TwoGather, Week 2 :Where Everybody Knows Your Name. Sept 11, 2011

Pastor Chris

1. Be a steward of Christ
2. Change lives everyday

The Bible can be described in one word, relationships.
Our lives are decided by our relationships.
Where we are now, is determined by our relationships.


"For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them."
Matther 18:20

Our gatherings should be intentional. Our groups can impact us.

"There was a man all alone; he he'd neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth... "
Ecclesiastes 4:8

Walking alone never works.

Five reasons why we don't join a group:
1. Naivety.
"I don't need the group, I can do it bymyself."
2. Temperament.
"I don't have the personality to meet people"
3. Fear.
"What happens if I go?"
4. Past experiences
"I was hurt and I do not want to go through a relationship like that again."
5. Busy
"I'd like to do it but I do not have the time, because my schedule is filled up."

We all desire to be in a group; to have someone close to us that we can relate too.

"Since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others. "
Romans 12:5

Four things we need:

1. Arena - I know and you know.
I need people who really knows me.
"For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him?... "
1 Corinthians 2:11

2. Mask - I know but you don't know.
I need people who will see the real me.
"We refuse to wear masks and play games... Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open... "
2 Corinthians 4:2

"...Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed... " James 5:16

Don't keep secrets from people, in the end we can be harmed by our secrets.

3. Blind spots - I don't know but you know.
I need people who will be honest with me.
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Proverb 27:6

God's system is to be connected with other people. We are the body of Christ. Parts, each part does its own part. We grow together.

4. Potential - I don't know and I need help.
I need people who will grow me
"...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."
Ephesians 4:16

"A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
Proverbs 18:24

We need people to be close with us.

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