Momentum - Learning to Experience Authentic Community, Part 2

Want to have great relationships? Chip gives you a 3-step process for building the kind of relationships that carry you through the hard times and celebrate life’s best moments with you.

Main Points

7 Essentials for Biblical Community - 1 Samuel 18-20

1. Be aware – God orchestrates circumstances and chemistry.  
2. Be intentional – We rarely drift into authentic community.  
3. Be honest– Share the last 10%.  
4. Be available– When crisis comes, “friends” arrive.  
5. Be loyal– Don’t “shrink back” when things “heat up.”  
6. Be vulnerable – Refuse to let fear or pride limit your relationships.  
7. Be spiritual – Help them become an r12 Christian every day in every way.

David and Jonathan’s covenant with God was the basis for their devotion to one another. - John 15:9-13

Jonathan and David’s relationship reveals that authentic community occurs when the real you meets real needs for the right reason in the right way. - Romans 12:9-13; John 17:21

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Additional Resource Mentions

• "Leave Ordinary Behind" Book by Lance Witt

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