Messaged preached October 2011. CCI Fellowship, Tegucigalpa. On the Importance of Fellowship. Part of a series based on Spiritual Warfare. Images taken from Toy Story, Pixar's film.

1. Review from last week:
Stand your Ground
•Why we are on this battle
•Who we are fighting against
•How we are to wage this war

2. Today we’ll see:
An Army Marching

3. Ephesians 6:18-20 (HCSB)
18 Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer
and request, and stay alert in this with all
perseverance and intercession for all the
saints. 19 Pray also for me, that the message may be
given to me when I open my mouth to make known
with boldness the mystery of the gospel.
20 For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I
might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.

4. Who are they
• Fellow workers

5. Philippians 4:1-3 (NIV84)
1 Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long
for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand
firm in the Lord, dear friends!
2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to
agree with each other in the Lord.
3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these
women who have contended at my side in the cause of
the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my
fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

6. Who are they
• Fellow workers
• Fellow family members

7. Ephesians 2:11-12 (NIV)
11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who
are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised"
by those who call themselves "the circumcision"
(which is done in the body by human hands)—
12 remember that at that time you were
separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship
in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the
promise, without hope and without God in the
world.

8. Ephesians 2:13,18-19 (NCV)
13 But now in Christ Jesus, you who were far
away from God are brought near through the
blood of Christ’s death
18 Yes, it is through Christ we all have the right
to come to the Father in one Spirit.
19 Now you who are not Jewish are not
foreigners or strangers any longer, but are
citizens together with God’s holy people. You belong
to God’s family.

9. Who are they
Have you identified already who are
your team members?

10. Why do we need them
• Coverage and Encouragement

11. Isaiah 35:3-4 (NIV)
3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
"Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you."

12. Why do we need them

13. Why do we need them
• Coverage and Encouragement
• See Paul’s Example

14. 2 Timothy 4:9-11 (NIV)
9 Do your best to come to me quickly,10 for Demas,
because he loved this world, has deserted me
and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has
gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.11 Only
Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you,
because he is helpful to me in my ministry.

15. Why do we need them
How have you been benefited from
your fellow workers/family members?

16. What can we do for them
• Be Fellow salt shakers | light burners

17. Matthew 5:13-14 (NIV)
13 "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty
again? It is no longer good for anything, except
to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
14 "You are the light of the world. A town built
on a hill cannot be hidden.

18. What can we do for them
• Be Fellow salt shakers | light burners
• Cover them in prayer

19. Ephesians 6:18-20 (NIV)
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all
kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be
alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord's
people.19 Pray also for me, that whenever I
speak, words may be given me so that I will
fearlessly make known the mystery of the
gospel,20 for which I am an ambassador in
chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I
should.

20. Colossians 4:2-4 (NIV)
2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and
thankful.3 And pray for us, too, that God may
open a door for our message, so that we may
proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in
chains.4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I
should

21. What can we do for them
What will you do for
them?