Promises for a New Year\nPeople Fuel. Pastor Michael Dascoli\nFebruary 21, 2021\n\n\u201cEven youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.\u201d Isaiah 40:30-31\n\n\u201cHow good and pleasant it is when God\u2019s people live together in unity!\n\u2026For there the LORD bestows His blessing, even life forevermore.\u201d Psalm 133:1a, 3b\n \n"It is not good that man be alone." Genesis 2:18b\n\n\u201c...pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.\u201d Ecclesiastics 4:10b\n\n\u201cMy soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. \nStay here and keep watch with me.\u201d Matthew 26:38b\n\n\u201cBut God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus\u2026\u201d\n2 Corinthians 7:6\n\n\u201cEach of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, \nas faithful stewards of God\u2019s grace in its various forms.\u201d 1Peter 4:10\n\n6 Biblical Reasons We Need Each Other\n\n1: I need people that will wait and weep with me\n\n\u201c\u2026they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one \nsaid a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.\u201d\n Job 2:13 (ref. John 1:14)\n\n\u201cAccept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you in order to bring praise to God.\u201d\nRomans 15:7\n\nWho am I inviting into my well? \n\n2: I need people that will walk with me \n\n\u201c...pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.\u201d Ecclesiastics 4:10b\n\nWho am I inviting to walk with me?\n\n3: I need people that will be good fuel for me\n\n\u201cEach of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, \nas faithful stewards of God\u2019s grace in its various forms.\u201d 1Peter 4:10\n\n"Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." \nProverbs 16:24\n\nWho is that great source of fuel for me?\n\n4: I need people that will work with me\n\nTwo people are better than one because they get more done by working together. Ecclesiastes 4:9 NCV\n\nWho am I allowing alongside me? \n \n5: I need people that will watch out for me\n\n\u201cA person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.\u201d Ecclesiastes 4:10\n\n6: I need others to WITNESS with me\n\n\u201c\u2026may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you \nsent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.\u201d John 17:23b\n\n1: Who is a person that pumps good fuel into you? \nHow can you be more intentional in spending time with them? \n\n2: Who is a person that you can pour some good fuel into? \nHow can you be more intentional in spending time with them?\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?