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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Connecting People With Jesus</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Life Is a Highway Pt 1</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.2.11 Bud Wrenn</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>‘…
<i>we are formed for God’s family</i>…’ </span></b><b><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Rick Warren, The Purpose
Driven Life</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>We
need to bring into submission to God, our interpersonal dealings - moving from
manipulation to <i><u>motivation</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=1Co+13%3A4-7"></a></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'> Repair <i><u>broken relationships</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'> Enjoy the <i><u>'people experience'</u></i>. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-family:Wingdings;
color:blue'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Keep <i><u>short accounts</u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>1 Peter 3:8-9 </span></i></b><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>8 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Finally, all of you should
be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and
sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. <sup>9 </sup>Don’t repay
evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead,
pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he
will bless you for it. </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There are
three aspects to this purpose of life, which we refer to as CONNECT:</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1)
Establishing a relationship with Jesus,</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2)
Establishing a relationship with others, and </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3) Helping
them move <i><u><span style='color:purple'>toward Jesus</span></u></i>.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Entering
the Highway: Connecting with Others</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1) Keep
an eye out <u><span style='color:purple'>FOR others</span></u>.</span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>John 9:1 </span></i></strong><i><sup><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>1 </span></sup></i><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who
had been blind from birth. <br>
<br>
</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Common
CONNECTION Killers</span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
Wingdings;color:black'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></b><b><i><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:purple'>Slanderous</span></u></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> talk </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>....</span></i></b><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Keep your tongue from speaking evil,...</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
Wingdings;color:black'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gossip
about</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
others </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>"...Keep your lips from telling
lies...."</span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:
Wingdings;color:black'>è</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> </span></b><b><i><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:purple'>Meddling in others'</span></u></i></b><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> business </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Search for peace, and work to maintain it</span></i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<b>2) Seek first to understand, then to <i><u><span style='color:purple'>be
understood</span></u></i>. </b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+9%3A2"><span style='color:
red'>John 9:2</span></a> </span></i></strong><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>2 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>“Rabbi,” his disciples asked
him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his
parents’ sins?” </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3) Keep in
mind their greatest need - their spiritual need. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+9%3A3-5"><span
style='color:red'>John 9:3-5</span></a> </span></i></strong><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>3 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>“It was not because of his
sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God
could be seen in him. <sup>4 </sup>We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned
us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work. <sup>5
</sup>But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world.” </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4) Determine
a practical need - <i><u><span style='color:purple'>and fill it</span></u></i>.
</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'><a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+9%3A6-7"><span
style='color:red'>John 9:6-7</span></a> </span></i></strong><i><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>6 </span></sup></i><i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Then he spit on the ground,
made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. <sup>7 </sup>He
told him, “Go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “sent”). So
the man went and washed and came back seeing! <br>
</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
<b>5) Continue to engage them to establish a relationship.</b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:red'>John 9:8-9 </span></i></strong><i><sup><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>8 </span></sup></i><i><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>His neighbors and others who knew him as a
blind beggar asked each other, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?” <sup>9
</sup>Some said he was, and others said, “No, he just looks like him!” But the
beggar kept saying, “Yes, I am the same one!” </span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6) Help
them sustain / maintain <i><u><span style='color:purple'>focus on Jesus</span></u></i>.
</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=1Jn+9%3A10-11"><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;text-decoration:none'>John
9:10-11</span></strong></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
</span></strong><sup>10 </sup>They asked, “Who healed you? What happened?” <sup>11
</sup>He told them, “The man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over my
eyes and told me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself.’ So I went and
washed, and now I can see!” </span></i></p>
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