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ILMS Episode 12 – Building Genuine Community through Prayer

Prayer is builds individual intimacy, and it also builds community intimacy.

James 5:13-20

Among you = a community involved in prayer

What instances does James bring up that prayer is good to attend to?

How does prayer build community in these situations?

3 points to consider for building genuine community through prayer-

1. Be careful of prayer chains

   -say it and then pray it, rather than just pass it on

2. Pray with people for a significant period of time

   - stop the gossip mill by praying about things you hear and people say

   - we give money, time, and energy to the things we value

3. Pray over Scripture

   - to know God more, focus in on Him rather than our own needs

   - especially in trouble, when we don't have the words

Challenge: Who can you pray with today?

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ILMS Episode 10 – Sharing Genuine Invitation

7 questions for sharing genuine invitation

1. Who am I inviting?

2. Why do I want to include them?

   - educational/relational/both/other

3. Who am I missing?

   -what is marginalized and who am I missing?

4. How am I inviting them?

   -communication love languages

5. Do I want to know this person more or add more people to my group/study/community?

6. When did I first discover Bible study/genuine community?

   - sharing our experiences is often helpful when we invite someone to be a part of something

   -ask about their past experiences

   -what assumptions are out there

    

7. What one person can I invite?

    

Challenge: What one person can I invite in?

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ILMS Episode 2 – He Calls Me Loved

Isaiah 43:1-4

Hosea 2:16-23

Romans 9:25

Psalm 23:6

Who has told you they loved you and it really mattered, you knew absolutely it was true? What difference did that make?

When have you questioned the love of another person? Why? How is God's love different?

The Case for Christ (movie trailer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6RM27qSFc

Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers - https://www.amazon.com/Redeeming-Love-Francine-Rivers/dp/1590525132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492612597&sr=8-1&keywords=redeeming+love

Hebrew interlinear for Psalm 23:6, to follow - http://biblehub.com/hebrew/7291.htm

Original blog post and iphone wallpaper/graphic image to share - http://ilovemyshepherd.com/2016/09/three-little-words-love-and-doubt/

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ILMS Episode 3 – He Calls Me Neighbor

Isaiah 58:6-12

Titus 3:5-6

Psalm 23

Galatians 5:1

1. We cannot neighbor without knowing freedom in Christ.

2. We are given the freedom of relationship.

Book recommendation – The Art of Neighboring

https://www.amazon.com/Art-Neighboring-Building-Genuine-Relationships/dp/080101459X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492633942&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+neighboring

Looking at the list of neighboring opportunities in Isaiah 58:6-12, what are your honest feelings about each of them? Which do you shy away from? Which speak to you?

Who is someone who has walked beside you in close proximity and intimacy?

Challenge: Who is one person God is calling you to neighbor today?

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ILMS Episode 5 – He Calls Me Rebel

Isaiah 65:1-5

1 John 1:5-9

Hebrews 10:39

How are the people of Israel rebellious in Isaiah? How are we rebellious?

What idols do we have in our lives?

How do we try to keep secrets from God? Or what secrets do we try to keep from God?

What places or things of rebellion feel dark?

Where do you feel like you don't fit? Where are you a rebel in this world for Him?

Rebels for Jesus = we offer unexpected grace from an unexpected Savior.

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ILMS Episode 11 – Fostering Genuine Relationships

14 points for fostering genuine relationship

*I apologize for my miscounting in the actual podcast...but all the pieces below are there. :)

1. Maintain a core value of confidentiality and non-judgmentalness

2. Allow people to disagree, or even be wrong, with kindness

3. Eat food and share hot beverages

4. How inclusive are you?

5. How accessible are you?

6. Be careful and considerate when dealing with money.

7. Let the conversation get sidetracked occasionally.

   - intentionality + spontaneity

8. Get creative.

9. Avoid Christian-ese or denominational-ese

10. When you say “Invite a friend” do you mean it?

11. Use more technology to offer opportunity

12. What do we do with the drama? = disarming honesty

13. Different people have different needs

14. Be honest about spiritual warfare

Challenge:

How can we be armor bearers for one another?

1 Samuel 14 – Jonathan and his armor bearer

Acts 2:46

Ephesians 6:10-18

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ILMS Episode 7 – Ministry Moment – Loving Our Newlyweds

http://ilovemyshepherd.com/2017/05/ministry-moment-loving-those-newlyweds/ (Available May 30,2017)

Genesis 2:18-25

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Link to First Year of Marriage blog and interview

http://blog.cph.org/family/marriage/first-year-marriage-stinkin-hard/

http://www.kfuoam.org/2016/10/25/first-year-marriage-hard/

Honor the intimacy of marriage, but value the community needed for marriage.

Marriage as mission field!

Hold fast together- ask questions, be involved.

1. Get and be marriage mentors.

2. Invite a couple to dinner, ask questions. Maybe pay for it!

3. Ask – Is it hard? What's bee surprising?

4. Create a small group around marriage.

5. Ask – How are you different from one another? Help them celebrate it!

6. Teach confession and forgiveness.

7. Invite newlyweds over.

8. Make freezer meals.

9. Give them a gift card for date night. :)

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ILMS Episode 9 - Creating Genuine Community around the Word

Part 2 of Building Genuine Community Series -

Asking - “Are we a community built around the Word?” How can you tell and why does it matter?

7 tips for building genuine community in your Bible study, in your church, in your relationships...

1) Recognize that the Word is not a small thing.

1. Be intentional - Ask what are we studying and why? Why are we gathering?

2. Ask what people want and what do they need.

3. Give people options.

4. Dig deeper and then dig deeper still – in the Word and in relationship

5. Let the conversation go astray occasionally.

6. Get your Bible out. Use your Bible. Ask people to bring their Bibles and use them.

Genuine community around the world speaks Hope to a dark world.

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I Love My Shepherd 1 – What is I Love My Shepherd?

Google definition of value

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define+value&*

Why do values matter?

Why does defining our values matter?

What awareness of what's important to us brings to the game...how it changes our actions and words

Where did you learn your values? What did you learn growing up? What did you learn from the Word?

4 core values of I Love My Shepherd

Intensely theological, while intensely practical.

Jesus in everything.

One more woman in the Word every day.

People matter more.

Challenge:

What do you value? Name 4 things you value most

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