Everyday Faith: Humble Everyday

INTRO:

• The Voices of the World
  • Appetite says, “Be sensuous, enjoy yourself.”
  • Education says, “Be resourceful, expand yourself.”
  • Materialism says, “Be satisfied, please yourself.”
  • Psychology says, “Be confident, fulfill yourself.”
  • Pride says, “Be superior, promote yourself.”
  • Humanism says, “Be capable believe in yourself.”
  • God says, “Be wise, humble yourself.”
    • Proverbs 18:12
      • Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
        • D.L. Moody.
          • Be humble or you’ll stumble. 
• Today is titled: Humble Everyday
• I know many of your are asking, why are we talking about humility and concluding with it in a series about practices and tools a follower of Jesus should engage/“do” every day?
• If we engage the 4 tools/practices we covered in this series:
  • Prayer
  • Scripture reading
  • Serving
  • Fellowship/Community
    • Without the proper heart posture then we are inevitably going to be frustrated, dejected, burdened, or self-righteous.
      • We must recognize at the foundation of it all that we are sinners in desperate need of His grace.
        • And so in the practice of our salvation, our discipleship/apprenticeship to Jesus—humility combats self-righteousness
• It’s sometimes a challenge to walk in humility because, frankly, we want what we want.
  • We want the kingdom without the king, the saving without the sacrifice.

• We are prone to be prideful about what we “DO” and “doing” or practices have been what this series has been about
• Either pride will keep you from these tools/practices as I would refer to them or you will practice them with the wrong posture of heart (pridefully) and you will not see real and lasting fruit from God’s spirit in your life.
  • The practices place us before God so he can do His real work in us, bringing us closer to His image.
    • But pride will get in the way EVERY TIME unless it is confessed and repented of.
• We have probably all said or at least heard the phrase, “That was a humbling experience.”
  • So I acquired from good ole Google
• What does “it was a humbling experience mean?”
  • /ˈhʌm.bəl.ɪŋ/ causing someone to understand that they are not as important or special as they thought: humbling experience It’s a humbling experience to see people being so positive about life when they have so little.
• What does humbling mean in slang?
  • If someone says “you humbled me “ means that he has been made to feel modest. Or undeserving. Generally meaning he feels he really doesn’t live up to the compliment, or action, or gift.

• What does a humble person act like?
  • Humble people have accurate opinions of themselves, put accomplishments into perspective, and believe that they are not better than others. Humility is characterized by gratitude and the freedom from arrogance and entitlement. A humble person acknowledges mistakes and is aware of limitations.
    • Maybe you’ve heard it said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is just thinking of yourself less”…I see why that might work from a worldly perspective but it doesn’t quote work for the biblical one.
      • The humble person is not one who thinks meanly of himself; he simply does not think of himself at all!
        • Tim Keller – Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
          • “What are the marks of a heart that has been radically changed by the grace of God? If we trust in Christ, what should our hearts be like? It is not simply a matter of morally virtuous behaviour. It is quite possible to do all sorts of morally virtuous things when our hearts are filled with fear, with pride or with a desire for power. We are talking about hearts that have been changed, at the root, by the grace of God — and what that looks like in real life.”

PRAYER

MESSAGE:

• Matthew 11:28-30 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

• Chuck Swindoll commentates it this way,
  • “I am gentle. I am humble. These are servant terms. Gentle means “strength under control.” It is used of a wild stallion that has been tamed. Humble in heart means “lowly”—the word picture of a helper. Unselfishness and thoughtfulness are in the description. It doesn’t mean weak and insignificant, however. Frankly, I find it extremely significant that when Jesus lifts the veil of silence and once for all gives us a glimpse of Himself, the real stuff of His inner person, He uses gentle and humble. When we read that God the Father is committed to forming us to the image of His Son, qualities such as these are what He wants to see emerge. We are never more like Christ than when we fit into His description of Himself.
    • • SO WHAT ABOUT YOU, HOW IS YOUR GENTLENESS AND HUMILITY?

