Relationships Part 1

Message Notes for August 26, 2018 Series: Inside Out Part 1 – Relationships

Living Our Inner values Out Loud

Relationship.

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

What are ways CtK Church has lived out this value over the years?

How has this value affected your life as you have engaged with CtK Church?

“Sacrifice is giving up something important for something more important”

How will CtK Church continue to live out the value of relationships into the future?

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Ezekiel 47:1–12 ESV

Then he brought me back to the door of the temple, and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side. Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. And he said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. Fishermen will stand beside the sea. From Engedi to Eneglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets. Its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea. But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt. And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither, nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing.”

How will God move through you and CtK Church as He has of old?

Family/Group Study Notes for Week of August 26, 2018 Series: Inside Out Part 1 – Relationships

What bold act would you like God to do through your life?What does having a value on relationships mean to you? What would that value look like in the life of the church? Where is society struggling to place its value on relationships?If the value of relationship is important to you, how is it lived out concretely in your daily life operation? Give examples. Your examples may give ideas for others to act on this value.Read & . How do these passages value relationship? What is the value God places on a relationship with you? Why is sacrifice important for relationships to thrive? What do those sacrifices look like in your relationships? What sacrifices must the church (believers) make to connect with new relationships and connect people into a relationship with Jesus?Read . What was the rhythm in the lives of these early followers of Jesus? How do you think this rhythm improved their quality of life? Relationships? Connection with others (favor with all people)?Where have you seen Christian Community strengthen lives and families? Where have you seen it in your own?Read . What is happening in this passage? This is a picture of God’s kingdom move. What would this move look like in your church, flowing into the lives of the community and beyond?