7. First weeks of school Review the basics
If you don’t have the basics – you can’t learn more
If you need the basics to build on

8. God designed life to be BETTER TOGETHER
That’s not just a hallmark card / or Disney musical
Its actually a Biblical truth that
Most of us think we’ve grown out of
(Been betrayed so much)
But here is the biblical truth

9. “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule”
(Genesis 1:26)

10. God is relationship
and He made you to
work that way

11. to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
“The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man
to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
(Genesis 2:18)
This was before sin

12. From the very beginning, God Himself said that we are
incomplete and can’t prosper
without being together
Not just with him – with others
God never created your life
or your “religion” to just be a private experience
"Whether we like it or not, the moment we confess Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are a member of the Christian church whether or not we ever attend a church service. We can no more be a Christian and have nothing to do with the church than we can be a person and not be in a family. . . Church is not merely an option for those Christians who are more social than others. It is part of the basic fabric of our redemption God nevre makes private, secret salvation deals with people. His relationship with us is personal and intimate, yes; but private, no. We are a family in Jesus. When we become Christians, we are among brothers and sisters in faith. No Christian is an only child. . . So the question is not "Am I going to be part of a community of faith?' but "how am I going to live in a community of faith?" (175) Eugene Peterson, A long Obedience in the same direction

13. “so Jesus gave them the right to become God’s children
“so Jesus gave them the right to become God’s children. They did not become part of God’s family by anything they could do rather through Jesus, God, himself, became their Father”
(John 1:12-13, GNBp)
This was before sin

14. We’ve forgotten how to be
BETTER TOGETHER
We’ve forgotten
what family is for
(its purpose)
4 purposes –here is the first

17. THIS SERIES: BETTER TOGETHER Four Purposes Of Any Family
To Know Jesus
To Find Freedom
To Discover Purpose
To Make A Difference
When you don’t know what to do for your family –start here
Parent, grandparent, sibling

18. Greatest Family Purpose
To Help Each Other
Know Jesus
4 purposes –here is the first

19. #1
Because
I only give out
what is in me

20. You will never truly feel loved or be able to love someone else
“If anyone believes that Jesus is the Son of God, he lives in union with God God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.”
(1 John 4:16, NIV)
Without God,
You will never truly feel loved or be able to love someone else
If you want love in your family, you have to have God there
Family’s #1 priority is to help each other know God (know love)
So every family (church or home) follow this . . .

21. I can’t fix someone else!#2
I can’t fix someone else!
I can only help them
fix their eyes on Jesus
Sinful nature –wrong things – seem natural
That sinful nature means – we are selfish

22. “We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin (selfishness) might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.”
(Romans 6:6)
This was before sin

23. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone,
the new has come!”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
This was before sin

24. will I ever have the chance#3
Only through Jesus
will I ever have the chance
to love someone else
in an unfailing way
If its outside Jesus – its not love
(doesn’t matter what the world says)
(doesn’t matter what the person you love is saying)
Love lasts – and what you are doing won’t last
If you really love them – stop sleeping with them
If you really love them – go to church even though they don’t like it
If you really love them – forgive them – when you don’t feel like it
If you really love them – don’t be kind only when they do what you want
Follow Jesus.

25. “A new command I give you: Love one another
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
(John 13:34)

26. “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life
“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
(John 14:6 NIV)
This was before sin

27. God designed life to become BETTER TOGETHER
Starts with jesus and you
Ends with jesus through you
Nothing Jesus does in your life is just for you – end in family or for family

28. until you learn to ride a bike
Final thought:
You can’t ride a bike
until you learn to ride a bike

29. Written Prayer Requests #1
Jesus, here is the one area of my life that I need you to send someone to help me get better

30. Written Prayer Request #2
Jesus, here is the one way I am asking you to use me to help someone else get better