We help people: Am I really helping? 2 Corinthians 5:11 Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others. Matthew 16:24-27 If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds. We help people: 1. FIND AND FOLLOW Romans 10:14-15 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” 1 Peter 3:15 …if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. The method isn’t sacred. The message is. Posture disciples. 2. BUILD THEIR LIVES ON THE Matthew 7:24-27 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” Build your house… I have a foundation of scripture for every area of my life. James 4:17 - Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it. Spiritually Relationally Emotionally Financially Physical 3. GROW IN 1 Thessalonians 2:8 We loved you so much that we shared with you not only God’s Good News but our own lives, too. John 13:35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. I’m growing (5 areas) in community and my community is growing (spiritually and numerically). Church community should be always expanding. It has an outward vision. Acts 2:47 ….And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.