Come to Connections tomorrow!

Tomorrow is a "normally scheduled" connections, which means we won't be "chill" in small groups or separating guys and girls to do guy stuff and girl stuff. It means that we will be back to dinner at 6:30, upstairs for worship, message from the Word of life, and then into normal small groups to talk about what the heck Johnny just said and how does it apply to real life. Sound fun? You betcha.

Tomorrow is Chaotic Joy through Philippians. We are talking on Phil. 2:12-18. Check it out...

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life..

How cool is that? I can't wait to share with you about what relationship with God looks like, and how because of that (right relationship with God) we then have the opportunity to shine like stars in the universe to this generation!

Here is a cool video about just that.

much Love,
johnny

Connections tonight!

Tonight we continue our study in Philippians and look at how to have joy in living...regardless! Regardless of suffering, persecutions, slander, gossip, unjustice, lying, and all the like that comes with all of that!

I am truly having to practice what I preach when it comes to having joy in all things. It really comes down to us defining joy. Come out tonight to hear how the Bible defines it, and how we can have it...even in a chaotic world/life/school/home/schedule.

Come hungry and ready to worship the LORD as well as discuss some heavy topics in your small group. After all this suffering discussion we need a chill night soon. Don't worry, we have one on the calendar in March!

See you tonight at 6:30!

much Love,
johnny

Life can be chaotic

So, Brooke and I are in a young married home group here at Believers Fellowship. We joined this year because we wanted to meet more people in our situation. Young and married. What we have found has been great! There are so many faithful young married couples here, and all of them get together twice a month. You may be thinking "Twice a month? That doesn't seem like very often...how can you have quality fellowship when you only see each other twice a month?" Well, we do wave to each other Sunday mornings...

We can't meet more than that because we have such chaotic busy lives...but, we are creating good fellowship! Because we know that all of our lives are so chaotic, we go twice a month with a purpose. We go with intentionality. We all want to grow with each other and learn from each other in the Lord.

Why all this talk about young married people? You are not married. You are in high school, or middle school even! That may be the farthest thing from your mind. Well, I want you to glimpse at the future. For many of you, you have a chaotic life right now. For many of you, your focus is on school, sports, family, drama (the good kind on stage), food, sleep, boys, girls, drama (the bad kind that is annoying), and many other things that compete for your attention. Oh yeah, and don't forget God.

Guess what. When you get married and start making babies, life doesn't get less chaotic. Life is always busy. Good things happen and your like "hooray!" then bad things happen and your like "man, again?". Life is life. And in our American mind set we will have chaos.

So, we need to start learning how to have Joy in the midst of chaos right now. We can learn from the apostle Paul to not have a cow when things go south. We need to allow joy to have its proper place. I want to endow you with the opportunity to learn to rejoice always. Any how, starting tomorrow, we are going study the book of Philippians, which is all about a Chaotic Joy.

See you there!

much Love,
johnny

Connections is back tonight!

It has been 28 days since our last Connections. That is a month on some calendars! I hope you are all jazzed about getting back in the groove! We are re-capping Remedy tonight, knowing that it is not a one time thing to be healed by God, but an ongoing process for most of us. As usual, we will have dinner, worship, a message, and small groups. Welcome back all!


much Love,
johnny

I love Connections!

We had Connections again last night. Yes, every Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 we will meet and do a number of things. Last night was great. We talked about the Bible being trustworthy and reliable. Indeed it is. I love connections. I really really like it. Here are a couple of reasons...

I love Connections because...

• I get to eat a good meal
• I get to see people I like
• I get to work on relationships with people that don't like me
• I get to worship God
• I get to spend time with adults who care about students
• I get to spend time with students who care about God
• I get to spend time with students who don't know God
  
• I get to study the Bible
• I get to meet in a small group
• I get to make memories

These are some of the reasons I love connections, how about you? What do you love about Connections? Feel free to share your comments!

much Love
johnny