Why Life Groups? | Don't Go Alone | Week 3
Big idea : The church created life Groups because we have lost biblical community
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,(why we come to church)
to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread,(Lifegroup)
and to the prayers.” ( going before the Lord)
Acts 2:42 HCSB
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,(why we come to church)
to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread,(Lifegroup)
and to the prayers.” ( going before the Lord)
Acts 2:42 HCSB
Big idea : The church created life Groups because we have lost biblical community
6 ways social media is ruining real friendships
1. It creates a false sense of intimacy –
2. False sense Community –
3. Keeps us from being fully known.
4. It turns us inward –
5. Sets unrealistic expectations-
6. Keeps us from having shared experiences
Big idea : The church created life Groups because we have lost biblical community
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,(why we come to church)
to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread,(Lifegroup)
and to the prayers.” ( going before the Lord)
Acts 2:42 HCSB
“And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, that person is My brother and sister and mother.””
Matthew 12:49-50 HCSB
Big idea : The church created life Groups because we have lost biblical community
Why Life groups
1. Godly Friendship and family
“Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.””
1 Corinthians 15:33 HCSB
“The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.”
Proverbs 27:6 HCSB
“This is My command: Love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:12-13 HCSB
2. Godly advice and council
- You become the 5 closest relationships you have
“The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense.”
Proverbs 27:9 NLT
“Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.”
Proverbs 11:14 NKJV
3. Love
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.””
John 13:34-35 NKJV
4. Evangelism & discipleship
“But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
II Timothy 4:5 NKJV
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”
Matthew 28:19-20 NKJV
5. Belonging
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching,(why we come to church)
to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread,(Lifegroup)
and to the prayers.” ( going before the Lord)
Acts 2:42 HCSB
6. We experience God