What is happening around Sunrise Community Church

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What is happening around Sunrise Community
Church?

• Today New Series- Discipleship
• 2nd Hour- Sermon Follow Up
• Nov 20th Bible Study w/Pastor Andy
• Nov 22nd Thanksgiving Day
• All Month Missionary Christmas Giving

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Living the Life of Discipleship

• Training to Lead the Good Life
• Love As Jesus Loved

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• John 159-19
• 9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved
  you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my
  commands, you will remain in my love, just as I
  have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in
  his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy
  may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
  12 My command is this Love each other as I have
  loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this,
  that he lay down his life for his friends.

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• 14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
  15 I no longer call you servants, because a
  servant does not know his master's business.
  Instead, I have called you friends, for
  everything that I learned from my Father I have
  made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but
  I chose you and appointed you to go and bear
  fruit-fruit that will last. Then the Father will
  give you whatever you ask in my name. 17 This is
  my command Love each other.

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• 18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it
  hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world,
  it would love you as its own. As it is, you do
  not belong to the world, but I have chosen you
  out of the world. That is why the world hates
  you.

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Who Is Our Neighbor?

• Each of us live in multiple communities
• The Church is a community of pain
• The Church is Gods ambassador to the earth
• We need to be intentional about being a part of
  Gods Church
• Church is a place we go because we get treated
  better than we deserve to be treated.

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An Environment of Grace

• Most of our wounds are from others inside the
  Church
• We are not here for the nails of Christ, we are
  here for the love of Christ
• We confuse grace and tolerating sin
• We need to make Church a safe place to share and
  to keep from covering up
• The battle here is found between community and
  individualism

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Integrity

• Integrity is more than just being truthful, it
  wholeness
• Integrity means we help others see their lives
  through the mirror of Scripture
• If it is not safe then we lie
• We must be able to attach ourselves to another
  person and open up submit
• CHOOSE SOMEBODY

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Brokenness

• Psalm 5116-17 You do not delight in sacrifice,
  or I would bring it you do not take pleasure in
  burnt offerings. The sacrifices of God are a
  broken spirit a broken and contrite heart, O
  God, you will not despise.
• Brokenness is the times we come to the Lord as
  admit we are ready to be molded by God

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Brokenness

• We are broken by the events of life
• We cannot be afraid of the responses of other
  people
• Christ loved us until we got it
• We need to love others until they get it

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Submission

• Submission is evidence the Holy Spirit is in our
  lives
• We will only submit to what you trust
• Submission affirms people strengths and to
  protect them from their weaknesses.

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They Will Know We Are Christians

• We are one in the Spirit,
• we are one in the Lord.
• We are one in the Spirit,
• we are one in the Lord.
• And we pray that all unity
• may one day be restored.

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• CHORUS
• And theyll know we are Christians by our love,
  by our love.
• Yes, theyll know we are Christians by our love.

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• We will walk with each other,
• we will walk hand in hand
• We will walk with each other,
• we will walk hand in hand
• And together well spread the news
• that God is in our land.
• And theyll know we are Christians by our love,
  by our love.
• Yes, theyll know we are Christians by our love.

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• We will work with each other, we will work side
  by side,
• We will work with each other, we will work side
  by side,
• And well guard each ones dignity and save each
  ones pride.
• And theyll know we are Christians by our love,
  by our love.
• Yes, theyll know we are Christians by our love.

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• All praise to the Father,
• from whom all things come.
• And all praise to Christ Jesus,
• His only Son.
• And all praise to the Spirit,
• who makes us one.
• And theyll know we are Christians by our love,
  by our love.
• Yes, theyll know we are Christians by our love.