Meet The Needs

If you haven't seen Connection Church's interview with Meet the Need on NBC's local news for Tampa Bay, you can do so by clicking the link below.

Meet The Needs

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Toys For Kids

Wow, I'm blown away by the response of all our Connectors this past weekend for our Toys for Kids campaign. Thanks to all of you, many kids from James Elementary School in Tampa are going to have a great Christmas!

Connection Church...YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

this year. The pic below says it all.

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What's Slowing You Down?

Tracy and I were recently having dinner with our friends Eric and Darlene Partin. As we were talking about life, Eric starting telling me about a boating experience they once had.

They were sailing the west coast of Florida and it was deep into the night. Eric went to get a few hours of sleep, leaving Darlene at the helm. She and her friend were having a wonderful time talking and sailing in the cool of the night.

When Eric got up, he noticed the sails at full mast capturing the wind and the wakes cresting from the bow of the boat, yet something seemed wrong. He checked his GPS, noticing that although it seemed everything was fine and it seemed they were moving along at a good rate of speed, the reality was that they were only going about 2 MPH.

Looking off the stern of the boat, he quickly realized they had snagged a string of crab pots and about 5 buoys that were attached with it. Once they cut them free, the boat began to pick up speed.

The story got me thinking about the times in all of our lives, when it seems like everything is going right, the sails are up, the winds filling them up, the wakes cresting against the side of the ship, yet in reality you're going no where fast.

I have to be constantly looking for those things in my life and ministry that is slowing me down and effectively cut it loose, This is key to moving into the blessings that God has for me.

It's a lesson that all of us could learn from. So, what is it that maybe slowing your life, your dreams, your passions down? Look around, take it to God in prayer, and find out what is needed to cut it loose...you'll be so glad you did.

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Live Q&A Video Question #3

Continuing with our live Q&A questions from Sunday, question #3 is, "Are Heaven and Hell physical Places?"

This theme was the first 800 lb. Gorilla that we dealt with and you can listen to that message in it's entirety at www.connectionchurch.me/listen-online.

Leave a comment if you wish.

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Live Q&A Question #2

We had an awesome service at Connection Church on Sunday as we answered some of your live questions. As promised, I am going to answer the questions we were unable to get to and I thought that doing so through video would be the best way.

The second questions that we are going to tackle is..."Why are we not seeing miracles like they did in the New Testament?"

Feel free to leave a comment if you wish

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