2. BE WILLING TO BE PLACED IN GOD’S TEMPLE

3. 1 PETER 2:4-5 (MSG) 4 WELCOME TO THE LIVING STONE, THE SOURCE OF LIFE. THE WORKMEN TOOK ONE LOOK AND THREW IT OUT; GOD SET IT IN THE PLACE OF HONOR. 5 PRESENT YOURSELVES AS BUILDING STONES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANCTUARY VIBRANT WITH LIFE, IN WHICH YOU’LL SERVE AS HOLY PRIESTS OFFERING CHRIST- APPROVED LIVES UP TO GOD.

4. PRESENT OURSELVES

5. AS BUILDING STONES

6. THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANCTUARY

7. COVENANT MEMBERSHIP

8. THE CHURCH IS THE TEMPLE OF GOD THE FAMILY OF GOD THE BODY OF CHRIST THE ARMY OF GOD THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

9. EPHESIANS 4:16 (NIV) FROM HIM THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, GROWS AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE, AS EACH PART DOES ITS WORK.

10. RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP ACTS 20:28 (TLB) "AND NOW BEWARE! BE SURE THAT YOU FEED AND SHEPHERD GOD’S FLOCK— HIS CHURCH, PURCHASED WITH HIS BLOOD—FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT IS HOLDING YOU RESPONSIBLE AS OVERSEERS

11. IFGFCARE GROUPS

12. BE WILLING TO BE PLANTED IN GOD’S COURT PSALMS 92:13 (NKJV) THOSE WHO ARE PLANTED IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD SHALL FLOURISH IN THE COURTS OF OUR GOD.

13. PSALM 1:1-3 (NKJV) BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO WALKS NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY, NOR STANDS IN THE PATH OF SINNERS, NOR SITS IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL; 2 BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS LAW HE MEDITATES DAY AND NIGHT. 3 HE SHALL BE LIKE A TREE PLANTED BY THE RIVERS OF WATER, THAT BRINGS FORTH ITS FRUIT IN ITS SEASON, WHOSE LEAF ALSO SHALL NOT WITHER; AND WHATEVER HE DOES SHALL PROSPER.