Better Together

July 26, 2026

Pastor Kent Landhuis

THEME – We love one another in practical everyday ways.

 

TEXT – John 15:12-13

 

1. Community is not an idea but a way of life.

a. 1 Corinthians 12:21-31

b. Acts 2:5, 7-9

c. Revelation 7:9-10

 

2. This way of life creates a better world for everyone.

a. John 15:5, 12-13

b. “Individualism leads to the degradation and destruction of people.” (The Social Fabric Project)

 

3. This better world comes by loving in practical ways.

a. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

 

NEXT STEPS:

Expand your flock.

JOURNAL PROMPT

Who in our community (Which body part?) are you most likely to exclude from your flock? How can you love them in a practical way?

REFLECTION

As it is, there are many parts, but one body. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

 

1 Corinthians 12:20-27

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