•2020 Theme World Changers Doing My Part Neh 3:1ff
Theme Text Nehemiah 3:1ff Next To Them ……
All Families Did Their Part
The Church
Is Likened Many Things
The Main One Being The Human Body
To Be Effective The Church Should Function Like A Human Body
1 Cor 12:13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body.....
Romans 12:5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body and each member belongs to all the others.
1 Cor 12:12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ
Eph 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
Eph 1:22-23 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body
How Does The Body Grow ?
Eph 4:16 From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work
Keys To Each Pat Working
# Salvation 1 Cor 12:13
For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body ●
# Love The Body 1 Cor 12:31f
And yet I will show you the most excellent way. Loving One Another Is A Command
# Concern For The Body
1 Cor 12:23 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 1 Co 12:25
# Sober View Of Self Rom 12:3
Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment
# Spiritual Maturity
In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again.
# Knowing One’s Spiritual Gift Eph 4:7 •
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. •
# Forgiving heart Col 3:13
and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone.
# Internal peace Col 3: 15
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace
# Seeing the big picture Col 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, #Wholehearted Service Eph 6:7
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people
# Being Spiritually Minded Phil 4:5
In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
#Walking In The Spirit Gal 5:16
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh •