How to be in Community

Part 1 FORESIGHT: The Call to

“Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone.’” 
Genesis 2:18

Even perfect communion with God does not eliminate our need for  connection.

“All the believers were together and had everything in common.” 
Acts 2:44

Am I living in the kind of community Jesus ?

Part 2 FORMATION: What’s Required of?

“Those who love their dream of community more than the community itself become destroyers of it.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1.

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.” Philippians 2:3

2.

“Confess your sins to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed.”  James 5:16

The longer you hide, the more you become.

3.

“Bear with each other and forgive one another…” 
Colossians 3:13

Community isn’t built on the absence of; it’s built on the practice of .

4.

“They devoted themselves…” Acts 2:42

Part 3 FOUNDATION: Giving Without

You cannot live in community with others well until you first let .

“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

Only the can create the kind of community that turns heads and opens hearts.