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Designed For Connection | FRIENDS (Pt.1) | Filipe Santos

Designed For Connection | FRIENDS (Pt.1) | Filipe Santos

📺 LIVE ONLINE SERVICES each Sunday at 8:30am | 10:00am | 11:30am PT ◾️ Are you someone who is looking for authentic friendships but finds it difficult to establish them? We often recognize the need for trusted friends, but we struggle with how to cultivate meaningful relationships. ◾️ God designed humans to thrive in connection with one another, yet today's generation is reported to be the loneliest in history. The statistics are alarming. Why has it become so challenging to embrace the joy of companionship? Why are we losing the ability to build friendships? ◾️ As God's children, He desires for us to be a source of true friendships. How can we make time for these powerful connections, and how might they transform our spiritual and emotional well-being? ◾️ Join us as we kick off our important series, "Friends." Together, let us explore the steps we can take to build meaningful relationships that have a lasting impact on our minds and souls. Let’s learn to become a community that fosters love, trust, and togetherness. ✅ Check-in to let us support you in your journey. If you’re new here, you’ll also receive a free digital gift card! https://echo.church/checkin → ✋ Decided to follow Jesus? We’d love to guide you in the next steps in your faith journey! https://echo.church/yes → 💌 If this message encourages you, SHARE IT with a friend! LIKE & subscribe so you don’t miss our latest videos. → 🙏🏽Need Prayer? TEXT our Prayer Line: (408) 716-1675 Thanks for joining us! ====================

Locations & Times

Echo.Church | North San Jose Campus

1180 Murphy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

Sunday 4:00 PM

Sunday 5:30 PM

|| “The thing that I’m obsessing about right now is friendship. There’s an entire industry to help us be better leaders. There’s an entire industry to help us be better parents. An industry to help us eat better, exercise better, sleep better… and yet there’s barely anything on how to be a friend. And if you think about all the mental health challenges that so many of us are facing—whether it’s coping with stress, depression, anxiety, addiction—with longevity, friendship is the ultimate bio hack that literally fixes all those things.”
~Simon Sinek
🔊 I Was Designed For CONNECTION.

đź“ś Genesis 1:26 (VOICE) đź“ś

"God: Now let Us conceive a new creation—humanity—made in Our image, fashioned according to Our likeness. And let Us grant them authority over all the earth—the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, the domesticated animals and the small creeping creatures on the earth."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.1.26&version=VOICE

đź“ś Genesis 1:26 (VOICE) đź“ś

"God: Now let Us conceive a new creation—humanity—made in Our image, fashioned according to Our likeness. And let Us grant them authority over all the earth—the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, the domesticated animals and the small creeping creatures on the earth."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.1.26&version=VOICE
đź’ˇ CORE TRUTHS:
1. We Were DESIGNED For CONNECTION.

đź“ś Genesis 2:18 (VOICE) đź“ś

"After God gives man this directive, He realizes something is missing. It is not good for the man to be alone, so I will create a companion for him, a perfectly suited partner."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202:18&version=VOICE
2. We Were Designed For CONNECTION With PEOPLE And With GOD.
3. We Cannot FLOURISH Without Being Connected To GOD And PEOPLE.
4. INTIMATE CONNECTIONS Happens Best FACE-TO-FACE.

đź“ś 1 Corinthians 13:12 (VOICE) đź“ś

"For now, we can only see a dim and blurry picture of things, as when we stare into polished metal. I realize that everything I know is only part of the big picture. But one day, when Jesus arrives, we will see clearly, face-to-face. In that day, I will fully know just as I have been wholly known by God."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013:12&version=VOICE
|| “We found that all forms of socialization aren’t equal. Phone calls and digital communication, with friends or family members, do not have the same power as face-to-face social interactions in helping to stave off depression.”
~Alan Teo, M.D., M.S., lead author, assistant professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University
đź’ˇ By Increasing My FACE-TO-FACE Time With God And People, My Life Can Be POWERFULLY TRANSFORMED.
CASUAL Friends Are Made Through CIRCUMSTANCES (accidently)
CLOSE Friends Are Made Through CHOICES (intentionally)
CORE Friends Are Made With A COST (sacrificially)
âť” What do you sense God asking you to do with today's message?
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🎶 Worship Songs 🎶
Move Of God 🎵 - by SEU Worship
Promises 🎵 - by North Point Worship
Sing The Name 🎵 - by The Belonging Co

đź“š Friends Series Resources đź“š

Let’s be honest — most people today lack authentic friendships and real intimacy. We recognize the need for trusted friends but struggle to cultivate meaningful connections. This series will help you create a strong foundation of friendships that leads to a more fulfilling emotional, relational, and spiritual life. Click on the link below to view more resources for our Friends Series.
https://www.echo.church/friends/#resources

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 FRIENDS (Pt. 1): Designed For Connection 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Watch the video message on-demand on YouTube. [UPDATE LINK i& TITLE] #2 Wisdom. (Local) #3 Harnessing The Power Of Your Words. (Filipe) #4 Reconciliation. (Filipe)
https://youtube.com/live/lPeMuNwzvMo?feature=share

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About Echo.Church

We are a Christian church who desires to be a community defined by our love for God and for people. Whether you are curious about God, exploring Christianity, or wanting to mature in your existing relationship with God, we invite you to attend one of our practical teaching series on the weekend. Feel free to bring your friends with you!

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