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Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness...” (emphasis added)
God himself is the definition of relationship: three in one. We cannot live in isolation, even if you are an extreme introvert.
Last year, I asked the following questions over the phone and via Facebook. Since they still apply, I will share some of the answers I received.
What does community look like?
“They encourage and care for one another. Respect each other's needs and boundaries, cooperate and love one another in good times and not so good times. They have an invested interest in one another,” Darla Leehans
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42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. (Acts 2:42-47)
Teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, prayer... These were the foundational building blocks that made possible what happened in the rest of the verses and throughout the book of Acts.
How can you be that kind of community this week?