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Title: Friendships That Go Through the Roof


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So in Christ we who are many form one body, and
each member belongs to all the others.
40 Day Memory Verses
This Week Romans 125
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Many people are disconnected and do not have a
strong sense of community.
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With billions of people in the world, someone
should be able to figure out a system where no
one is lonely.
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Community is important to God because it is
rooted in the being of God.
Let us make man in our image, in our
likenessGenesis 126
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Community is important to God because it is
rooted in the being of God.
It is not good for man to be alone. Genesis
218
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For most people, there are 2 very powerful
experiences in life
  • Achieving
  • Connecting

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It is in the experience of community where God
often meets us.
For where two or three gather together in my
name, I am there among them. Matt. 1820
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Definition of community people who are known and
loved by people who have an irrational commitment
to the well being of its members.
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A community of loving people is Gods signature.
His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us
into his own family by bringing us to himself
through Jesus Christ. And this gave him great
pleasure. Eph. 15 NLT
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Mark 21-3
page 991
page 695
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Community Builder 1 Develop the habit of making
healthy friendships family life.
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Community Builder 1 Develop the habit of making
healthy friendships family life.
Healthy friendships care for one another without
asking, Whats in it for me?
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Benefits to healthy friendships family life
  • Protection from lifes storms-

Two people can accomplish more than twice as
much as one they get a better return for their
labor. If one person falls, the other can reach
out and help. But people who are alone when they
fall are in real troubleA person standing alone
can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand
back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better,
for a triple-braided cord is not easily
broken. Eccl. 49-10,12
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Benefits to healthy friendships family life
  • Acceptance and belonging

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born
to help in time of need. Prov. 1717
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Benefits to healthy friendships family life
  • Identifying blind spots

Wounds from a friend are better than many kisses
from an enemy. Prov. 276
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Community Builder 2 Be a roof crasher. Mark
24-5
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Community Builder 2 Be a roof crasher. Mark
24-5
Do you have any idea what your faith can do for a
friend?
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Community Builder 2 Be a roof crasher. Mark
24-5
Sometimes the barriers that keep you from being a
roof crasher and experiencing community are
surprisingly fragile
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Community Builder 2 Be a roof crasher. Mark
24-5
Sometimes the barriers that keep you from being a
roof crasher and experiencing community are
surprisingly fragile
Time Not wanting to risk
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Community Builder 3 Practicing hospitality
toward others.Mark 212
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Community Builder 3 Practicing hospitality
toward others.Mark 212
Practicing hospitality may cost you something in
terms of time, convenience, and resources but God
may use it to do something extraordinary in the
lives of others.
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Community Buster 1-Too Crowded Mentality Mark
2 2,4a
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Community Buster 1-Too Crowded Mentality Mark
2 2,4a
Make room for others who have needs.
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Community Buster 2-Negative, Critical, Divisive
AttitudeMark 26-11
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Community Buster 2-Negative, Critical, Divisive
AttitudeMark 26-11
God desires we have a spirit of thankfulness and
gratitude and to work hard to preserve the unity
of the Spirit.
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Community Buster 3-Rigidity Traditionalism
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Community Buster 3-Rigidity Traditionalism
True community flourishes in an environment where
the church is majoring on the major issues of
loving people and bringing people to God by
meeting their needs.
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Be a Community Builder,not a Community Buster!
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