6. Introduction
Ps. 92:12-14 (NIV)
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green.
13. Community
• God Himself thinks Community.
• Community appears 85 times in OT
• Community = Church in the NT
14. Max Lucado
Community
•“Questions can make hermits out of us, driving us into
hiding. Yet the cave has no answers. Christ distributes
courage through community; he dissipates doubts
through fellowship. He never deposits all knowledge in
one person but distributes pieces of the jigsaw puzzle
to many. When you interlock your understanding with
mine, and we share our discoveries, when we mix,
mingle, confess and pray, Christ speaks.”
24. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one
another on toward love and good deeds,
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
29. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
Forgiving each other
Colossians 3:12-14
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly
loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness,
humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each
other and forgive one another if any of you has a
grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave
you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds
them all together in perfect unity.
31. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
Admonishing each other
Colossians 3:16
Let the message of Christ dwell among you
richly as you teach and admonish one another
with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and
songs from the Spirit, singing to God with
gratitude in your hearts.
34. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
• Designed for application of truth
• Designed for discipleship
35. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
• Designed for application of truth
• Designed for discipleship
3Is – Include, Invest, Invite
36. Life Groups
• Designed for relationships
• Designed for application of truth
• Designed for discipleship
3Is – Include, Invest, Invite
3Bs – Believe, Belong, Become
37. Life Groups
Francis Shaffer
•“Our relationship with each other is the criteria
that the world uses to judge if our message is
truthful, Christian community is the final
apologetics.”
40. What’s NEXT?
1. If already part of a Life Group
• Thank and Appreciate your Life Group Leader.
41. What’s NEXT?
1. If already part of a Life Group
• Thank and Appreciate your Life Group Leader.
• Take up a role in your Life Group – organizing,
serving, hosting etc.
42. What’s NEXT?
1. If already part of a Life Group
• 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13
Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to
acknowledge those who work hard among
you, who care for you in The Lord and who
admonish you. Hold them in the highest
regard in love because of their work.
43. What’s NEXT?
1. If already part of a Life Group
• Hebrews 13:17
Have confidence in your leaders and submit
to their authority, because they keep watch
over you as those who must give an
account. Do this so that their work will be a
joy, not a burden, for that would be of no
benefit to you.
45. What’s NEXT?
2. If yet to be part of Life Group
• Visit a Life Group this few weeks.
46. What’s NEXT?
2. If yet to be part of Life Group
• Visit a Life Group this few weeks.
• Be engaged for a season to be planted.
47. John 13:31-35
•When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of
Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. If
God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in
himself, and will glorify him at once. “My
children, I will be with you only a little longer.
You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews,
so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot
come.
48. John 13:31-35
•“A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one
another. By this everyone will know that you
are my disciples, if you love one another.”
