Loneliness and isolation are four times more likely to be the norm for people now than 30 years ago. God didn’t create us to live that way. We are made to be in community. In a caring community where we can help carry one another’s burdens as we grow in our relationship with Jesus.
One Thing Remains
Passion
It Was Finished Upon That Cross
CityAlight
A Thousand Hallelujahs
Brooke Ligertwood
Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace)
Hillsong Worship
Galatians 6:2
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
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Real friendship is one of the greatest gifts that God gives us to enjoy.
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When your world is small, your problems seem really big.
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Mark 2:1-5
A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
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Mark 2:5
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
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Spiritual friendship always brings us to Jesus.
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Mark 2:11
“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
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Vulnerability + Intentionality = Spiritual Friendship
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For the Mat-Allergic
Rest in the knowledge that Jesus has given you unconditional love and acceptance.
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For the Mat-Addicted
Rest in the knowledge that Jesus has given you freedom.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.”
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Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Matthew 11:29-30
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
