Quotes About Community

Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is isolated in the life of the sinner. It spreads like poison gas into every available crevice.

We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.

He went to the wedding at Cana as well as to the home of Mary and Martha when Lazarus died. He wept with those who wept and rejoiced with those who rejoiced.

Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don't let the fact that you don't know someone keep you from praying for them.

When brothers and sisters in Christ unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer, they are strengthened in their faith and witness.

Thousands of people have entered churches without discovering a vital experience with Jesus Christ. The substitutes have been handed them in the guise of religious rituals, good works, community effort, or social reform . . .none of which can gain a person a right relationship with God.

As men and women seek to find independence from God, they have lost a sense of purpose in life. The worth of human personality is often equated with what we do for a living. However, a person's occupation, community standing, or bank account is not what is important in God's eyes.

All around you are people who need Christ: your family, your neighbors, people you work with or go to school with every day. Are you praying for them, asking God to open the door of their hearts to His truth?

Those who believe [in Christ] are expected to be different from the world . . . they are members of a new society.

The church holds the key to revival. It is within our grasp.

God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . "Brothers, pray for us" [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].

God's church is a Bible-centered church, and it grows strong under persecution.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "The strength of a nation lies in the people—in the homes of the people." The

Psalms teaches us how to relate to God, and Proverbs teaches us how to relate to others.

Our daily conversation when we meet each other, whether it be in the office or on the campus or in the shop, should be concerned with the things of God.

Too many people today want a brotherly world in which they can remain unbrotherly; a decent world in which they can live indecently. Too many individuals want economic security without spiritual security.

The church has lost its ability to discipline members who live openly in sin. Consequently, we have lost our witness in the community.

The church is a storehouse of spiritual food whereby the inner man is fed, nourished, and developed into maturity. If it fails, it is not fulfilling its purpose as a church.

We don't have to be on the battlefields of the world to experience strife and conflict. We need only to open our eyes each morning and read the headlines, we need only to turn a keen ear when our phones ring with bad news, we need only to open our hearts to those next door—and maybe even in our own homes—to notice those with grieving hearts.

It could be said that going to church will not make one a Christian. But . . . refusing to fellowship with believers will not make you one either.

Authentic Christian living has its own order of priority in our lives: God first, others second, self third.

Down through the centuries the church has contributed more than any other single agency in lifting social standards to new heights.

Grief turns us inward, but compassion turns us outward, and that's what we need when grief threatens to crush us. The Bible says, "Carry each other's burdens" [Galatians 6:2 NIV].

The church isn't just a particular building or congregation but the spiritual fellowship of all who belong to Jesus Christ. If we belong to Christ, we also belong to each other.