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The Power of Partnership

The Power of Partnership. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.

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The Power of Partnership

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  1. The Power of Partnership Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

  2. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

  3. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength

  4. Exodus 17:9-13 So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

  5. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities

  6. Numbers 13:30; 14:7-8 30 But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.” 7 and (Joshua) said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, “The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. 8 If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.

  7. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another

  8. Ruth 1:15-18 15 And she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” 18 And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.

  9. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances

  10. Amos 3:3 3. Can “two walk together,unless they have agreed to meet? Nehemiah 3-4 The High Priest, servants, goldsmiths, perfumers, rulers, gatekeepers, merchants, daughters, brothers, Levites, priests, Gibeonite, Meronothite, Tekoite, rulers from cities roundabout, and the whole house of Judah labored day and night, with sword strapped on, guarding one another.

  11. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances • Partnership multiplies the potential of ministry

  12. Acts 11:19-26 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose, 24 for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. 25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.

  13. Acts 13:1-3 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

  14. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances • Partnership multiplies the potential of ministry • Partnership clarifies the mission

  15. Acts 16:22-25 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. 

  16. Acts 4:29-31 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

  17. Genesis 11:5-6 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

  18. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances • Partnership multiplies the potential of ministry • Partnership clarifies the mission • Partnership magnifies the best in each other

  19. 1 Samuel 18:1-4 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and even his sword and his bow and his belt. 

  20. 1 Samuel 19:1-7 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David. 2 And Jonathan told David, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Therefore be on your guard in the morning. Stay in a secret place and hide yourself. 3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak to my father about you. And if I learn anything I will tell you.” 4 And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds have brought good to you. 5 For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?” 6 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, “As the Lord lives, he shall not be put to death.” 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan reported to him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as before.

  21. 1 Timothy 1:2 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Titus 1:4 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:

  22. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances • Partnership multiplies the potential of ministry • Partnership clarifies the mission • Partnership magnifies the best in each other • Partnership testifies to the community/world

  23. John 17:20-21 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  John 13:35 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

  24. Why Is There Strength in Numbers? • Partnership unifies people for more strength • Partnership identifies opportunities • P’ship intensifies commitment to one another • Partnership solidifies new alliances • Partnership multiplies the potential of ministry • Partnership clarifies the mission • Partnership magnifies the best in each other • Partnership testifies to the community/world • Partnership satisfies the heart of God

  25. Galatians 5:13-15 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

  26. 2 Peter 1:3-4 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 

  27. How to “partake” in the Divine Nature? • Believe on the Lord, John 8:24 • Repent, Luke 13:3 • Be baptized, Acts 22:16

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