Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV

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.

1 Corinthians 12:20-25 ESV

As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. The

eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of

you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no

need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the

body that seem to be weaker are

indispensable, and on those parts of the body

that we think less honorable we bestow the

greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are

treated with greater modesty, which our more

presentable parts do not require. But God has

so composed the body, giving greater honor to

the part that lacked it, ...

Genesis 2:18 ESV

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man

should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Luke 10:1 ESV

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two

others and sent them on ahead of him,

two by two, into every town and place

where he himself was about to go.

• Too busy as is

• Not my thing

• Too old

• Too young

• Commitment scares me

• I’m done, don’t want to do more

• I have no more value than a rock

Genesis 49:24 But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

1 Samuel 2:2 “There is no one holy like the Lord; there is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.

2 Samuel 22:2 He said “The Lord is my Rock, my fortress and my deliverer;

Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.

Rocks normally consist of several minerals, some essential, some accessory.

A rock may be thought of as a "mineral environment.“

Each rock type was formed under certain specific conditions, resulting in the formation of a fairly predictable group of minerals.

COAL: A sedimentary rock, formed from decayed plants, is mainly used in power plants to make electricity.LIMESTONE: A sedimentary rock, it is used mainly in the manufacture of Portland cement, the production of lime, manufacture of paper, petrochemicals, insecticides, linoleum, fiberglass, glass, carpet backing and as the coating on many types of chewing gum.SHALE: A sedimentary rock, well stratified in thin beds. It splits unevenly more or less parallel to bedding plane and may contain fossils. It can be a component of bricks and cement.CONGLOMERATE: A sedimentary rock with a variable hardness, consisted of rounded or angular rock or mineral fragments cemented by silica, lime, iron oxide, etc. Usually found in mostly thick, crudely stratified layers. Used in the construction industry.

SANDSTONE: A sedimentary rock more or less rounded. Generally thick-bedded, varicolored, rough feel due to uneven surface produced by breaking around the grains. Used principally for construction, it is easy to work, the red-brown sandstone of Triassic age, better known as "brownstone," has been used in many eastern cities.GRANITE: An igneous-plutonic rock, medium to coarse-grained that is high in silica, potassium, sodium and quartz but low in calcium, iron and magnesium. It is widely used for architectural construction, ornamental stone and monuments.PUMICE: An igneous-volcanic rock, it is a porous, brittle variety of rhyolite and is light enough to float. It is formed when magma of granite composition erupts at the earth’s surface or intrudes the crust at shallow depths. It is used as an abrasive material in hand soaps, emery boards, etc.GABBRO: An igneous-plutonic rock, generally massive, but may exhibit a layered structure produced by successive layers of different mineral composition. It is widely used as crushed stone for concrete aggregate, road metal, railroad ballast, etc. Smaller quantities are cut and polished for dimension stone (called black granite).

BASALT: An igneous volcanic rock, dark gray to black, it is the volcanic equivalent of plutonic gabbro and is rich in ferromagnesian minerals. Basalt can be used in aggregate.SCHIST: A metamorphic uneven-granular, medium to coarse grained, crystalline with prominent parallel mineral orientation. Goes from silvery white to all shades of gray with yellow to brown tones depending on the mineral concentration. Some schistshave graphite and some are used as building stones.GNEISS: A metamorphic uneven granular medium to coarse grained crystalline with more or less parallel mineral orientation. Colors are too variable to be of diagnostic value. Due to physical and chemical similarity between many gneisses and plutonic igneous rocks some are used as building stones and other structural purposes.QUARTZITE: A metamorphic or sedimentary rock with crystalline texture, consists of rounded quartz grains cemented by crystalline quartz, generally white, light gray or yellow to brown. Same uses as sandstone.MARBLE: A metamorphic even-granular grain to medium grained and may be uneven granular and coarse grained in calc-silicate rock. The normal color is white but accessory minerals act as coloring agents and may produce a variety of colors. Depending upon its purity, texture, color and marbled pattern it is quarried for use as dimension stone for statuary, architectural and ornamental purposes. Dolomite rich marble may be a source for magnesium and is used as an ingredient in the manufacture of refracting materials.

Oxygen Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen Calcium Phosphorus SulphurPotassium Sodium Chlorine Magnesium Silicon Iron Fluorine Zinc Rubidium Strontium Bromine

Lead Copper Aluminum Cadmium Boron Barium Tin Iodine Manganese Nickel Gold Molybdenum Chromium Caesium Cobalt Uranium Beryllium Radium

Different minerals have differentbenefits and no mineral can betermed as more beneficial or lessbeneficial.

All minerals are critical for properfunctioning of the body.

BeneficialFavorable or advantageous; resulting in good

MoreOf greater or additional amount or degree

LessOf lower rank or importance

CriticalImportant or essential

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV) Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Different co-workers have different benefits and noco-worker can be termed as more beneficial or lessbeneficial.

All co-workers are critical for proper functioning ofthe body.

1 Corinthians 3:9 (NIV) For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.

A. Moses and Aaron (Ex 4:10-16) B. Moses, Aaron and Miriam (Ex 15:20; Nu 12:1-16)C. David’s valiant men (1 Ch 11:10)D. Daniel’s friends (Da 1:7)E. The Old Testament points out the advantages of working in teams. (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

A. Working as a team with the Father and Holy Spirit (Jn 5:19; 8:47; 14:25, 26; 16:7-15)B. Jesus’ teamsThe Twelve (Mk 3:14; Lk 6:12-13)The Three (Mt 17:1-13)C. Sending missionary teams in groups of two The Twelve (Mt 10)The Seventy (Lk 10)

A. The Twelve (Ac 1:13; 2:14, 43; 5:12, 29; 6:2)B. The Seven (Ac 6:1-7)C. Peter allowing himself to be held accountable in his experience of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, (Ac 11:2-4, 11-12, 18), instead of simply acting independently.D. Barnabas and Paul (Ac 9:26, 27; 11:25-26; 13:1, 2, 7)E. The Five (Ac 13:1)F. Paul had teams with Barnabas (Ac 13:13-15:36), Silas (Ac 15:40 on), Timothy (Ac 16:1-3 on), Luke (Ac 16:11-40 among others), Priscilla and Aquila (Ac 18), Titus (2 Co 2:12, 13; 7:5-7) and Erasmus (Ac 19:22). At least seven other people are mentioned by name (Ac 20:4) as ministry partners, and many others are listed at the end of his letters.G. The apostles and the elders (Ac 15:6, 22, 23; 16:4)

• There is a “I” in team (me, myself & I)

• That’s not what God means by team

• Biblical examples of teamwork

• How valuable minerals are

• How valuable co-workers are

• How we compare to rocks

• The value of rocks, Biblical and otherwise

• Images in this presentation are not original to me and have been borrowed

• With the exception of a few thoughts, most of the information is directly quoted from the following websites:

• www.simplypsychology.org/naturevsnurture.html

• www.random-sciencetools.com/chemistry/chemical_comp_of_body.htm

• austinmccann.com/2012/10/24/biblical-examples-of-team-leadership/

• www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/minerals/health-benefits-of-minerals.html

• www.womeninmining.org/pdfs/nsta03parocks.pdf

• www.pastoringofpastors.org/Ministries/PastoralTeams/BiblicalBasisforPastoralTeams/tabid/912/language/en-US/Default.aspx

• www.talbortortho.com

• http://www.biblegateway.com