This week we’re back to our message series “Become Part of the Family.” In this message series we’re talking about God’s family right here at Life Church. When God created you, He didn’t create you to live life by yourself. He created you to live as part of a family, part of God’s family in a local church. Only as you and I learn to live in God’s family will our lives be successful, only as we find our part in the church will our lives fulfill God’s purpose. So today I’m going to talk about “Learning to Share Life.”
Sharing life with someone else does not come naturally, that’s why we need to learn to share life. Sharing does not come naturally, if you have children you’ve figured that out. Sharing life does not come naturally, if you’re married you’ve figured that out. But sharing life is the way that God designed you to live, you can’t make it on your own, you need other people. NIV Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
Why do you need to learn to share life? Because two are better than one, they can accomplish more than each one working individually. If you have a problem and have no friends to help, you are in trouble. However, if you have learned to share life, you will have friends to help you when you can’t help yourself. A lot of people think that all they need is their own physical families. Well, you are better being in a loving physical family than living alone. However, if you’re in a family without God involved or you’re in a family that is not part of God’s family in the church,something is missing. Each person needs to become part of God’s family in the church.
Coming to church on Sunday morning is a great way to get introduced to God’s family, it’s a great way to begin the process of sharing life. However, there’s more because you really can’t share life with 100 people all at once. The process of sharing life or fellowship is best lived out in small groups like our Life Groups. Our Life Groups consist of 6-12 adults plus children and meet together regularly for fellowship, Bible study and prayer.
Some people think that the presence of God is only in large crowds, but that’s not the case. Jesus said in NIV Matthew 18:20 For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. So today I want to look at how you can learn to share life in God’s family in a small group.
To hear more about this topic, listen to my May 28, 2006 message entitled Learning To Share Life