I love my church because:
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I love my church because of your partnership in the Gospel.
phil 1 3-5
3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,
4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,
5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
I love my church because of our personal relationships.
Phil 1:6-8
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel.
8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
I love my church because God is at work. “9-11 & 6”
Phil 1:9-11
9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
The local church is were God
I love my church because I get to see spiritual progress in your lives.
Our church is an ongoing renovation project for the glory of God.
Our church is a construction zone were our God is perpetually reshaping us into the likeness of Christ.