

DEAD END CHURCH
“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead." - Revelation 3:1 (NLT) As a Christian, it is always important for me to take a self evaluation of my own life to see where I am spiritually. Am I moving forward in my Christian life or am I dying a slow death? In the same way, as a pastor I must constantly look at the church God has given me responsibility for and ask the same question, "Is the church alive, hanging on to the "


CONFESSION - Let's Begin Again
"The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you." - Matthew 12:37 (NLT)
There is no shocking news in the fact that WE ALL HAVE SINNED... ever single one of us. 1 John 1:8 tells us that, "If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth." Unfortunately, there is a lot of people walking around looking like fools. The reality is, it is not necessarily our sins that keep up from experiencing God's forgiveness, it is our own pride


IT'S A SLOW FADE
"Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do." - Psalm 1:1-3 One of the groups that Connections Community Church desires to love and minister to are those who have drifted away from church. I


RESTORATION - Psalm 51:12-15
"Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise." - Psalms 51:12-15 (NIV). One of the focuses in planting Connections has been to reconnect people to God and to other believers.