Hope Hill Church: Countdown to Launch: Day 23
:: Transformed Lives
deep community
Transformation happens in authentic, gritty, raw community (Pr 27:17). when we invite people to church, we are inviting them into our lives.  we meet in each others homes and celebrate life with good food and good laughs. a community of transformation has depth.  we stir one another up to love and good deeds (Heb 10:24). we pray together, struggle together, go through life’s messes together, deaths, pain, hurt. through grace and love and truth the Gospel is made known and transformation occurs.
iron sharpening iron
for any of this to happen we must sharpen one another.(Prov. 27.17) we all need to be  confronted, challenged, and trained.  we need to raise one another up and be instructed to love our spouses and lead our families (Eph 5:22-33, 6:4), lead our church (1 Tim 3), to lead and teach one another (2 Tim 2:2),  fight the good fight of faith (1 Tim 6:12), and build a counter-culture within our city (Rom 12:1-2)