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Being Church is About Community

Acts 2:42-47

Why should we be in community?

• Self-sacrifice vs personal freedom
• Accountability vs. privacy.
• Relationship vs isolation

How do we develop and foster community?

• Breaking bread together
• Small Groups
• Church Events
• Life Events
• Serving

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Being Church is a Lifestyle

Acts 2:42-47

Making church a lifestyle takes devotion

Making church a lifestyle means every day

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Action

Love is only a word

1 Corinthians 13:13

What is Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love never fails

1 Corinthians 13:8

Romans 8:35, 37-39

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Showing it to THEM

Matthew 5: 43-48

Loving our enemies can change the world.

Love means humanizing them.

love means praying for them.

love means serving them.

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Cleaning Up The Mess

Matthew 5:21-24

It's up to you to make it right.

• Apologize
• Forgive
• Show Grace

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Seizing Every Day

Ephesians 5:8-

"…making the most of every opportunity…"

• God does
• Don't wait
• • For some special time
  • For another opportunity
  • For tomorrow
  • For someone special
  • For some special reason
  • To say it
  • To show it

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We Sometimes Need Correction

Matthew 5:43-48

In order to have 20/20 vision, sometimes we need our vision corrected.

We need corrective vision for our far sightedness (self image).

• You are forgiven
• You are wonderful
• God loves you
• You have a purpose
• You are part of his plan

We need corrective vision for our near-sightedness (image of others).

• There are no enemies
• Every enemy is an opportunity
• The team is "human beings"

We need corrective vision for our astigmatism ("wonky" image).

• Trust
• Optimism
• Justice
• Reward

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You Need Some Focus

Mark 8:22-26

Vision is nothing without focus

• You need the light to focus on the destination
  • Colossians 3:1-2
• You need to focus on the way
  • Hebrews 12:2
• You need to focus on your one area

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You Need Light

Matthew 6:22-23

In order to have 20/20 vision, you need light.

• You need the light to shine on your path
• You need light to shine into your darkness
• • Daniel 2:22
  • Hebrews 10:22
• You need light to shine through you.
• • Matthew 5:16

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Matthew 13:10-17

In order to have 20/20 vision:

You need open eyes

• What are your eyes closed to?
  • Where do you and God disagree?
  • Where is your mind already made up?
  • What do you avoid discussing?
• What do you hope to keep others' eyes closed to?
• What do you hope to keep God's eyes closed to?

Open your eyes to who god is

Open your eyes to what god wants for you and us

Open your eyes to your own Selfishness

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