The nine characteristics of Biblical fellowship:
Authenticity-share our true feelings
Mutuality-encourage each other
Sympathy-support each other
Mercy-forgive each other
Honesty-speak the truth in love
Humility-admit our weaknesses
Courtesy-respect our differences
Confidentiality-not gossip
Frequency-make group a priority
It means giving up our self-centeredness and independence but it prepares us for heaven.
What are ways we can help cultivate these characteristics of real community at PVLC?
We have to love our church and our relationships with each other enough to speak the truth in love. No glossing over an issue. But we have to do it all in love and only after we talk to God first.
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