THE 411: JJ411 DISOWNED ?

 that's right you heard it here first people i have just been officially disowned. and not by distant relatives, of which i could probably care less. nope but by my on father. never saw that one coming. it seems he has only done that about when he doesn't not approve of the decision that i make in my life, even if they are right. but alas i guess nothing matter's unless they are the decision that he wants me to make. ok enough of the suspense i know it must be killing you right now so let me fill you completely in.  so some way or another i have disappointed my dad i guess very greatly in the past  few months. 1st by questioning him on things i had been hearing about him to make sure they were true or not. he must not have liked that, but when certain decision are beening made that affect an entire household in a negative way then those who are family should go to each other and found out the truth, because you know what they say about people who make assumptions right? any way he did not like me confronting him on the issue maybe because of his title but when someone is wrong they are wrong. but never the less the proper respect still should be giving, which it was.  but i guess taken things to a biblical level with my dad just aren't the right thing to  due. go figure lol.

and i guess today must have been the icing on the cake one could say.  this past weekend my dad asked me to help him get cable in his home he would pay the bill it would just be in my name. now you might say that's not bad jj411 why didn't you do it. well first let's look at my  dad's bill track record in the past couple of years.  on second thought let's not it's almost as bad  as mine lol.  any  way i told him no because he doesn't need it. it isn't something that he couldn't live without. and also i didn't want him falling behind on anything and then me his son have to come along and be the nasty bill collector, but any way again logic fails and he got pissed.  started bringing up things he did for me when i was fresh out of high school still just a kid in realityand yet a man in my eyes, or so i thought. yeah my dad saved my butt a few times  helping me take care of things that i needed to be done and were crucial and i truly thank him for this but, i needed these things they weren't what i wanted but what i needed. i reminded him of this and informed him that if he was in need of something that was a true necessity i would help. well he didn't like this and started ranting and raving none sense. telling me that i was disappointing him and blah blah blah. i told him if the only reason he called me over was to tell me how  much of a disappointment i was then i was not going to waste any more of my time listen. then he said fine and  don't come back so i took whatever else i had there and left. hopefully he will come to his senses soon. and realize how foolish his decision was and try to restart a relationship or i might have to with in the next week. not going to pay for what he doesn't need right now but to keep what is truly important alive.  life is full a choices but sometimes it is hard to tell which one is the right one. but normally when the right one is made someone seems to always get their feeling hurt. but alas that's kinda of how things work out sometimes and can not be avoided even though we try our hardest to. well that's the 411 guys comments are nice but your prayer's will surely be fare more beneficial peace.

THE 411: GOERGIA AND ETC

 so on one of my former post i spoke about the republic of georgia and the up and coming mission trip that my church will be taking there. i am going with the adults instead of going to the english camp with the kids. the reason for this is that this is probably where i will be going with  in the next couple of years. here's a short version of the plan of which was gone over with me by brian wolf a good friend of mine who is at this moment involved in church planting.  in sept i will go over for a week and a half to do the prayer walk there. and by the the way, we have i think a 40hr lay over in tabilasi. i think that' s how you spell it..., but sweet some sight seeing. the next step, will be me going back over by my self for about 3 weeks to decide if this is really where i should be. me and brian came to a mutual agreement that neither of us wanted me to be there if i felt that i shouldn't be, because that could really screw things up. please pay for  wisdom and  the determent as  i am there  so that the right decision will be made. any way if i say yes then i will most likely be helping with church planting or running one of the new youth groups which they are trying to start in tabilasi. there were a few other ideas but my memory sucks.

oh and by the way please keep my tuesday night  bible study in prayer. i continually encourage them to continue reading on their own time. i do ask them what they have been reading and we discuss their thoughts to make sure that what they are learning is from the  word of God and from the  instruction of the holy spirit, not of them selves.  but i also warn them that i will only remind them to study on their own for a short time, for they must study because  of the reasons God has presented before them not because of me. yes i want them to follow the example i lead but the choice to read must soon be of their own through the guiding of the holy spirit. some of you  might think that this is a dangerous tactic and assure you... it is. but one must begin to choose the reading and studying of Gods word, instead of what can soon become constant nagging, because the individual's relationship with Christ is a personal one. the same as that of husband and wife. and just like any friend of relative i will ask them form time to time how things are going. and just like it was for me when my friends used to ask me, the thought of reading God's word will continually  come to mind and soon the will begin to listen to the conviction of the spirit directly not just correction  form me.  we must encourage and exhort one another, but in the end the individual must make the choice for him or her self, as they truly listen to the holy spirit. for it is one thing to listen, but another to listen and then do. so pray that God will guide them on and use me where he pleases. my the grace of our father be upon you.  your brother in Christ john james, aka: jj411, aka : johnny james, aka: johnathan james, aka: ok i don't have any more names as of yet but in due time lol . later

