This message is on “True Community: How to Develop True, Authentic, and Transparent Relationships With Another Person.” You may apply this teaching to any marriage, family, friendship, work relationship, and, of course, within the local church.
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Rick preached this message at Trinity Bible Church in Powell, WY. This teaching was the pre-conference meeting to a biblical counseling conference that he led on the succeeding Monday and Tuesday nights.
Below are the texts he referenced during the message, plus the accompanying graphics, a book recommendation, three supporting articles, and ten tweets worth re-tweeting to your community.
Teaching Notes from Conference
- Essential Teaching about How People Change
- How to Have Authentic and Transparent Relationships
- Non-negotiable Musts for Every Christian
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Supporting Scriptures
- Genesis 1:27
- Genesis 3:6
- Romans 3:23
- Romans 5:12
- Philippians 2:1-11
- John 3:7
- Colossians 1:28
- 2 Timothy 2:24-25
- 1 Corinthians 11:1
- Genesis 50:20
- Luke 6:43-45
- Philippians 2:1
- Hebrews 4:12-13
- Matthew 6:21
- Romans 8:1
- Romans 5:8
- Genesis 2:18
- Genesis 2:23-25
The Paul Miller book Rick recommended in the message: A Praying Life
You may want to read:
- The Most Perfect Relationship You Will Ever Have
- Leading Your Wife In Intimate Conversations
- How to Build and Enjoy Dynamic Community Life
Video from Beartooth Pass, referenced in the sermon:
Supporting Graphics
We come into our world broken, with a “missing piece” because of the fall of Adam. A parent’s responsibility is to cooperate with God in the process of shepherding a child to Christ–where completeness happens (Colossians 1:28).
True community is when two people are sharing (Philippians 2:1) their most treasured possession with another person (Matthew 6:21). Our greatest treasure is God, and there are two aspects to our relationship with God–the good and the bad (Hebrews 4:12-13). Therefore, true community is sharing both of those aspects with someone else.
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