March 8, 2026 Service - "Give Us Your Eyes" Week 3

Is there someone that you've disagreed with that you've stopped loving well? And note, I'm not saying you've stopped loving, but loving well. You see, kingdom people pursue unity. Where might God be inviting you to pursue unity? Is there someone you need to forgive? Is there someone that you need to receive forgiveness from? Where might the Holy Spirit be calling you to practice humility? Maybe it looks like listening instead of correcting. [01:09:47] (37 seconds)  #PursueUnity

What if we truly put others first? And I'm not saying we placate. I'm not saying we we don't say hard things. That's not what I'm saying. But what if we put other people first, their well-being first? What if in our marriages, we set our spouse before ourselves, obviously, in healthy ways? What if in our friendships and healthy friendships, we held one another as more important? What if our focus in the life of the church, this church, and our relationships was how would Jesus serve this person before me? [01:06:45] (37 seconds)  #OthersFirst

To say, Lord, help my attitude Because my attitude is shaping how I see my loved ones or the strangers or even those on TV, and it is coming up with harsh judgment, with harsh criticism, with condemnation, and that is not what you call me to, Lord. So would you give me a heavenly attitude adjustment today? Lord Jesus, would you, would you be inviting us into a place of pursuing unity with someone? [01:13:11] (34 seconds)  #HeavenlyAttitude

Now to be really clear though, unity is not uniformity. It doesn't mean we have to think the same, talk the same, act the same, dress the same. It is not uniformity. Unity is like, not never disagreeing. It isn't this this myth of like, well, unity means you never have a conflict or you never have a disagreement. No. That that's that's false unity, if you will. Unity is not avoiding conflict or just attempting to keep the peace. [00:50:07] (36 seconds)  #UnityNotUniformity

What if our posture as kingdom of God people was a heart posture of unity? A heart posture of compassion and the grace of God, the love of the Holy Spirit, and the unity of the spirit. What if we led from that posture? I think the kingdom people would be unstoppable in the world. If we led from that posture, Paul continues with this kingdom lens relationships that it pursues unity, but also that kingdom lens relationships practices personal humility, practices personal humility. [00:53:36] (55 seconds)  #HeartOfUnity

What they found and have studied and what we know to be true according to science and the scriptures is that human beings were not meant and not created to survive on nutrition alone. We were created for connection. We were wired for relationship. We were built and we are built for emotional connectedness. We see this reality from the scripture from the very beginning. God looks upon Adam who is in this perfect and beautiful garden of Eden, if you will, and something was missing. [00:32:26] (37 seconds)  #WiredForConnection

Paul's invitation, it is simple, but it is hard. Have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Where might God be inviting you to pursue unity? Maybe another question to say is, where have you broken unity with the body or with the brethren? Is there someone you've been holding at arm's length? Is there someone that you've written off because of what they've done or said or what they have not done or what they have not said? [01:09:15] (32 seconds)  #SameAttitudeAsChrist

Jesus came to serve and not to be served. Jesus modeled what it was to put people first, and Paul reminds the believers that Philippi and you and I today that the way of Christ is to prioritize other people. To prioritize of those in our lives that we are so prone to our own comforts and needs and wants. Promoting ourselves first, our thoughts and our perspectives, but we are called to the radical way of Jesus, to the radical humility of Christ, to prioritize people first. [01:05:40] (39 seconds)  #ServeNotBeServed