The church as a Family

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The church as a Family!
We are the unique family of God!
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Ephesians 525-27
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also
loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26that
He might sanctify and cleanse her with the
washing of water by the word, 27that He might
present her to Himself a glorious church, not
having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but
that she should be holy and without blemish
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Jesus loved the church
Consider the price that he paid

• Suffering.
• Blood.
• Sacrifice.
• Mocking.
• Crown of thorns.
• Left heaven.
• Live in poverty.

All for the church!
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Can we form something out these letters?
A
F
L
FAMILY
Y
M
I
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What does the "F" stand for?
F
FAMILY
ellowship...
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Acts 242
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles
doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of
bread, and in prayers
What is meant by Fellowship?
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Philippians 14,5...
Always in every prayer of mine for you all
making request with joy, For your fellowship in
the gospel from the first day until now
This is equal to Being together, to have
everything in common...etc.
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When Northside has a victory, we have a victory!!!
1 Cor 1226
And whether one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it or one member be honoured, all
the members rejoice with it
3 John 3
This is your family...Be proud of it.
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What do we need in order to have fellowship?
1 John 17
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and
the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin.
This is a MUST.
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What does the "A" stand for?
A
FAMILY
TTITUDE
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Attitude is very important!
Philippians 25
Does Northside have a good attitude?
Northside is very positive!
Proverbs 237
Philippians 48
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What does the "M" stand for?
M
M
FAMILY
ESSAGE AND ONEY
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To have a radiant, glowing church, we must have a
message!
Romans 116
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for
it is the power of God to salvation for everyone
who believes, for the Jew first and also for the
Greek.
Message...
The early church preached it in the Book of Acts
Acts 1033
Acts 214
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What do we need to have and give this message?
A radiant church will preach the good news
But it takes money to do it!
2 Cor 97
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give not grudgingly, or of necessity
for God loveth a cheerful giver.
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It is very nice to see the family of God marching
on. But in order to march on we need money. And
from where this money is coming from?
1.It costs money to build a great church. 2. Who
is going to give it? 3. How much should we
give? 4. How should we give it? 5. When should we
give it? 6. Why should we give it?
Very good questions, right? If we love our family
we will have the answer right away!
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What does the "I" stand for?
FAMILY
I
I
NSPIRED AND NVOLVED
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Hebrews 1024
And let us consider one another"
One translation says
Let us stimulate one another. . . .
1 Thessalonians 511
1 Cor 1227
Romans 1616
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What does the "L" stand for?
FAMILY
OVE
L
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We cannot talk about the FAMILY, Without talking
about LOVE.
Why?
John 1334
A new commandment I give to you, that you love
one another as I have loved you, that you also
love one another
What is new about it?
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It is not the first time it appears in the Bible.
It is new in length, breadth, and depth!
Nobody ever loved like Jesus!
Thats why it is new
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I love you!
How often do we use this word among us?
Are we embarrassed to tell others I love you?
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Jesus was not embarrassed. Paul was not, Peter
was not, John was not.
Romans 1210
John 1334
1 Thessalonians 49
John 1335
Hebrews 131
1 John 318
1 Peter 38
Do we have it among us?
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What does the "Y" stand for?
FAMILY
EARNING
Y
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We MUST have the desire!
Our home...
Romans 101
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Are you a dreamer? In the good way?
Love
Preach
Encourage
Brothers
Grow
Sisters
All of us In HEAVEN
I am...
I know with all my heart that we can be
different! What do you think?
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Thank you Father in heaven for making me part of
you radiant church.
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