• Philippians 2:1-8
  • Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.
  • 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
• Lowliness of mind is a good way to describe this humility the Paul is addressing
  • One Pastor said, “Lowliness/humility is the opposite of living with a sense of entitlement.”
    • Do you walk through life mainly feeling, ”YOU OWE ME____________”
      • You owe me a certain look on Sunday morning
      • You owe me a certain level of consideration before others
      • You owe me because I have kept the rules/commands much better then most people I know
      • YOU OWE ME BECAUSE WELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU DO
        • And I get MAD when you don’t pay!
          • If that is your basic orientation, this pastor continued, then you aren’t humble.
            • Who in the world can be like that?
              • Christians…
              • Paul in Romans 1:14 — debtor/obligated to EVERYONE — He was saying I owe everyone and no one owes me anything
              • How does he get to this place?
              • He is absolutely stunned by the grace of God
                • Pastor continued, “When He owed you nothing but Hell he went to hell for you. Until you are stunned by that you will have a sense of entitlement. You will walk through life with the basic orientation —“You owe me…” when God’s grace hits you with stunning force that you were owed hell and you got heaven instead at the cost of the life son of God in the flesh…so much for your sense of entitlement —it’s over—humility happens.”
        • Someone might ask, “Does this mean I have to see myself as garbage or something lesser first?”
          • NO!
            • You have to realize first that you were created in the image of God and sin has distorted that image so you can’t actually be the good you were truly created to be, and that sin has a wage and that is death.
              • Realizing that you deserve death/hell but you can have life/heaven because someone paid your debt in full
                • THAT SHOULD ABSOLUTELY STUN YOU — WRECK YOU — CHANGE YOU
• Listen y’all, this is a war.
  • All of this flies directly in the face of all our culture preaches and promotes
    • Autonomy is essential to our flourishing and the good life – LIE
    • How you feel is the foundational test of truth for your life – LIE
      • We war against the world, the flesh, and the devil daily and I have to remind myself of the Gospel truth and His word daily…
        • BUT the power of His Spirit is greater and that power is fully activated when you are yielded to Him completely in humble surrender.

(SLIDE) 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6  Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing (of no reputation) by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8  And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even death on a cross!

• Lowliness/humility = “The opposite of a sense of entitlement”
  • In Phil 1, it is “Christ first” and in Phil 2 it is “others next.”

• Example of disciples…
  • Mark 9:30-35, 10:32-45
    • Jesus tells of death and resurrection (a little earlier end of 8 he tells them that the way of his kingdom/ denying yourself and taking up our cross daily) + disciples respond in these instances with a sense of entitlement —with prideful dispositions.
      • Now we often shake our heads at these knuckleheads who were the closest friends of Jesus =)
        • But have you been there, are you there now?
          • How are you doing in the area of humility, really?
• Some people are proud of being “humble”, and this is one of the very worst sorts of pride.

James 4:5-10

5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”  (Prov 3:34)

7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

CONCLUSION: (TEAM COME BACK UP)

• I is the center of
  • sIn
  • prIde
  • dIe
• DIE is at the center of obeDIEnce
  • (Humility is at the root of all righteousness, pride is at the root of all sin.
  • Listen, the call of Jesus is to
    • Deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and follow Him/learn from him
      • You CAN NOT be full of pride if you are denying yourself and taking up your cross each day
        • Coming to the end of yourself is the only way to learn from Jesus, the way of Jesus, the everyday essence of gentleness and humbleness of heart
          • I have so far to go…

• When a man asked George Mueller the secret of his service, Mueller responded: “There was a day when I died, utterly died; died to George Mueller, his opinions, preferences, tastes, and will; died to the world, its approval or censure; died to the approval or blame even of my brethren and friends; and since then I have studied to show myself approved only to God.”
• THAT IS THE SECRET TO LIVING EVERYDAY FAITH, IN THE WAY OF JESUS, AND EXPERIENCING DAY-TO-DAY THE ABUNDANT LIFE THAT JESUS CAME TO OFFER

EVERYDAY FAITH

• TOOLS FROM THE TOOL BOX
• WEEK 1 – PRAYER “ARE YOU TIRED OF PRAYING THE SAME BORING LAME PRAYERS?”  

