Lonely? Overcoming Loneliness - Film + FaithNäide

What is the value of community?

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken" – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (ESV).

One element of the How to Train Your Dragon series is the value of the larger community. There is a central character to cheer on, but the only way that he survives is by the care and support from the community around him.

Throughout the Bible there are key figures who have been championed in our culture, but all of them are only able to achieve their goals by relying on the community around them. Moses, David, Gideon and even Jesus are great in their own way, but see the value and need of the community around them to do their work.

"No man is an island" is a proverb that should be lived out and is supported in the Word of God.

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