United: The Trust Factor - Audio
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at 5.30 and eat turkey, sit down at a table and make some conversation, reach out, get outside of your bubble, outside of your comfort zone, especially those of you who have been around for a while, find somebody that you don't necessarily know too well, and go out there and just extend, extend, start. And then in the new year, in 2023, we're going to begin doing small groups and I would love it. If you're somebody who's relatively new here and you want to get connected and integrated, that's going to be an awesome opportunity for you. So if you've got other people, friends, family, especially those who are not saved or who have been de-church, bring them in, invite them to your group and start showing this mutual faithfulness. If you do this, if you take these steps, you will be imaging the divine to the world. And the world is going to look and they're going to start, look, and this happens very frequently actually at this church because we do have a lot of Christian friendship here. People walk in and they're like, "Oh my gosh, these people know each other. These people care about each other. This is weird." And then they think, "This is how it's supposed to be." Let's pray. Gracious God and Father. Father, you are the King. But God, your nature is not just Father, but Father and Son and Spirit and the tightest intimacy in the eternal mutuality. And God, you've put that in our hearts, that longing, that need for others, for those that we can trust, people who exude and live out faithfulness. God, for those of us who have been faithless, we confess it. We know there's been times when we have let people down or we have not executed. It's been scary. We've been left before. We've been wounded. And so we're afraid to go all in, we're afraid to trust, we're afraid to give faithfulness. God, Holy Spirit, cleanse us of that, pull that out of our hearts, instead setting our hearts the image of Jesus, Jesus, you who were faithful to the Father, to the extreme, to the heart, to the farthest parts. You could taste the death because of your faithfulness and your love. God, make us Christian friends, friends the world knows nothing of, and may that light and life be exciting and attractive, and may we bring more friends into our community. And our family, God, on the basis of faithfulness, Jesus in your name we pray, Amen. Let's stand together and finish our times this morning with O worship the King. It's a great thanksgiving anthem as we close our time now. God, Holy Spirit, is wonderful, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, ♪ What King would glorious above ♪ ♪ And pray for He's seen His wonderful love ♪ ♪ I see the way before the ancient days ♪
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A Biblical view of friendship.