Our Mission:

The mission of T4 is to glorify God by preaching the Gospel, encouraging believers, and making disciples in the community of Lake Tahoe, with an emphasis on youth and snow-sport athletes, by relating to the culture through snowboarding and partnering with the local body of believers.

Monday, September 13, 2010

True Community

Community in the Church does not begin with people. Unity with God on a personal level does not begin with community amongst men. We often seek a remedy for loneliness in other people. However, community that begins with man is selfish and is in fact not community at all. We cannot understand fellowship in the church or Christ's desire for his bride to develop unity unless we are right with God in a personal sense. The highest form of communion is absolute surrender of the self to God, to be "One" with the Father as Christ was in the flesh. When we are connected to God on a personal level then we are able to truly love people with the same love God has for us. The pursuit of community and fellowship has the potential for adultery. Do we as believers seek satisfaction for loneliness through man before God? If so, our loneliness will only increase, whether consciously or subconsciously. God is anxious in wait to satisfy our desperate need for love and companionship. Do not trade a relationship with God for man. Rather, let us foster an intimate love for our Savior so that we may have sincere love for others.