MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER Romans 12:5 MEMBERS OF ONE
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slide1. MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER Romans 12:5<br>
slide2. MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER Members one of another
Love one another
Peace with one another
Forgive one another
Serve one another
Strengthen / encourage one another
Comfort one another
Pray for one another
Support (bear with) one another
Sing to one another
Watch out for one another<br>
slide3. COMFORT ONE OF ANOTHER<br>
slide4. COMFORT ONE ANOTHER Comfort – call to one’s side*
I Thessalonians 4:18
Comforting one another is doing the work of God (II Cor. 1:3; Ps. 34:18)<br>
slide5. SAD STATE OF NO COMFORTERS Ps 69:1-3,20
In the church, this shouldn’t happen. We are a body. When one hurts, we are all supposed to hurt (I Cor. 12:26). When one weeps, we are all supposed to weep with them (Rom. 12:15)
Christians aren’t perfect, however (II Tim. 4:16)<br>
slide6. SORRY COMFORTERS Job 16:2 Are you trying to comfort others or yourself?
Are you making the hurt feel guilty, as though tragedy and pain are their fault?
Are you minimizing their pain?
Are you telling them to stop hurting?
Are you trying to fix them?<br>
slide7. COMFORTING IS HARD It is easy to say the wrong thing and make a person feel worse
Every situation is different
Sometimes people refuse comfort (Ps. 77:2; Jer. 31:15)<br>
slide8. WORDS OF COMFORT Many people today find the comment, “they are in a better place” to be annoying rather than comforting. Why is that?<br>
slide9. OUR WORDS OF COMFORT I Thessalonians 4:13-18 Our faith makes the difference (I3-14)
Death is not their end (14-16)
We will be together again (17)
We will be with Jesus (17)
We shall always be (17)<br>
slide10. THE COMFORT OF TOGETHERNESS Job’s comfort (Job 42:11; 2:11-13)
Ephraim’s comfort (I Chron. 7:22)
The Ephesian’s comfort (Eph. 6:21-22)
Paul’s comfort (II Cor. 7:6-7)
A repentant sinner’s comfort (II Cor. 2:5-7)<br>
slide11. We are members one of another. Members comfort each other.<br>
slide2. MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER Members one of another
Love one another
Peace with one another
Forgive one another
Serve one another
Strengthen / encourage one another
Comfort one another
Pray for one another
Support (bear with) one another
Sing to one another
Watch out for one another<br>
slide3. COMFORT ONE OF ANOTHER<br>
slide4. COMFORT ONE ANOTHER Comfort – call to one’s side*
I Thessalonians 4:18
Comforting one another is doing the work of God (II Cor. 1:3; Ps. 34:18)<br>
slide5. SAD STATE OF NO COMFORTERS Ps 69:1-3,20
In the church, this shouldn’t happen. We are a body. When one hurts, we are all supposed to hurt (I Cor. 12:26). When one weeps, we are all supposed to weep with them (Rom. 12:15)
Christians aren’t perfect, however (II Tim. 4:16)<br>
slide6. SORRY COMFORTERS Job 16:2 Are you trying to comfort others or yourself?
Are you making the hurt feel guilty, as though tragedy and pain are their fault?
Are you minimizing their pain?
Are you telling them to stop hurting?
Are you trying to fix them?<br>
slide7. COMFORTING IS HARD It is easy to say the wrong thing and make a person feel worse
Every situation is different
Sometimes people refuse comfort (Ps. 77:2; Jer. 31:15)<br>
slide8. WORDS OF COMFORT Many people today find the comment, “they are in a better place” to be annoying rather than comforting. Why is that?<br>
slide9. OUR WORDS OF COMFORT I Thessalonians 4:13-18 Our faith makes the difference (I3-14)
Death is not their end (14-16)
We will be together again (17)
We will be with Jesus (17)
We shall always be (17)<br>
slide10. THE COMFORT OF TOGETHERNESS Job’s comfort (Job 42:11; 2:11-13)
Ephraim’s comfort (I Chron. 7:22)
The Ephesian’s comfort (Eph. 6:21-22)
Paul’s comfort (II Cor. 7:6-7)
A repentant sinner’s comfort (II Cor. 2:5-7)<br>
slide11. We are members one of another. Members comfort each other.<br>