Jesus invites us to gather around the table—not only to share a meal, but to share in each other’s joy and sorrow. He calls us to hold one another’s wounds with tender care, just as the Spirit holds and comforts us all. But how does this actually work?

What does the author of James mean when its written, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed” (James 5:16). In a culture that prizes individualism and competition, Jesus offers another way, a life where transparency and vulnerability are not weaknesses, but rather they are strong healing medicines by which we are made both free and whole by God’s Spirit.

Come, let us become a joyful community as we practice confessing the truth about ourselves and the truth about God’s astounding, healing, unending love for us.

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Sermon points:

1. Jesus invites us to experience community around a table - in small relational groups within the larger church.He calls us to enter into each other’s joys and sorrows.
2. Toxic shame and sin get in the way.
3. Jesus invites us to hold one another’s places of woundedness and brokenness with tender care as the Spirit holds and comforts us all.
4. The result of  this practice of Christian community is our healing—our Sanctification.

Are We Willing?