This message talks how we need others, and they need us! We model the attractive, interdependent community of the early church when we open our lives to others and accept them in return.
Matthew 22:36-40
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: oxen pull the weight of 3 oxen
If they fall down, they can help each other up. But pity those who fall and have no one to help them up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
James 5:16
Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed.