Experience Authentic Community | Romans 12:??

Written By Lisa Garon

This message was preached at Sherwood Community Friends Church on Sunday, June 6, 2021. You can watch the video in full by clicking below.

Show up as the real you for authentic community. 

  1. Honestly know who you are and then give yourself fully to God.

  2. If you haven’t yet, take the S.H.A.P.E. test found at _____________

  3. Find someone in our church to connect with and be vulnerable with that you haven’t yet.

  1. Show up to meet real needs.

    1. We honor each other by seeing each other.

    2. What does the person next to you need? Seek to meet that need.

    3. Visit sherwoodfriends.church/serve for opportunities to serve in our church.

  2. Show up but let God be the one who’s seen.

    1. Are you seeking human affirmation (draining) or God’s glory (life-giving)?

    2. Ask God what is clogging your life from living your full purpose for His glory.

    3. ADVANCED CHALLENGE: Get the book Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges. Commit to read this over the summer.

  3. Show up by letting go of your wants.

    1. “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:9

    2. Dedicate 5 minutes a day to pray through the C.H.A.T. method - Confess, Honor, Ask, Thank.

    3. Visit sherwoodfriends.church/prayer to post your needs and pray for others.

    4. Read Acts 2:42-47 everyday this week. Ask God to show you how you can practice hospitality and give to those in need.

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