GOD BLESS MY FOOD/ WATCH OVER MY TRAVELS

TOOL WE OFFERED WASN’T ONLY WAY- 1 WAY

PRAYER JOURNAL- PRAYER MAY BE  TOOL BOX

• WEEK 2 WAS GODS WORDS

OUR CAMPUS THAT 4 DAYS A WEEK MADE AN ACTUAL DIFFERENCE-  1-3 DAYS BIBLE READING LITTLE IMPACT

  WEEK 3- SERVING, JESUS TAKES OF HIS TITLE HIS ROBE AND PICKS UP A TOWEL. WE GAVE OUT TOWELS.

WEEK 4– FELLOWSHIP- TOOK 5 MINUTES OUT OF THE MESSAGE AND WE JUST PUT 4 QUESTIONS UP- FELLOWSHIPED (PEOPLE LOVED IT)

FOOTBALL COACH

• MET WHEN I WAS IN HS
• WON EVERY AWARD AS A PLAYER
• WON MORE AS A COACH-UNUSUAL

BASKETBALL PLAYER

• JESS RHEINHEIMER
• WON AWARD FOR THE BEST STUDENT ATHLETE IN COUNTRY (500 SCHOOLS)
• SENIOR YEAR/LAST GAME/WENDYS

 I PETER 5:5

   5. IN THE SAME WAY, YOU WHO ARE YOUNGER, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO YOUR ELDERS. ALL OF YOU, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH HUMILITY TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE,

I PETER 5:6

   “GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD BUT SHOWS FAVOR TO THE HUMBLE.

• WHERE ELSE DO WE READ GOD OPPOSES ?

I PETER 5:7

  HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THREFORE, UNDER GOD’S MIGHTY HAND, THAT HE MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.

 EVERYDAY FAITH

 MARK 10:35

  35. THEN JAMES AND JOHN , THE SONS OF ZEBEDEE CAME TO HIM. “TEACHER, THEY SAID, “WE WANT YOU TO DO FOR US WHATEVER WE ASK.
“WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO FOR YOU?” HE ASKED

 MARK 10:36

  36. THEY REPLIED, “LET ONE OF US SIT AT YOUR RIGHT AND THE OTHER AT YOUR LEFT IN YOUR GLORY.” YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING,  JESUS SAID. “CAN YOU DRINK THE CUP I DRINK OR BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTSIM I AM BAPTIZED WITH?”

   “WE CAN” , THEY ANSWERED

 MARK 10:37

  37. JESUS SAID TO THEM, “YOU WILL DRINK THE CUP I DRINK AND BE BAPTIZED WITH THE BAPTISM I AM BAPTIZED WITH, BUT TO SIT AT MY RIGHT OR LEFT IS NOT FOR ME TO GRANT. THESE PLACES BELONG TO THOSE WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARED.”

MARK 10:38

  38. WHEN THE TEN HEARD ABOUT THIS, THEY BECAME INDIGNANT WITH JAMES AND JOHN

• ADDRESS OPPOSITE OF HUMILITY
• OPPOSITE IS ENTITLEMENT- JAMES/JOHN

“HUMILITY COMES FROM BEING STUNNED AT THE GRACE OF GOD.” PIPER

GOOD TO GREAT BOOK- WILL AND HUMILITY

3 MEN

 POP POP 8^TH GRADE- SAVED OUTSIDE A CHURCH GRANDPA TAUGHT MUSIC- HATED IT AS A KID

MY DAD– DAVE GRIFFIN- ALL LOVED GOD WELL

BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE

• TWO IMAGES IN THIS PICTURE
• HUMILITY AND FALSE HUMILITY ARE SOMETIMES HARD TO DECIPHER
• HUMILITY AND PRIDE/ARROGANCE ARE NOT

