THE WORLD."
"GOD I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY, I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME." (Gal.2:20)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!
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