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Embrace the call to commit fully to God, seek fellowship and grow in unity. Learn, connect, serve with others in ministry to amplify your impact and fulfill your purpose. Explore the power of collective worship, fellowship, growth, and mission in a community of faith.
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PART 7: • Daring to Commit
Romans 6:13 • Living Bible • Give yourselves completely to God – every part of you – for you have been brought back to life, and you want to be tools in the hands of God, used for His good purposes.
Romans 12:1 • New International Version • Therefore, I urge you brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship.
Isaiah 40:31 • Those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.
Psalm 100:2 • New Living Translation • Worship the Lord with gladness! Come before Him, singing with joy!
Romans 12:4-5 • Message • We are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from Christ’s body as a whole, not the other way around. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of His body. …
Romans 12:4-5 • Message • …But as a chopped-off finger or a cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we?
Ephesians 2:16 • New Living Translation • Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 • New International Version • Now God has reconciled us to Himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation… and the message of reconciliation.
Ephesians 4:16 • New Living Translation • Christ’s body is fitted together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow…
1 Peter 4:10 • New Century Version • Each of you has received a gift to use to serve others. Be good servants of God’s various gifts of grace.
Mark 8:35 • New Living Translation • If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 • New Living Translation • Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. …
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 • New Living Translation • …Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. …
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 • New Living Translation • …Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER… • We maximize our impact (vs 9)
WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER… • We maximize our impact (vs 9) • We minimize our failures (vs 10)
WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER… • We maximize our impact (vs 9) • We minimize our failures (vs 10) • We combine our resources (vs 11)
Matthew 25:40 • New International Version • I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me.
Matthew 28:19-20 • New International Version • Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to do everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you…