1. Ascension Sunday More Than an Afterthought Six Reasons Jesus’s Ascension Matters

2. Acts 1:5-8; Acts 2:1-4; 12-18; 32-33

3. Andy Stanley The primary activity of the church is one-anothering one another!

4. John 13:34-35 You will experience My love as you love one another. You can know about My love from My Word, but you can also experience My love in relationship.

5. UNITY! 1.Be at peace with one another (Mark 9:50) 2.Don’t grumble among one another (John 6:43) 3.Be of the same mind with one another. Live in harmony with each other. (Romans 12:16, 15:5) 4.Accept one another (Romans 15:7) 5.Don’t bite, devour, and destroy one another (Galatians 5:15) 6.Let us not become conceited, provoking or envying each other (Gal 5:26)

6. UNITY! 7.Be completely humble and gentle, be patient, bearing with one another in love (Ephesians 4:2) 8.Be kind, tender hearted to one another and forgiving each another as the Lord forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32, Col 3:13) 9.Strive to do what is good for one another, don’t repay evil for evil (1 Thess 5:15) 10.Don’t slander or grumble or complain against one another (James 4:11, 5:9) 11.Confess your sins to one another and pray for each other. (James 5:16)

7. LOVE! 1.Love one another (lots of references) 2.Above all, love each other deeply (1 Peter 4:8) 3.Serve one another humbly in love (Galatians 5:13) 4.Be devoted to one another in love (Romans 12:10)

8. HUMILITY! 1.You also should wash one another’s feet (John 13:14) 2.Give preference to one another in honour (Romans 12:10) 3.Rather, in humility regard or value one another as more important than yourselves (Philippians 2:3) 4.Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (Ephesians 5:21) 5.Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another (1 Peter 5:5)

9. OTHERS! Do not judge one another (Romans 14:13) Speak truth to one another (Ephesians 4:25) Don’t lie to one another (Colossians 3:9) Be hospitable to one another (1 Peter 4:9)

10. OTHERS! Encourage or comfort one another concerning the resurrection (1 Thess 4:18) Encourage and build up one another (1 Thess 5:11) Encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sins deceitfulness (Hebrews 3:13)

11. OTHERS! When God’s children are in need, you be the one to help them out. Romans 12:13 Encourage one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24) Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2)