Godly community makes us better than we can be by ourselves

Yesterday's sermon Scripture was from Hebrews 10:19-25.  Of those verses, two particular verses, verses 24 and 25, provided the foundation of the sermon: "And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching" (NRSV).  In these verses, the author of Hebrews seems intent that the community do a few things.  One of those things is that the community make sure that its members are provoked to love and "good deeds."  Perhaps, one way to say this is that the community should push it's members to love better and do more.  One of the other concerns of the author is that the members of the community are encouraged, are built up.  You see, godly community makes us better than we can be by ourselves.