Church notes - 10th July 2016

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10th July
Acts 2:44

Virtual Relationships
Smartphones, Social Media. Useful, but annoying. There is a downside.
A cost to the depth of relationships
Commandments
- Make technology your servant, not your master.
- Don't compare your real life with someone elses virtual life.
- Don't allow digial disturbances to produce an ungrateful heart
- Post with humility
- Don't confuse online popularity with authentic community

Burger King - sacrificing Facebook friends to get a free Whopper Burger. A lot of people did this...

- Spend more time face to face than on Facebook.
- - There is a great sense of sacrifice if you don't communicate face to face

Genesis 40
Joseph had learned empathy in the time since he had first had his dreams.

- Don't write something online that you wouldn't say to someone's face.

- Behave on the little screen like it's going to be on a big screen.
- Honor the digital Sabbath and keep it holy.
Let the first and last thoughts of the day be about the Lord. (Not some frivolous online thing.)
- Remember that who you are in God is more important than who you are online.

Gr. Koinonia - Acts 2:42 - 47

Fellowship - Important
- Nourishes each others faith.
Wayne Cordero - ' 'Koinonia' in great mens participation of fellowship. Where two people come on the same ship. If there is a leak on one side of the boat, it affects all people.

Relationship - Common Life
We are all united in Christ

Luke 5

Business relationship - focused on the goal

Sharing with others on a spiritual level

More than 'coffee' fellowship
Sharing what God is doing with each other.

Partnership
Sharing Material Possessions
Not an option - a way of life
Koinonia - Committment, Connection, Community
Facebook - great, but breeds superficiality.