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT HUMILITY AND NOT TALK ABOUT PRIDE

 PRIDE

   CS LEWIS SAID “PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A PRIDE ISSUE THEY HAVE A COMPETITIVE COMPARISON ISSUE- PEOPLE AREN’T PROUD OF BEING SMART, OR FAST OR STRONG OR RICH. THEY ARE PROUD OF BEING SMARTER, FASTER, STRONGER RICHER”

SIN

• I WANT WHAT I WANT.

DIE

   CHRISTIANITY ISN’T THIKING OF YOURSELF LESS AND LESS AND LESS- CHRISTIANITY IS NOT THINKING OF YOURSELF AT ALL.   S MANLEY

OBEDIENCE

• GLEN HOLLAND MUSIC TEACHER
• MUSIC PROGRAM CUT (BUDGET)
• LAST DAY- FAMILY COMES LEAVING
• THIS IS A PICTURE OF HUMILITY

MR. HOLLANDS OPUS MOVIE CLIP

• HE ISN’T RICH/ FAMOUS
• BUT HUMBLE LIFE IMPACTED MANY

MATTHEW 11:28

  28. “COME TO ME, ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND BURDENED, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN FROM ME, FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY AND BURDEN IS LIGHT.

(tapeinos) :  lowly- not rising far from the ground, borderline humiliated-  Deferring to serve others

HEBREW WORD IS “ANAVA” -MODESTY

TRULY HUMBLE PERSON SEES THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GIFT.

CHUCK SWINDOL SAID THIS:

  I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE STUDY OF SCRIPTURE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IN ONLY 1 PLACE HAS JESUS “IN HIS OWN WORDS” DESCRIBED HIMSELF- HIS OWN INNER MAN AND ITS RIGHT HERE.

   JESUS DOESN’T SAY I AM MIGHTY AND POWERFUL, I AM SUPER STRONG AND BRILLIANT, HE DOESN’T SAY I AM THE GREATEST AND THE RICHEST-  HE DOESN’T EVEN SAY I AM HOLY AND ETERNAL- HE SAYS I AM GENTLE (STRENGTH UNDER CONTROL) AND HUMBLE IN HEART.

   IT IS SIGNIFIGANT THAT WHEN JESUS FINALLY LIFTS THE VEIL OF SILENCE INTO WHO HE IS IN HIS INNER MAN- HE SAYS “I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART”

WHEN WE READ THAT GOD THE FATHER IS COMITTED TO FORMING US INTO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON- THESE TWO QUALITIES ARE WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE EMERGE. WE ARE NEVER MORE LIKE CHRIST THAN WHEN WE FIT INTO HIS DESCRIPTION OF HIMSELF.

CHRISTIANITY ISN’T THIKING OF YOURSELF LESS AND LESS AND LESS- CHRISTIANITY IS NOT THINKING OF YOURSELF AT ALL.   S MANLEY

WE HAVE CARDS FOR YOU-

CAPITAL I  TO LOWER CASE i

I THE OPPOSITE OF HUMILITY- LOWER CASE i-

HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER GODS MIGHTY HAND

BACK HAS SOME VERSES TO HELP YOU

WORSHIP SONG-

TUCKER RODKEY GOING TO GIVE US VISUAL

HE WILL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS

FREE TO WORSHIP/PRAY/BOW/GO GET A CARD

JUST WORSHIP WHILE WATCHNING

VISEO DAVINA

PREPARE US FOR TODAY’S TOPIC-TURN TO HUMOR

NATE BARGATZE VIDEO

• 20’S IM DOWN LETS GO
• 30’S MAYBE
• 40’S NOT GOING- MAD YOU ASKED
• 50’S – WHAT HAPPENS NOW?

