Aug. 11, 2024

Vital Signs

Week 1 – The Making of a Healthy Church

August 11, 2024

Vital signs are the _____________________ in determining

a ________________________.

Acts 2:44-47 (NLT) And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity[j]— 47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

The first vital sign of a healthy church –

it ________________________.

John 13:34-35 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.

John 17:20-21 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. 21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.

John 17:23 … May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

PASSION WILL BE A CHURCH THAT:

Makes ___________ for people in ______________.

_______________ others in how we _____________.

Proverbs 16:28 A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Fights for ________________.

Galatians 5:15 But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.