As a friends group we listened to a sermon from Lighthouse Bible Church by Pastor John Kim. Though I am still wrestling with some of the points and convictions that we spoke on, there were a number of good points:

1. “We like to minimize ourservice of others and maximize others service to us.” {my comments}: This is especially true when we go to church and ask questions or make statements like, why didn’t anyone greet me? or the pastor’s message didn’t really address my needs…

2. “Our reference point for sound judgement in seeing ourselves should be God and not man.” {my comments}: When looking out our self-worth, it must be from God’s point of view and it must affect the way we live for his glory. There are two lines of thought that I see: 1. God is perfect, I am a sinful human, I need God to save me, to equip me and to use me to do good. 2. God is savior, I am saved by his grace and all that is good within me is of God, therefore I must be a good steward of his gift. Both affect the way you live and your perspective before God.

3. “Unity does not equal uniformity and difference in function does not equal difference in value–we can not put value on function by human standards but instead put value on necessity.”

p.s. The graphic for the ‘friends’ category is not meant to be inclusive or exclusive, but more of a symbolic representation.  All of you are invited to come out.  I echo Joe’s and Chris’ sentiment in that they look forward to this evening of the week because I can find like minded people (perhaps not specific view alignment) but like minded in that they want to know God more.