THE 411: IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

wow it's a while since may last post huh? well let's see... everything is going pretty good. got a raise at work, car is still running, what else ?oh yeah i'm still breathing. ok on a more serious note the tuesday night bible  study is going well, we have actually started to meet on saturdays for breakfast now. just trying to make sure we focus on every aspect of the relationship building process. the guys are loving it and so am i. oh yeah and my good friend jeff overholt came down  this weekend and gave me a good swift kick in the  butt, to get moving with something's. i am glad that i have friends who will continually push me to keep going with what needs to be done.

 ooh i got to go to a high school play last night. one of the kids who used to be in my thursday night small group at youth group was in it MIKE STRASBUGER crazy German. so was GREG TAMM, one of my tuesday night guys and CONER i don't remember his last name but he was in it as well. what a cool group of guy's. i truly enjoyed the play they all did well. have you ever had the chance to watch kids you used to teach grow up and try daily to live for GOD? it brings me great joy to see mike and greg  continue on. mike plays in his church worship band. i showed  him how to play basic cords on the guitar and now i can't even keep up with him. and greg i have watch grow up since he was in the ninth grade. this is his last year of high school and now he is moving on to college. it's insane, i remember when they had a bunch nothing going through their minds and now their actual thinking. or at least showing me now that they think. they have their own band now 2 christians and a jew. corner being jewish. greg and mike are contiualy ministering to him abotu the gospel of christ. i am definately proud of  them. well that's about it later.

jj411

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THE 411: WE ARE GROWING AND WAIT THERE'S MORE

the teenage small group has gone from 3 too 5 people now and that is not counting me and jeff. each week we have been able to discuss the lesson from the last. we have just begone 1 peter. i decided to start of some what small. although in grand scheme of things what is truly small in the word of God. in philemon we talked about the grace of God for a about two weeks. which as usual was in the greeting of paul's letter to philemon. we talked about how it applied to our lives and how much we greatly over look it, which is mostly do to our lake of persecutions but also to our busy lives and selfish thoughts. but any way at the begining of 1 peter i had one the guys explain the grace of God and the application it has to his life everyday. which definitely help move the conversation onto to the life of one of the guys when he compared the peace that we as christian have knowing the grace of God. as apposed the the peace the none-christian has. it was definitely an encouraging night to say the least.

also now on thursday nights at youth group and new small group as been made, a mixed group of guys and girls. in the middle of last month i prayed to God for an opportunity to get involved in the lives of this particular group of kids and as all ways he came through. this particular thursday night i decided not to sitt in on one of the guy small groups that are normally had and stay behind and talk to a  few of the girls that did not have a small group because for some reason their leader up and left the youth group.  but any way we talked for a little while and i found out where the other part of the group was and decided to go a see just exactly what they were up to. now are about 10 kids a mix of guys a girls.  that night the lesson was on choosing the right type of friends to hang out with so we had a chance to talk with them about that. we also talked about the hard topics of leaving a group of friends that would only hinder growth and bring them down. obviously there is more to that topic, but i just wanted to sum it up. long story short the kids were very responsive. and a decision was made after i had finished speaking with them by randy, who is also a leader that the mixed group would be created to reach the set of kids in the youth group who were not intentualy but were being looked over. cool huh.

 let's see what else oh yeah this saturday a had the chance to talked to a guy  about life in general. he is a christian but he is some what unequally yoked one of his best friends is a big time partyer and unsaved. just about what to do in the situation. this is also a brief summary. i also had the chance to encourage him in his on "spiritual walk". he was worried that he was focusing to much on his own growth and not much on other's. i informed that his on growth was important and he would probably not grow strong in every area to help out everyone but that God would equip him to do what ever he wants him to do. to keep his eyes open for opportunities to help other's but also not to beat himself when it seems as if he is not. because he has no idea what God is preparing him for. we talked for a good 45 minutes exchanged number's and so on and so forth. oh pray for his friend kenny the partyer. his grandmother just died and cory is going to talked to him again about is life and God. but from the perspective of a loving friend. just pray for the situation we all know that there can be multiple out comes but the topic needs to be adressed. simply because no one knows when they will die. and many of us know that it is better to be saved then unsaved. so when you read this keep them in prayer. and also pray for the different ministries that i am involved in right now youth group, middle school sunday school and the tuesday night bible study. wisdom and discernment guys, wisdom and discernment.

oh yeah i also will be going to the repulic of georgia in april so pray for the trip. georgia used to be apart of the soviet union but now they are an independent country. i will give info on my next post. alright later john

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411: WHAT'S NEXT

so we just finished going through the letter to philemon in the teenage small group that i have been giving the privilege to lead. God has giving me a good group  of guys, who have a great desire to learn Gods word. it has been very encouraging to say the least. keep our group in prayer when you remember us.

 it is kind of funny. back at school i remember taking for granted my time to study the word of God. but to be completely honest i also did not have much time to either because of the constant work schedule. pray that God will continue to keep me focused here and also pray for the sunday school group that i will be teaching in the upcoming months. AGAIN PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, i can not stress this enough.  well that's the 411 take care and most importantly GOD bless.