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Romans 12:10 “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” NIV

John 17:11;22 “Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.” NIV

Psalm 133:1-3 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For God’s People to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments.3 … For there the Lord commands the blessing—Life forevermore.” NKJ

James 3:16 “For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.” NLT

John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” NIV

• Really forgive and refuse to become offended.

Colossians 3:13 “Bear with each other and forgive one another…Forgive as the Lord forgave you.” NIV

Proverbs 19:11 “It is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” NIV

Luke 23:34 “Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” NIV

Luke 17:1 “Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come…” NKJV

Proverbs 18:19 “A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.” NIV

Hebrews 12:15 “See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” NIV

1. Bring their balance to zero.

Matthew 18:34  In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tormented, until he should pay back all he owed. NIV

2. The forgiven forgive.

Matthew 10:8 “Freely you have received; freely give.” NIV

3. Fight for unity.

Proverbs 6:16-19 “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict...” NIV

Ephesians 4:3 “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” NIV

Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” NIV

4. We do life together.

Galatians 6:2 “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” NKJV

Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” NIV

Growing Up | Herbert Cooper

Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:11 It’s like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things. (TLB)

A. Put away childlike thinking

James 3:16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. (NIV)

Philippians 2:3–4 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. (NIV)

B. Put away childlike speaking

1. Don’t attack the person, attack the problem

Ephesians 4:29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. (NLT)

2. Listen to understand more than you talk to be understood

Proverbs 18:13 Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish. (NLT)

Proverbs 18:2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. (NIV)

3. Be honest and honorable

Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (NIV)

4. Talk to resolve the problem and to maintain peace, not to win the battle

Proverbs 17:14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out. (NLT)

Proverbs 20:3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. (NIV)

C. Put away childlike reasoning

Proverbs 22:3 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. (NLT)

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (NIV)

Proverbs 15:22 Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success. (NLT)

Growing Up | Herbert Cooper

Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord. (NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:11 It’s like this: when I was a child I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I became a man my thoughts grew far beyond those of my childhood, and now I have put away the childish things. (TLB)

A. Put away childlike thinking

James 3:16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. (NIV)

Philippians 2:3–4 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. (NIV)

B. Put away childlike speaking

1. Don’t attack the person, attack the problem

Ephesians 4:29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them. (NLT)

2. Listen to understand more than you talk to be understood

Proverbs 18:13 Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish. (NLT)

Proverbs 18:2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. (NIV)

3. Be honest and honorable

Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (NIV)

4. Talk to resolve the problem and to maintain peace, not to win the battle

Proverbs 17:14 Starting a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so stop before a dispute breaks out. (NLT)

Proverbs 20:3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. (NIV)

C. Put away childlike reasoning

Proverbs 22:3 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. (NLT)

Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. (NIV)

Proverbs 15:22 Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success. (NLT)

People's Church of OKC is a multi-cultural church designed with you in mind. Senior Pastor, Herbert Cooper.

People's Church of OKC is a multi-cultural church designed with you in mind. Senior Pastor, Herbert Cooper.

The Right Place | Herbert Cooper

2 Kings 5:10–14 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” 11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. 13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. (NIV)

Acts 1:4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. (NIV)

Exodus 3:10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” (NIV)

Joshua 6:2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. (NIV)

Jonah 1:1–3 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. (NIV)

1. The right place is a place of provision

1 Kings 17:2–6 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. (NIV)

2. The right place is where you experience next level relationships

1 Kings 17:8–9 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” (NIV)

3. The right place is a place of blessing

1 Kings 17:15-16 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. (NIV)

4. The right place isn’t always an easy place

1. The secret place

Luke 5:16  But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (NIV)

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (NIV)

2. The church

Hebrews 10:25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. (NLT)

Psalm 92:13–14 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, (NIV)

The Right Place | Herbert Cooper

2 Kings 5:10–14 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” 11 But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. 13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy. (NIV)

Acts 1:4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. (NIV)

Exodus 3:10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” (NIV)

Joshua 6:2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. (NIV)

Jonah 1:1–3 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. (NIV)

1. The right place is a place of provision

1 Kings 17:2–6 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. (NIV)

2. The right place is where you experience next level relationships

1 Kings 17:8–9 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” (NIV)

3. The right place is a place of blessing

1 Kings 17:15-16 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah. (NIV)

4. The right place isn’t always an easy place

1. The secret place

Luke 5:16  But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (NIV)

Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (NIV)

2. The church

Hebrews 10:25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. (NLT)

Psalm 92:13–14 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, (NIV)

Four Benefits of Having the Right People in Your Life

1. The right people help scales fall off your eyes

Acts 9:8–9 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they

led him by the hand into Damascus. 9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

(NIV)

Acts 9:17-18 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. (NLT)

2. The right people will help you grow closer to God

Acts 9:17-18 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. (NLT)

Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. (NIV)

3. The right people give you direction

Acts 9:6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” (NIV)

4. The right people see potential in you that you can’t see

Acts 9:15 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. (NLT)

Acts 22:12 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there. (NIV)

Acts 9:19–22 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah. (NIV)

Four Benefits of Having the Right People in Your Life

1. The right people help scales fall off your eyes

Acts 9:8–9 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they

led him by the hand into Damascus. 9 For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

(NIV)

Acts 9:17-18 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. (NLT)

2. The right people will help you grow closer to God

Acts 9:17-18 So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 18 Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized. (NLT)

Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. (NIV)

3. The right people give you direction

Acts 9:6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” (NIV)

4. The right people see potential in you that you can’t see

Acts 9:15 But the Lord said, “Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. (NLT)

Acts 22:12 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there. (NIV)

Acts 9:19–22 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?” 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah. (NIV)

Psalm 20:4 May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. (NLT)

Proverbs 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. (NLT)

1. The right plan involves getting on the right path

Proverbs 14:12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. (NLT)

2. The right plan includes having the right priorities

Proverbs 14:12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death. (NLT)

Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. (NIV)

3. The right plan involves having the right perspective