Bond us Together

i attend this small little church out in the country every sunday when i am at home ( i go to college). i have been going to this church for a while now. Anyways i was laying here thinking about it and the people there. i see much potential there ONCE they get over some things. i really want to tell them about it and so this post is mostly for me so i can remember what i was thinking about. here are the top 6 things that i think my church needs to hear. ( there is more but we will take small steps).

Every sunday the last thing we do is get in a circle,hold hands and sing bond us together. everytime i sing that i picture god wrapping yarn around our hands and i sing it as a true prayer asking that God will bond us together. i have seen some things in this church that are keeping us of bonding with one another. i also see things that does bond us and i want to talk about 3 things that i think keep us from bonding and 3 things that bond us.
1. Accountabilty- the bible tells us how we need to be accountable to other people when we are sinning. i would like to see my church keep one another accountable doing in a loving way.we always need to help others grow. sometimes that means telling them what they don't want to hear but need to and sometimes that is encouraging them.
2.and 3. Judging and Gossip - we need to stop judging one another and we need to stop gossiping. i have seen alot of judging of one another and alot of gossiping of one another. we all have different talents and purposes in life. We need to do what gifts God has given us to help out the church. Whether it be going to new orleans and preaching the word to lost people or it is being the church secreatary or take care of the kids during church or taking food to people, or playing the piano at church. we are all not wired the same and we are all not called to do the same thing. God gave us that talents and are they are all different but we need to know that God gets all the glory in the end. with us gossiping and judging one another in the church we are doing more harm then good. We need to put a stop to it and start loving one another. if we have a problem with some one go to them and talk to them. don't go talking to others about it. lets start building people up and telling one another how thankful we are for them using there talents to help make the place better.
4. we do an awesome job at greeting people. that is one reason why i like this church. i know every sunday that i attend that there will be someone right inside the door when i open it. that is a highlight of coming to church.
5. this church is full of very giving people. i have never seen a church give like this church does. it is amazing.
6. Pastor Bob- without him i think this church would be gone. he is the backbone of this church and he is one of the people that i will always admire. we all like him and i think that is one reason why i keep coming back.
so with these things i challenge to do something. here are just a couple of ideas.
- get an accountabilty partner that isn't a family member .
- ask someone that you don't usally talk to at church how there day is going.
-sit with different people instead of sitting with the same people all the time
-send out thank yous to people in the church telling them how wonderful of a job they are doing
if we take some small steps we can have 6 things that bonds us instead of just 3. just think how stronger the bond will be.
i want to give this sermon someday to my little country church. so pray for me because i get nervouse when i think about it.