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Vulnerabitity in Marriage

1. Community is Necessary in our Relationship with God (vs. 42-43) 2. Community is Necessary in our Relationship with Believers (vs. 44-46) 3. Community is Necessary in our Reach Unbelievers (vs. 47)

Our society is constantly bombarding us with messages on how we are to be perfect. And if you do not match up to those messages or actually make a mistake, shame and guilt can rush in. This sets us up to judge others according to these social rules in order to build up our own image. There are people today who feel like the church is not a safe place for them, especially if their secrets were known. What kind of church do we want to be? How can we be real with ourselves as well as real with others? What are we willing to do to be the church for the broken? If we are honest with ourselves, we are all broken people. Listen for what Jesus says about those who are broken beyond repair in the eyes of others...

The Apostle Paul, a pillar in our church, struggled in his life with a weakness he called his thorn in the flesh. God chose not to intervene in this situation to make Paul stronger from it. What is our thorn in the flesh the God is using to make us stronger?

06/07/2009 Setting Priorities Knox 16 PC 299/653/548/592 Psalm 29 Isaiah 6:1-8 Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 OOPS! John Wesley: “Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I will shake the world.” | | UGH! A party of tourists were visiting the home where the composer…

Sermon Text Genesis 45 Title: Joseph Makes Him Self Known Textual Theme: God brings Joseph deeply forgive his brothers. Goal: to encourage the people of the time that Joseph would was the one through whom the blessing of God passed through the generations. Need: In times of trouble, the Israelites would…