• One of the great things about Christmas is to hear from family and friends you haven’t seen or heard from in a long time. It’s all connected!  All those people who influenced us to be who we are now.  How nice it is to have such memories.
• As Christians we look forward to heaven, when everyone who is in Christ will be together in community forever.  Imagine that!  And what’s more Jesus, who is what connects us to God and one another, will be there front and center!
• The words “one another” occur a lot in the Bible: 

Love one another (John 13:34)

Be devoted to one another (Romans 12:10)

Honor one another above yourselves (Romans 12:10)

Live in harmony with one another (Romans 12:16)

Build up one another (Romans 14:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Be likeminded towards one another (Romans 15:5)

Accept one another (Romans 15:7)

Admonish one another (Romans 15:14; Colossians 3:16) 

Greet one another (Romans 16:16) 

Care for one another (1 Corinthians 12:25)

Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)

Bear one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2)

Forgive one another (Ephesians 4:2, 32; Colossians 3:13)

Be patient with one another (Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 3:13)

Speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15, 25)

Be kind and compassionate to one another (Ephesians 4:32)

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19)

Submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21, 1 Peter 5:5)

Consider others better than yourselves (Philippians 2:3)

Look to the interests of one another (Philippians 2:4)

Bear with one another (Colossians 3:13)

Teach one another (Colossians 3:16)

Comfort one another (1 Thessalonians 4:18)

Encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Exhort one another (Hebrews 3:13)

Stir up [provoke, stimulate] one another to love and good works (Hebrews 10:24)

Show hospitality to one another (1 Peter 4:9)

Employ the gifts that God has given us for the benefit of one another (1 Peter 4:10) 

Clothe yourselves with humility towards one another (1 Peter 5:5)

Pray for one another (James 5:16)

Confess your faults to one another (James 5:16)

Do not lie to one another (Colossians 3:9) 

Stop passing judgment on one another (Romans 14:13) 

If you keep on biting and devouring each other…you’ll be destroyed by each other (Galatians 5:15) 

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other (Galatians 5:26) 

Do not slander one another (James 4:11) 

Don’t grumble against each other (James 5:9)

So this Christmas, love one another as Christ loves you. , and treat your fellow believers as your family, for that is what they are…the family of God.  Merry Christmas!

Pastor Greg