The document emphasizes the importance of love and unity among Christians, highlighting that their identity is as children of God rather than mere servants. It critiques the anti-church movement, advocating for personal responsibility, accountability, and the true essence of community in faith. The central message is about belonging to one another and growing in relationship with God as a family under His guidance.

2. I Belong!

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6. Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed
you
I have called you by your name,
you are mine! (Isaiah 43:1)

8. Romans 8:35-39
The Message Bible
• Do you think anyone is
going to be able to drive
a wedge between us and
Christ’s love for us?
There is no way!”

9. • “Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not
hunger, not homelessness, not bullying
threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst
sins listed in Scripture…None of this fazed us
because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely
convinced that nothing—nothing living or
dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,
high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—
absolutely nothing can get between us and
God’s love because of the way that Jesus our
Master has embraced us!”

11. s= True Love!
You + Jesu

12. I belong, I belong to you
Song by Kathryn Scott

14. God’s plan is for all of his kids to
love each other
In the same way that he loves us!

15. God’s plan is for all of his kids to
love each other
In the same way that he loves us!
“I give you a new command: Love each
other. You must love each other just as I
loved you. All people will know that you
are my followers if you love each other.”
John 13:34-35

17. We are One with Each Other

18. We are One with Each Other
“I pray that they will all be one, just as you
and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I
am in you. And may they be in us so that the
world will believe you sent me. I have given
them the glory you gave me, so they may be
one as we are one. I am in them and you are
in me. May they experience such perfect unity
that the world will know that you sent me and
that you love them as much as you love me.”
John 17:21-23

20. We Belong to One Another!

21. We Belong to One Another!
So then, no more boasting about human
leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or
Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death
or the present or the future—all are yours,
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23

22. We Belong to One Another!
So then, no more boasting about human
leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or
Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death
or the present or the future—all are yours,
and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.
1 Corinthians 3:21-23
For just as each of us has one body with many
members, and these members
do not all have the same function,
so in Christ we, though many, form one body,
and each member belongs to all the others.
Romans 12:4-5

24. We Are FAMILY!

25. We Are FAMILY!
Family
is the
Father’s Dream!

27. Family!

29. Kris Vallotton:
"I am saddened by the anti-church movement
that is being propagated by Christians. It is
somehow tied to the type of "grace of God"
teaching that has no value for personal
responsibility, accountability and discipline.
This movement ignores much of the teaching of Jesus. For example,
the parable of the talents, where people were reward or punished
according to THEIR faithful labor. It also seems to forget that we are
commanded to make disciples not convert people to Christianity. This
teaching makes no place for fathers, mothers or authority, yet the
theme of the entire Bible is family. Our heavenly FATHER is looking
for a bride for His SON, which ultimately climaxes in a wedding.
Hebrews 12 tells that the difference between sons and bastards is
their ability to receive discipline.
You can throw the family out the door because someone misused
their authority in your life but you will just be cohabiting and calling it a
covenant. This grieves the heart of the Father and brings me to tears."

30. Rich Oliver
Here is the question that separates the religious from
the righteous: Do you see God as your heavenly
Father, your Papa? A religious person will hesitate to
respond, scandalized by the thought that he can
speak of the Almighty in such familiar terms. Then a
verse will come to mind and he will say, “I would
rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God…” A
religious person is content to be nothing more than a
servant, and thus they miss the best thing of all.

31. There are only two kinds of people in the world:
sons and orphans. Which are you? The devil’s desire
is to have you so confused about your identity that
you will relate to God in any way except as a son. A
religious person will usually relate to God as a
Master, but Jesus came to reveal the Father.
Perhaps you left the pig trough with a prepared
speech that began, “make me like one of your hired
hands” (Lk 15:19). God is not interested in that
speech! He is not recruiting servants; He wants
sons! Like the prodigal, you may see yourself as no
more than a servant, but God sees you as a son
(Rms 8:15, Gal 4:6). Don’t argue with your Father!

33. So, What Does Family Look Like?

35. It’s Time to Grow Up!

36. It’s Time to Grow Up!
God wants us to grow up, to know the whole
truth and tell it in love—like Christ in
everything. We take our lead from Christ, who
is the source of everything we do. He keeps us
in step with each other. His very breath and
blood flow through us, nourishing us so that
we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
Ephesians 4:15-16

37. I belong, I belong to you
Song by Kathryn Scott

39. We’re going to make it
more and more compelling
for all of us to lower our walls
and join in the family!