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2026 · Community community dependence prayer

Working Together

February 25, 2026 Taught by Marty Himmel

Exodus 35:30-36:1

  • Bezalel and Oholiab - filled with the Spirit, worked together with others
  • The tabernacle was built by the entire congregation - skills and offerings

Mark 6:7, Luke 10:1 - Jesus sends out disciples in pairs - never alone

Acts 1 - 120 people together awaiting the Holy Spirit

Acts 2 - Peter preached, but all the apostles were present

Acts shows the communal work of the Church

Paul's letters - he didn't do the work or write alone, but always with others

Charles Finney and Daniel Nash - Second Great Awakening in the early 1800s

Daniel Nash's last recorded words - "I am now convinced, it is my duty and privilege, and the duty of every other Christian, to pray for as much of the Holy Spirit as came down on the day of Pentecost, and a great deal more…"

Table questions

  1. 01 What do we miss out on by relying on our cultural individualism?
  2. 02 How have you seen collaborative work move the kingdom forward?
  3. 03 How is God calling you to rely on the Holy Spirit, together as a body, to do His work?