Recipe Card for Systematic Community Care:
Romans 12:10 "Love each other with genuine affection and take delight in honoring each other."
This Scripture can guide us as we seek to create values, opportunities, thoughts and behaviors that help a congregation to establish an interrelated and interconnected faith community. The scripture suggests that persons in the community of faith need to understand what love is, know how to express it, and find joy in loving each other.
Romans 12 helps us to see how we can respond to God's grace and mercy by making a necessary sacrifice to meet each other's needs. When everyone is concerned for the needs of others, all needs are met. All are loved and fell affirmed and supported, which results in a loving community where care is experienced and expressed.
Think about the groups and experiences in which you felt a caring and loving spirit.
In what ways were these groups and experiences formal or informal?
How can the values, beliefs, and behavior of a mutually loving community become a part fo the fabric of our church.
Identify one person to whom you will demonstrate genuine love this week. What needs do they have that you can meet? Meet them.
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