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We understand what love is
when we realize that Christ gave his life for us.
That means we must give our lives for other believers.
1 John 3:16
GWT

Community requires Committment

What is my community?

Who is my neighbor?

Jesus said that my neighbor was someone
that I crossed the road for.

Who am I crossing the road to help?

praying for our community

The mother of James and John asked Jesus
to give her sons a special place in his kingdom.

Jesus replied,

Can you drink of the cup that I am going to drink?

Can we drink the cup?

The cup of life,
full of sorrows
full of joys

Can we hold our cup
and claim it as our own?

Can we lift our cup
to offer blessings to others?
"To Life"

Become a community of people
encouraging one another?

Drinking our cups is following freely
and courageously God's call and staying
faithfully on the path that is ours.

We must empty the cups of our lives
completely to be able to receive the
fullness of life from God.

Jesus lived this on the cross.
The moment of complete emptiness and
complete fullness became the same.

When we invite friends for a meal,
we do much more than offer food.

We offer friendship, fellowship,
good conversation. . .
we offer ourselves.

This is what Jesus did.
DIVINE COMMUNION
take, eat

fill my cup, Lord

God speaks. God moves. God is beautiful.

we respond. we create. we worship.

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Resource List for 04.19.03

The Holy Bible (Message, NIV, NAS, NCV)
online

Bread for the Journey by Henri J. M. Nouwen
get the book

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
get the book

Scribbling in the Sand, Christ and Creativity, by Michael Card
get the book

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