"Christ makes us one body and individuals who are connected to each other" wired for relationship. we are made to have community and connect to each other.
Easy to get disconnected in relationships.
We are going to have differences. Only people don't have differences are dead people.
Selfishness destroys relationships.
"What causes fights and quarrels? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but you don't get it."
"Selfishness only causes trouble."
act of selfless:
- go to small group, need the small group, be the help of the small group
-listening, pay attention and give out your time/your life (practice selflessness)
It is human nature to be selfish, to be self-centered, to always think about me, my feeling, my need, what I want..."obey your thirst"...
Selflessness builds relationships
"Look out for one another's interests, not just for your own".
"The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others-and ignoring God- harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, and eternal life."
"Live freely, animated and motivated by God's Spirit. Then you won't feed the compulsions of selfishness".
Respond to God- not to the attack that's coming to you. God rewards selflessness, and we will get real life, and eternal life.
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