“Our Community: TheCommitments We Make To Each Other (Part 2)

I. Call to Worship:  Psalm 86:8-13
II. Offering passage:  2 Corinthians 9:7
III. Scripture references:

• 1 Pet. 5:2-3 – “shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.”
  
• John 15:5 - “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
  
• John 13:34-35 - “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
  
• Hebrews 10:23-25 - “Let us hold fast     the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one     another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
  
• Acts 2:42 - “And they devoted     themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
  
• 2 Cor 9:7 – “Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
  
• Hebrews 13:17: “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.”
  
• Eph. 6:18-19 - “To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me     in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel…”
  
• 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13: “But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently     labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work.”
  

IV. Cross-references:

• I Chronicles 29:9-14 (pg. 317)
  
• Exodus 35:4,21 (pg. 68)
  
• Matthew 6:1-4 (pg. 4)
  
• Ephesians 4:29-32 (pg. 152)