Happy Birthday Carly!

Today is Carly Holloway's birthday!

Happy Birthday Carly!

Jesus bless you with more of Himself!

The most important person in 2008

I recently read another pastor's blog. It was interesting. I am posting his thought here but adapting just a little bit for our purposes. You can read his blog by clicking this word: click here!

Time Magazine is starting their search for the MOST IMPORTANT PERSON in 2008.
Here are some of the people in the race and where they rank:

1. Barack Obama
4. Michael Phelps
5. Hilary Clinton
7. Sarah Palin
10.Usain Bolt (100 meter gold medalist)

Who were the most important people in your life this past year? Who's in your top 5 and why?

• A family member?

• A D-group member?

• Houston Nutt (Ole Miss football coach!)

Who has brought you closer to Jesus? Who have you brought closer to Jesus? Would you and I make someone's top 5 for bringing them closer to Jesus? What makes a person "important" and why?

'Til we're all one with God (John 17:21)
Jeff

Beauty and the Beast

HEY FUSION!

I wanted to write about what the GUYS and I talked about last night!

We talked about how "REAL MEN who FOLLOW JESUS" defend girls at all times, protect them at all costs, and honor/cherish them in all ways!

We discussed that all females are "BEAUTIFUL" to the core! That's how God sees them!

We hit two points concerning their BEAUTY:
Girls are made in the:
(1) IMAGE of GOD and they are
(2) DAUGHTERS of GOD!

GOD is "enthralled", "captivated" by His daughter's beauty:

10 Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear: Forget your people and your father's house.
11 The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.

With prayer, the 6th and 7th grade guys will begin to see girls as God sees them!
No one treated woman better than Jesus did! John 4 is a great story to find out how He treated a woman who felt ugly and unwanted. He spoke to her and offered her His life. She received Him and her entire town received Jesus as well.

That's what can happen when "REAL MEN who FOLLOW JESUS" respect woman and see the beauty within them all!

Thank God for females! You are beautiful people!

Halloween Corny Joke

Question: Why did the mummy have trouble keeping friends?

Answer: Because he was all wrapped up in himself! Ha!

Decision 2008

Hey Fusion!

Tomorrow we are beginning our NEW SERIES called, "DECISION 2008!" See the graphic done by the amazing Steve Potter!

The series is based off of the coming Presidential election...topics from a biblical perspective!

• Our topic tomorrow night will be: "GREED"...thinking about the big word in politics: "economics"

• Our bible passage will be Proverbs 30:7-9 (look it up)!

Next week we will be talking about ETHICS....

The week AFTER THAT we want YOU to give us some TOPICS to discuss...

• What topics do you want to discuss???
  
• Hit the "COMMENT" button below and let me know OR email me at jeff@christunitedjxn.org

To live is Christ, to die is more of Christ (Philippians 1:21)!

7th Grade Fellowship at the Fuller's House

Hey 7th graders and 7th grade leaders!

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, October 15th...MEET at the FULLER'S HOUSE for 7th grade FUSION fellowship!

Be there at REGULAR FUSION TIME: 5:40PM-7:10PM

CAN YOU SAY CHICK FILE SANDWICHES? If you can, YOU WILL be STUFFING YOUR MOUTH with them tomorrow night at the Fuller's!

*jamie will have a van at the church in case some one does not get the note...

See ya' there!
Love you all and pray for you weekly!

Lord Jesus...make us ONE with You and Your Father through Your Holy and Blessed Spirit! (John 17:23)!

Ways to Pray!

We've looked at some ways to study Scripture...

Here are some ways to PRAY!

1. The A.C.T.S. Prayer:

Adoration- start out your prayer by PRAISING GOD...a sentence or two about how good God is
Confession- confess the Lord as your God. Confess your sins (specifically) and repent.
Thanksgiving- thank God for as much as you can think of!
Supplication- ASK God for what you need in accordance to His will

Do this with your D-group...have one person take each letter and pray a sentence prayer for each one.

2. The P.R.A.Y. Prayer:

Much like the A.C.T.S. Prayer:

Praise: praise God
Repent: repent and believe the gospel
Ask: ask God for your needs in line with His will
Yield: yield to living God's way no matter the cost!

3. Pray the Scriptures:

Read a book of the bible...pray to God exactly what you read!