an essential key… 1john 5:2-3 a balance must be found & each one of us is responsible...

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An Essential Key… 1John 5:2-3 A Balance Must Be Found & Each One Of Us Is Responsible 1Corinthians 12:13-27 I Need You: You Need Me… Ephesians 2:19 Galatians 5:13; 6:10 If It Is To Be; It Is Up To Me

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An Essential Key…

1John 5:2-3A Balance Must Be Found & Each OneOf Us Is Responsible

1Corinthians 12:13-27

I Need You: You Need Me…

Ephesians 2:19Galatians 5:13; 6:10If It Is To Be; It Is Up To Me

DOES ANYONE REALLY PAY ATTENTION WHEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAYS, “IF THERE IS

A CHANGE IN CABIN PRESSURE…”?

Look up, pull down; place on self, then assist others. Pretty simple instructions, but capable of saving a life…

A spiritual application: Upward-Inward-Outward

Colossians 3:1-3Set Your Mind On Things Above

-Look Upward-

Colossians 3:5-112Corinthians 5:17 James 4:8

Draw Near To God & He Will Draw Near To

You

“It Is No Longer I Who Live, But Christ Lives In Me”

Galatians 2:20

Romans 12:1-2The Change Must Be Complete. Total Metamorphous

Look Inward

Ephesians 4:23-24Galatians 5:16, 22-26 “If These Qualities Are

Yours And Are Increasing…”2Peter 1:8-11

Live In Such A Way, That If Someone Spoke Badly Of You, No One Would Believe It…

A SIX WORD BIOGRAPHY…

Bible Six Word “Bio’s”…

“A man after God’s own heart” (Acts 13:22)

“Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 1:1)

“Timothy, my true child in faith” (1Timothy 1:2)

A Few Suggestions…

“Someone not easy to love”

“Beacon of light for the Lord”

“Work in progress, not quite done”

“Once lost, now found, eternally thankful”

What Six Words Would Be Your Biography?

“Have This Attitude In Yourselves Which Was Also In Christ…”

Philippians 2:1-7-Look Outward-

Colossians 2:2“Knit Together”

“Let Us”

Romans 15:1-2, 5-7

Galatians 6:10 A Mind To Serve Wanting Only The Best For All…

LIFE CAN BE “INTERESTING” AT TIMES: WE ALL NEED SOMEONE TO BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT…

ENGAGEENCOURAGEENRICH

A Shared Responsibility For You & Me

“Therefore accept one another…” (Romans 15:7)

When We Are In Service To One Another, In A Manner Consistent With The Word, We Are In Service To God

Hebrews 12:28

2Corinthians 1:3-7“Pay it forward”

Engage: “to come together; interlock; give attention to…”

Ephesians 2:19-22

Ephesians 4:11-16

Invest Time Getting To Know One Another…

Be Willing To Listen. Seek To Understand…

ENCOURAGE: “to make more determined; confident; to spur onward”

Put Courage In Others…

Isaiah 35:3

Encourage Your Hearts

1Thessalonians 3:2; 5:11, 14

Hebrews 3:13

Even The “Strong” At Times Need To Be Encouraged

The Final Piece (or is it?)

EnrichmentEnrich: “to make rich or richer by the addition or increase of some desirable quality, attribute or ingredient; to add beauty to”

Philippians 2:3-41Corinthians

12:22-24

Manifest To Others Their Worth &

Value

The Betterment Of Others Should Be Our Desire

“Which every joint supplies…”Ephesians 4:16

IF You Have Been Raised Up In Christ…Direct Your Attitude & Actions Upward

Colossians 3:10A Renewal

Colossians 3:12-13Employ Virtues

Colossians 3:14-15

“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts…and be thankful.”

Take The Time To Really Think About

“If These Qualities Are Yours And Are Increasing…”

2Peter 1:8-11

Can You Say That You Have Put Into Practice

The Principles Of Looking Upward, Inward, Outward

With A Mind To Engage, Encourage & Enrich

Others?“…for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly

supplied to you.”