OCTOBER 30, 2022
SERIES: CREATING A HEALTHY CHURCH

HEALTH NEEDS EACH OTHER

Rom. 12:5b – Since we are all on body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others.

1. I Need Others To Walk With Me.

Col. 2:6-7 – Just as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.

Gen. 2:18 – It is not good for man to be alone.

Heb. 10:25a – Let us not give up the habit of meeting together. Instead, let us encourage one another.

• Community is God’s answer to loneliness.

Eph. 4:16 – As each part does its work, it helps the other parts grow, so Christ’s whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

I Peter 4:9 – Open your homes to each other without complaining.

2. I Need Others To Work With Me.

Eph. 2:10 – God made us to do good works, which He planned in advance for us to live our lives doing.

Ecc. 4:9 – Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together.

• Community is God’s answer to fatigue.
Gal. 6:10 – Every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.

3. I Need Others To Watch Out For Me.

Ph. 2:4 – Look out for one another’s interests, not just for your own.

Heb. 13:1 – Keep being concerned about each other as the Lord’s followers should.

Ecc. 4:12 – A 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.

• Community is God’s answer to defeat.

Eccl. 4:10 – If one person falls, another can reach out and help. But people who are alone when they fall are in real trouble.

4. I Need Others To Wait and Weep With Me.

I Peter 3:8a You should be like on big family, full of sympathy toward each other.

I Cor. 12:26 – If one member suffers, all suffer together.

• Community is God’s answer to despair.

Rom. 12:15 – Be happy with those who are happy, weep with those who weep.

I Th. 5:11 – Encourage each other and strengthen one another.

5. I Need Others To Witness With Me.

John 13:35 – Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciple.

II Tim. 1:7 – The Holy Spirit doesn’t want you to be afraid of people, but to be wise and strong, and to love them and enjoy being with them.

• God’s answer to fear is COMMUNITY.

Ph. 1:27b – You are working together and struggling side by side to get others to believe the Good News.