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Week 4:
“Absenteeism”
Defined=
1. Habitually checking out or failing to check in.
2. Failure to be present when expected or as needed.
Too many of us are absent when we should be present and present when we should be absent.
Living in isolation is…
1. Self-exalting
Ecclesiastes 4:4 NKJV
Living in isolation is…
1. Self-exalting
2. Self-defeating
Ecclesiastes 4:5 NKJV
Living in isolation is…
1. Self-exalting
2. Self-defeating
3. Self-absorbing
Ecclesiastes 4:6-8 NKJV
Why do so many live in isolation?
HopeCC Core Value...
Community: Life is best lived in community.
Living in community leads to...
1. Satisfaction
Ecclesiastes 4:9 NKJV
Living in community leads to...
1. Satisfaction
2. Support
Ecclesiastes 4:10-11 NKJV
Living in community leads to...
1. Satisfaction
2. Support
3. Security
Ecclesiastes 4:12 NKJV
How do we create balance?
Take our queues from Jesus.
» He retreated to recharge.
» He was fully engaged when present.
Psalms 68:6 NKJV
"We have a Father with divine amnesia whose propensity to forgive our sin exceeds our proclivity to forget His grace."
—David Zahl