1.   Your load is lifted
 
“Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”  Matt. 11:30, The Message 

2.   You laugh
 
“For the Kingdom of God is … living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit….”  Rom. 14:17, New Living Translation  

3.   You are energized
 
4.   You meet interesting people you enjoy and who enjoy you
 
They were beside themselves with wonder. “How can this be?” they exclaimed. “These people are all from Galilee, and yet we hear them speaking the languages of the lands where we were born! Here we are—Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, the province of Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, and the areas of Libya toward Cyrene, visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism), Cretans, and Arabians. And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done!”  Acts 2: 7-11, New Living Translation
 
5. You always leave hoping it would last longer.


Your assignment today: Ask yourself, Do the people who attend your gatherings leave feeling like they’ve been at a "party."