Quotes about Community

He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and even every thought.

To be a friend of God, you must care about all the people around you whom God cares about. Friends of God tell their friends about God.

Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up…Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person alone. A rope made of three cords is hard to break." Ecclesiastes 4:9 (TEV)

Jesus said our love for each other—not our doctrinal beliefs — is our greatest witness to the world. He said, "Your strong love for each other will prove to the world that you are my disciples."4

Accept each other just as Christ has accepted you; then God will be glorified.

Actually, this is a good thing, because it forces us to recognize our need for each other. It's part of God's plan. We were created to live in community. We are designed by God for relationships. The very first thing God said to mankind was "It is not good for the man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). God hates loneliness. So he made us to need each other.

The Bible is filled with verses on the importance of community. Hebrews 10:25 says, "Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another" (NIV 1984). Galatians 6:2 says, "By helping each other with your troubles, you truly obey the law of Christ" (NCV).

Only Christ could have brought us all together, in this place, doing such absurd but necessary things.

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

True Leadership is the authority given by the trust of the followers to use power for the benefit of all.

If there is one thing in this planet that has the power to bind people it is soccer.

No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate.