A Life Focused On Others

With our ease of transportation, deluge of cell phones and pagers, and unlimited reach of the Internet, we have more ways to connect with people than ever before. So isn't it ironic that people feel more isolated today? We work alongside people we don't enjoy, live next door to others we don't know, and even gather in worship services where many feel like just another face in the crowd. Even with close friends many of us can't seem to steer the conversation beyond surface fluff.

What most people are seeking are authentic relationships and genuine community. However healthy relationships are not created by sitting together in the same building or participating in the same activities, but by capturing Jesus' heart for life changing relationships. Throughout Jesus' ministry he demonstrated that the simplest acts of love and friendship could reach the most hardened and transform them. and then because of what he modeled the early believers didn't see themselves as an institution; they saw themselves as a family. Church wasn't something they went to; it was a way of living in relationship with the Father and his other children. The result was that the world marveled at the early church's ability to live selflessly and was transformed by they saw and experienced.

Sown throughout the New Testament are the one anothering Scriptures that defined their life together. Many of these are repeated multiple times, but there are twenty two unique references to their shared life using the words "one another" or "each other."

Join us as over the next several weeks we examine each of these specific references and see the incredible joy and freedom that results from recovering the lost art of one anothering.