You Belong Somewhere Priority #3 • 6.12.22

Perris Valley Church

Series: Priorities

Title: Priorities: You Belong Somewhere

Date: 6/12/22

Location: Perris Valley Church

Hebrews 10:25 (NLT)

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT)

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

Point Number 1 in your notes:

God knows you need community, fellowship, and belonging.

Genesis 2:18 (NLT)

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

Acts 1:14 (NLT)

They all met together and were constantly united in prayer, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, several other women, and the brothers of Jesus.

Proverbs 27:17 (NLT)

As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

Point Number 2 in your notes:

God knows an aggressive, unspiritual community wants you to join their family.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (NLT)

These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (NLT)

For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will reject the truth and chase after myths.

Romans 12:2 (NLT)

Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

John 14:6 (NLT)

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

Point number 3 in your notes

Satan has prepared a community and a place for you to belong.

1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)

Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

John 6:37 (NLT)

However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

Acts 2:42 (NLT)

All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.

Point number 4 in your notes:

You are never alone. You choose who is in your company.

Romans 12:4-5 (NLT)

Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, 5 so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

2 Corinthians 6:14 (NLT)

Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness?

John 1:12 (NLT)

But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.