1. John 13:31-35 Isaiah 43:18-19 Titus 3:14
The New Commandment
John 13:31-35
Isaiah 43:18-19
Titus 3:14

2. John 13:34–35 (ESV)
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
~~~~34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

3. We are needy Life is hard Our Hearts Are Busy
Hard Circumstances Meet Busy Hearts
Sin Weighs a Lot
Say “Help” to the Lord
Say “Help” to other People
Book By Edward T. Welch Side by Side Walking with others in wisdom and love
~~~ 1. Life is hard
~~~ 2. Our Hearts Are Busy
~~~ 3. Hard Circumstances Meet Busy Hearts
~~~ 4. Sin Weighs a Lot
~~~ 5. Say “Help” to the Lord
~~~~~~ 5. Say “Help” to other People

4. We Are Needed Have Compassion during Trouble Pray during Trouble
Remember: We have the Spirit
Move toward and Greet One Another
Have Thoughtful Conversations
See the Good, Enjoy One another
Walk Together, Tell Stories
Have Compassion during Trouble
Pray during Trouble
Be Alert to Satan’s Devices
Prepare to talk about Sin
Help Fellow Sinners
Keep the Story in View
~~~ 7. Remember: We have the Spirit
~~~ 8. Move toward and Greet One Another
~~~ 9. Have Thoughtful Conversations
~~~ 10. See the Good, Enjoy One another
~~~ 11. Walk Together, Tell Stories
~~~ 12. Have Compassion during Trouble
~~~ 13. Pray during Trouble
~~~ 14. Be Alert to Satan’s Devices
~~~ 15. Prepare to talk about Sin
~~~ 16. Help Fellow Sinners
~~~~~~ 17. Keep the Story in View

5. Titus 3:14 (NASB95)
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
~~~~~~Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

6. Prayer Time and communion
Confession of Sin
Confession to God
Any violation of God’s perfect standard
Any area where God has been offended by our sin
Any thought where we need to confess
Great promise in 1 John 1:9
Confession of sin to one another
How far do we confess our sin?
James 5:13-20
~~~Confession of Sin
~~~ 1. Confession to God
any violation of God’s perfect standard
Any area where God has been offended by our sin
Any thought where we need to confess
~~~Great promise in 1 John 1:9
~~~Confession of sin to one another
~~~-How far to do we confess? This is not confessing my sin to someone else but the person sinned against.
~~~~~~James 5:13-20
James 5:13–20 (ESV) — 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit. 19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

7. Jesus took the punishment we deserved
Bread
Jesus took the punishment we deserved
~~~~~~Jesus took the punishment we deserved

8. Jesus paid it all for our sin
Cup
Jesus paid it all for our sin
~~~~~~Jesus paid it all for our sin

9. Asking God to do a new work in Jackson in 2017

10. John 13:34–35 (ESV)
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
~~~~~~~34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

11. Lego Handout Do we really care for one another?
Everybody needs to have at least one Lego in hand
~~~~~~Everybody needs to have at least one lego in hand

12. Caring for one another in 2017
Practical ways:
Needy—Realize you are needy
That allows you to give grace because you realize how truly needy you are
Realizing you have much to give to others in help
Ministry
Community
Get connected and be connected
~~~ Practical ways:
~~~Needy—Realize you are needy
~~~That allows you to give grace because you realize how truly needy you are
~~~Realizing you have much to give to others in help
~~~Ministry
~~~Communicate
Get connected and be connected
Story of Ken/Jan T
Marriage counseling
First time—Had divorce papers in his pocket
Asked if they would be willing to just work on their marriage.
Met off and on over several years.
We left the church to pastor in another church
Stopped in to see them. How are you doing? Great.
What happened? You left so we had to begin to depend on God and not on you.

13. Love one another as I have loved you John 14.
Jesus is leaving.
Love one another as I have loved you
John 14.
Believe in God
Believe in Jesus
Heaven is a Real
Heaven is a prepared place
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life
I am sending my Holy Spirit
Love one another as I have loved you
John 14.
Believe in God
Believe in Jesus
Heaven is a Real
Heaven is a prepared place
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life
I am sending my Holy Spirit

14. Washed the disciples feet
Love as I have loved you
Washed the disciples feet
Meeting practical and pressing needs.
Washed the disciples feet
Meeting Practical and Pressing needs.

15. Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV)
18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

16. What is God doing?

17. Not the same as the past God doing a new thing
New Thing will spring forth
Making a way in the wilderness
Rivers in the desert
Look into the future and be able to see what God is doing. Totally different from the past
God doing a new thing
New Thing will spring forth
Making a way in the wilderness
Rivers in the desert
Look into the future and be able to see what God is doing. Totally different from the past

18. What should we be doing? Meet pressing needs
Titus 3:14—Meet pressing needs

19. Titus 3:14 (NASB95)
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.
Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

20. Trade Legos Pray for one another
Pray for God to start something new in Jackson
Pray for God to start something new in our Church
Ministry <->
Community <->
Caring for others <->
Being Connected 
~~~Pray for one another
~~~Pray for God to start something new in Jackson
~~~Pray for God to start something new in our Church
~~~~~~Ministry <->
Community <->
Caring for others <->
Being Connected 

21. Practical ways to meet pressing needs
Establish loving relationships with those around us who are in need. Gal 5:13
Work Hard—Eph 5:28
Sacrifice—Acts 2:45; 1 Timothy 6:18
Use Discernment—Understand laziness or manipulations
Advocate—Good Samaritan to Inn Keeper
Join with others—Teamwork
Trust God—Give us this day our daily bread-Some things are clearly God size and not man size.
Establish loving relationships with those around us who are in need. Gal 5:13
Work Hard—Eph 5:28
Sacrifice—Acts 2:45
Use Discernment—Understand laziness or manipulations
Advocate—Good Samaritan to Inn Keeper
Join with others—Teamwork
Trust God—Give us this day our daily bread-Some things are clearly God size and not man size.
Three men prayed for me
God opened opportunities beyond any of my imagination
God worked in an amazing way
God allowed severe testing through the year