FORMER EMPLOYER- STERNLY AND SERIOUISLY

  “YOU SHOW ME A MAN OVER 50 AND WILL SHOW YOU A LONELY MAN”  (DON’T KNOW YET MYSELF)

• 4^TH WEEK IN A SERIES EVERYDAY FAITH

TOOLS IN A TOOLBOX- THAT HELP OUR FAITH

WEEK 1: PRAYER- MAY BE THE ACTUAL TOOLBOX

WANT STALE BORING LIFELESS PRAYER LIFE?

A TOOL IS A PRAYER JOURNAL

WEEK 2: GODS WORD- INGEST AND INVEST

READ IT- LISTEN TO IT- PRAY IT

WEEK 3: SERVICE- JESUS TAKES OFF HIS TITLE (TEACHER/RABBI- PICKS UP A TOWEL)

WE ARE CALLED NOT TO THROW IN THE TOWEL- BUT BE PEOPLE OF THE TOWEL.

TODAY- A FOURTH TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX TODAY

TODAY IS A POOL PARTY                (8-10)

• SOME NO INTEREST IN GOING TO A POOL PARTY.
• DON’T LIKE WATER- DON’T WANT TO GET WET
• SOME WEAR BATHING SUIT- THEY NOT GETTING IN

• SOME BRING THEIR SUITS
• SOME COME WITH A TOWEL FOR LOOKS
• SOME PUT FEET IN- SOME DIVE IN
• SOME COME- NOT DRESSED FOR IT
• SOME COME- SOMEBODY MADE THEM

TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR  

2024 NBA SEASON WAS 22 MILLION PEOPLE

2024 NFL SEASON WAS 18 MILLION PEOPLE

2024  MLB SEASON 71 MILLION PEOPLE

2024 NHL SEASON 23 MILLION PEOPLE

125 MILLION PEOPLE ATTEND CHURCH EVERY WEEKEND

ACTS 2:42

  42. And they devoted themselves to coming together whenever it was convenient on their very busy calendars. They came together, not altogether on time, but at different times.   43. They came some early, they came some right when the service started, many came late, after the service started.

ACTS 2:44

  44. They walked into an air-conditioned building and found a comfortable seat. Some wished the back rows were further back. They nodded to the other people on their row, and some offered a smile, but they hardly looked at each other again.

ACTS 2:45

  45. Instead, they fixed their eyes on a stage. They stood, and some people sang. Then they sat and watched and listened to someone speak for a while.

ACTS 2:46

  46. Until they stood to sing one more time, after which they peeled back some strange cellophane to uncover a small snack.  As soon as they were finished eating and drinking, they got out of there as fast as possible in order to beat the traffic.

 ACTS 2:47

  47. Then they waited to do it again the next week, or whenever it would work well with their schedule. And they called it church.

THIS – NOT IN THE BIBLE – THIS IS NOT ACTS 2:42-47

THIS IS NOT WHAT CHRIST PLANS TO RETURN FOR

YET- THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE CHURCH

 ACTS 2:42

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 

⁴³ Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. ⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common. 

ACTS 2:44

⁴⁵ They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. ⁴⁶ Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 

ACTS 2:47

  47. praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

RIGHT BEFORE THIS:

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

• ¹⁴ They all joined together constantly in prayer,

 QUOTE

  “OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER IS THE CRITERION THE WORLD USES TO JUDGE WHETHER OUR MESSAGE IS TRUTHFUL- CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IS THE FINAL APOLOGETIC”

   FRANCIS SCHAEFFER

 KOINONIA – VERSE 42-FELLOWSHIP

⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

• COMMUNION
• FELLOWSHIP
• CONTRIBUTE- CONTRIBUTING

NOT JUST A REGULAR – CASUAL NOD- FIST BUMP

• WHATS UP  –   SMILE- WAVE- SMALL TALK
•   FELLOWSHIP
• MUTUALLY BELONG/ SHARE
• JOINT PARTICIPATION

SO THAT’S WHAT IT IS:

                                     SO WHY IS THIS A MUST?

