Relationships in Church

Jesus is making all things new. There are several spheres of
influence that we have as we go about life. As we follow Jesus,
He begins to change us in every one of those areas. That’s what
we have been talking about – we started this series talking about
the first sphere – our abiding relationship with Jesus. Then last
week Richie introduced us to the second sphere – the church. This
is where we are going to pick up today. As followers of Jesus, we
have been given a mission to reach this world for Jesus one
person at a time. The primary way that we do this is by being in
intentional relationships with the people around us – as we grow
together in being and making disciples of Jesus. That word
relationship is what can get us into trouble. Mostly from
personal experience, we all bring our own definitions to what
relationship looks like – most of which look totally different.
Jesus’ church has always been and still is where we are supposed
to learn how to be in intentional relationships with the people
around us.