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Devoted to True Community (Romans 12:1, 9-16)
Romans 12:1, 9-16 NIV
True community is defined by devoted love.
* What true community is (v.9-10)
* What true community does (v. 9-10, 11-16)
* Where true community begins (Rom. 12:1)
“Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.”
1 John 2:6
The result is loneliness has become our common dilemma
“Emotional isolation is a more dangerous health risk than smoking and high blood pressure. Suffering is a given; suffering alone is intolerable.”
What true community is (Rom. 12:10)
Romans 12:10 NIV
True community is defined by devoted love, love like a family.
What true community does (Romans 12:9)
Romans 12:9 NIV
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:34-35
Where true community begins
"Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.”
“…but God demonstrates his love for us in this: While we were still sinners Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
True community begins with people ever grateful, humbled by God’s love for them in Jesus Christ!
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
I Corinthians 11:23-24
In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
I Corinthians 11:25
For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:26
True community is defined by devoted love.
Take a step.
Ask the hard question.
Pray for a devoted heart.
Make the move.
True community is defined by devoted love.
THIS WEEK'S WORSHIP SET LIST
Fountains
Song of Moses
It is well
Come to the river
New Wine
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