We Value ___
Amos 3:3 (NKJV) Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
Psalm 133:1 (TPT) How truly wonderful and delightful to see brothers and sisters living together in sweet unity!
John 17:11 (NLT) Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to You. Holy Father, You have given Me Your name; now protect them by the power of Your name so that they will be united just as We are.
John 17:20-22 (TPT) And I ask not only for these disciples, but also for all those who will one day believe in me through their message. 21 I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as You and I, Father, are joined together as one. I pray for them to become one with Us so that the world will recognize that You sent Me. 22 For the very glory You have given to Me I have given them so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that we enjoy.
Ephesians 4:3 (NKJV) Endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit…
1. We value God’s presence
Matthew 18:20 (NKJV) For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.
Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Psalm 97:5 (NKJV) The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord…
2. We value the Holy Spirit’s leading
Romans 8:14 (NKJV) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.
3. We value balance
Matthew 22:29 (NKJV) Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken [in error, deceived, being led astray] not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.”
John 1:14 (NKJV) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
4. We value the next step
Philippians 1:6 (NIV) He that began a good work in you is faithful to complete it.
5. We value authenticity
1 John 3:18 (NLT) Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
6. We value doing life together
1 Corinthians 12:14 (NKJV) For in fact the body is not one member but many.
Ephesians 2:19 (NKJV) Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household [family] of God.
7. We value family