Community

Our church's current sermon series is called "Life Together." It's about the importance of community and developing community. We know this is true because we're told in Hebrews, "Let us not neglect meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other." (Hebrews 10:25, NLT). Actually, when I was searching for that verse, I searched "together," and it pulled up a LOT of verses about togetherness - how we should live together, why, etc.

Our pastor did a word search on "one another" and also put together a list of verses about how we should live as a community...

Romans 12:10 (NKJV) - "Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another."

Romans 12:16 (NKJV) - "Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion."

Romans 13:8 (NKJV) - "Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law."

Romans 15:7 (NKJV) - "Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God."

Galatians 5:13 (NKJV) - "For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another."

Okay, there's more and then I actually have some thoughts about them, but I have to run get breakfast for the girls for now...