Better Together - Serving Together - Part 5

Serving Together

Better Together - Part 5

“... agree with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.”

Phil. 2:2 (NLT)

1. We are family

“We work together as partners who belong to God.”

1 Cor. 3:9 (NLT)

2. We need each other 

“... Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of Christ’s Body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn’t amount to much, would we?”
Rom. 12:5 (Mes)

3. We get more done

“Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively.”

Eccl. 4:9 (GN)

“The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose.”

1 Cor. 3:8 (NLT)

WHAT IT TAKES TO SERVE AS A TEAM 

TRUST

“Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care.”

1 Tim. 6:20 (NIV)

“Many people claim to be loyal, but it is hard to find a trustworthy person.”

Pr. 20:6 (NCV)

1. By being consistent 

“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.”

Luke 16:10 (NIV)

2. Being confidential 

“A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.”

Pr. 11:13 (NIV)

3. Being close

Spend time with people 

“Friends love through all kinds of weather, and families stick together in all kinds of trouble.”

Pr. 17:17 (Mes)

Time create trust, trust take times.

EMPHATY 

“Live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic.”

1 Peter 3:8 (NIV)

Fundamental need and deep need. 

1. Slow down

“Be quick to listen and slow to speak...”

James 1:19 (NIV)

Speed destroy empathy.

If you moving, you miss the detail

2. Ask questions

“A person’s thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out.”

Pr. 20:5 (GN)

Learn ask the question twice.

-How are you doing? 

- Tell me more...

Learn to linger

3. Show emotion 

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.”

Rom. 12:15 (NAS)

I hurt with you. I cry with you. That's empathy...

ACCOMODATION

Give them a room, give them space. Coz God made all of us different. 

“Be faithful, loving, and easy to get along with.”

2 Tim. 2:22b (CEV) 

1. Accommodate each other needs

“Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, ‘How can I help?’”

Rom. 15:2 (Mes)

Ask yourself "how can I help others?"

Need takes time and energy...

2. Accommodate each other ideas

“The intelligent man is always open to new ideas. In fact, he looks for them.”

Pr. 18:15 (LB)

3. Accommodate each other personality

“God in His kindness gave each of us different gifts.”

Rom. 12:6 (GW)

God use our differences to change the world.

Appreciate others differences.

4. Accommodate each other faults

“Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.”

Eph. 4:2 (LB)

MISSION

Doing something with a purpose. Accomplish something together.

“...be of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.”

Phil. 2:2 (NAS)

“Let us not give up the habit of meeting together...but let us encourage one another.”

Heb. 10:25 (NIV)

“Live in a way that brings honor to the Good News of Christ. ...standing strong with one purpose, working togeth- er as one for the faith of the Good News.”
Phil. 1:27 (NCV)