My Church Is A Family

Ephesians 2:19 (NLT)
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19
So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers
and foreigners.
You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You
are members of God’s family.

1.
I need a place where

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.
1 Corinthians 13:11 (NLT)
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11
When I was a child, I spoke and thought
and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish thing

Acts 2:42 (NLT)
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42
All the believers devoted themselves to the
apostles’
teaching
,
and to fellowship
, and to sharing in meals (includi
ng
the Lord’s Supper), and to
prayer
.
2.
I need healthy

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.
Psalm 68:6 (NLT)
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6
God places the lonely in families; he sets the
prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a
sun
–
scorched land.
Proverbs 18:24 (NLT)
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24
There are “friends” who destroy each other,
but a real friend sticks closer than a brother

3.
I need a place where I can

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.
Romans 12:6 (NLT)
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6
In his grace, God has given us different gifts for
doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy,
speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
Romans 12:
7
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8 (NLT)
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7
If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If
you are a teacher, teach well.
8
If your gift is to encourage others, be
encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership
ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if y
ou have a gift for showing
kindness to others, do it gladly.
1 Timothy 4:14 (NLT)
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14
Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received
through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid
their hands on you

4
.
I need to belong to something

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.
Romans 12:4
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5 (NLT)
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4
Just as our bodies have many parts and each
part has a special function,
5
so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts
of one body, and we all belong to each other.
Hebrews 10:25 (NLT)
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25
And let us not neglect our meeting together,
as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the
day of his ret
urn is drawing nea