Building A Contagious Church Lesson 4
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Adapted from Sam Long Building a Contagious Building a Contagious Church Church Be Contagious Leaders Be Contagious Leaders onnect People with Jesus onnect People with Jesus nd His Word nd His Word We must be United We must be United
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Lesson four in this series deals with showing people that you care about them.
Transcript of Building A Contagious Church Lesson 4
Adapted from Sam Long
Building a Contagious ChurchBuilding a Contagious Church
Be Contagious LeadersBe Contagious Leaders
Connect People with Jesus Connect People with Jesus and His Wordand His Word
We must be UnitedWe must be United
Adapted from Sam Long
To Build a Contagious ChurchTo Build a Contagious Church
• We Must Show We Care About PeopleWe Must Show We Care About People• Practice the MMFINA PrinciplePractice the MMFINA Principle
– MakeMake– MeMe– FeelFeel– ImportantImportant– Needed, and Needed, and – AcceptedAccepted
Adapted from Sam Long
Caring About PeopleCaring About People
• Paul Understood and Paul Understood and Taught MMFINATaught MMFINA– 1 Corinthians 12:22-261 Corinthians 12:22-26– Romans 12:3-21Romans 12:3-21
Adapted from Sam Long
Caring About PeopleCaring About People
• The Appeal of GangsThe Appeal of Gangs– Gangs give a sense of importanceGangs give a sense of importance– Gangs provide a sense of being neededGangs provide a sense of being needed– Gangs render acceptanceGangs render acceptance
• The MMFINA PrincipleThe MMFINA Principle– sense of sense of importanceimportance– sense of being sense of being neededneeded– acceptanceacceptance
Adapted from Sam Long
Caring About PeopleCaring About People
• We Must . . . We Must . . . – Be sensitive to people’s needs – KINDNESSBe sensitive to people’s needs – KINDNESS
• Col 3:12-13Col 3:12-13
– Encourage their work – BarnabasEncourage their work – Barnabas– Respect their feelings – To pride oneself in Respect their feelings – To pride oneself in
being frank may be a guise for pure meannessbeing frank may be a guise for pure meanness– Nurture their strengths – Promote and sustain Nurture their strengths – Promote and sustain
their development their development • 2 Tim 3:16-172 Tim 3:16-17
Adapted from Sam Long
Caring About PeopleCaring About People
• Sympathy vs. EmpathySympathy vs. Empathy
• What is sympathy?What is sympathy?
• What is empathy?What is empathy?
• LemonsLemons
Adapted from Sam Long
Building a Contagious ChurchBuilding a Contagious Church
Connect People with JesusConnect People with Jesus
Be Contagious LeadersBe Contagious Leaders Be UnitedBe United
Show that we Care About PeopleShow that we Care About People
