God for Us Through Community

Main Point: When it comes to community, failure to plan is planning to fail.

Outline:

1. Devoted to the Scriptures
2. Committed to One Another
3. Engaged in the Mission

Additional Sermon Content

The grass withers, the flowers fade, but the word of our God remains forever.

Isaiah 40:8

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Timothy, my coworker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen, greet you.

I, Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord.

Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus greet you.

Romans 16:20b-23

Two Major Shifts

1. From event to people.
2. From scattered to focused.