 PSALM 133:1

1. “HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN BROTHERS LIVE TOGETHER IN UNITY”

KOINONIA IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE IT FOSTERS UNITY AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY

• GOD COMMANDED IT AND DESIGNED IT
• GENESIS 1:    CREATED FOR COMMUNITY
• THE ENEMY HAS 2 GOALS: FEAR/ISOLATION

IT’S THE NUMBER ONE FORM OF PUNISHMENT

VALLEY PRAYER BREAKFAST

• VALLEY PRAYER BREAKFAST
• RICKY BOLDEN/LEE CORDER
• SERVING TOGETHER ON CAPITOL HILL
• THEY SHARED ABOUT WHAT FRIENDSHIP- FELOWSHIP LOOKS LIKE FOR THEM
• 2 VERY DIFF PEOPLE- VERY DIFF ENVIRONMENTS

JOHN 13:34-35

  34. “A NEW COMMAND I GIVE YOU: LOVE ONE ANOTHER. (PERIOD) AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, SO YOU MUST LOVE ONE ANOTHER. BY THIS WILL EVERYONE KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

RICKY SAID

  HE DOESN’T SAY THIS IS HOW THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES IF YOU LOVE LOST PEOPLE

   HE DOESN’T SAY THIS IS HOW THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES IF YOU TOLERATE PEOPLE

   DOESN’T SAY “THIS IS HOW THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES IF YOU DO GOOD THINGS”

 ECCLESIASTES 4:9-10

  “TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A GOOD RETURN FOR THEIR LABOR. IF EITHER OF THEM FALLS DOWN, ONE CAN HELP THE OTHER UP. BUT PITY ANYONE WHO FALLS AND HAS NO ONE TO HELP THEM UP.

 LEGOS PICTURE

• 2014 – 60 BILLION LEGO PIECES PRODODUCED YEARLY
• As of 2024, over 1.1 TRILLION LEGO PIECES produced.
• ENOUGH FOR EVERY PERSON 140 pieces each
• LEGO PIECES ARE PRODUCED FOR 1 PURPOSE

TO CONNECT TO ANOTHER PIECE.

DON’T LEAVE- WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE IN COMMUNION WHEN WE ARE DONE

BUT I/WE JUST WANT YOU RIGHT IN THIS SERVICE

• TAKE 5 MINUTES TO JUST BE WITH OTHERS
• MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE 10 RESOPECT INTROVERTS
• TIMER ON THE SCREEN
• 4 QUESTIONS CAN USE WITH SOMEONE DON’T KNOW
• MAY NOT NEED ANY- BUT LETS ACTUALLY INTENTIONALLY FELLOWSHIP

 KOINONIA CURIOSITY       

1. HAVE YOU EVER SMUGGLED FOOD INTO A MOVIE THEATER?
2. WHAT RESTAURANT WOULD YOU EAT AT ONCE A WEEK THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?
3. WHEN YOU WERE 12 YEARS OLD, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GREW UP?
4. WHAT IS ONE WORD YOU WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE JESUS?

KOINONIA- FELLOWSHIP/COMMUNION/CONTRIBUTION

WHY? BECAUSE IT’S A BIBLICAL MANDATE

WE ARE WIRED FOR COMMUNITY

• OUR BODIES NEED IT- WARMTH FLOWS
• EVEN PENGUINS GET IT
  
  

 VIDEO                 

• THEIR INSTINCT IS TO PROTECT ONE ANOTHER
• TAKE TURNS AND PUT SOME INSIDE WHILE OUTSIDE ONES ABSORB THE BRUNT OF ELEMENTS