We're CREATED for CONNECTION but we DRIFT toward DISCONNECTION Often we don’t realize we’ve living disconnected because we have what I call “quasi-connections” The SOCIAL MEDIA CONNECTION The JOB / WORK CONNECTION The ‘CROWD’ CONNECTION As Jesus-followers we’re called to FIGHT the DRIFT into DISCONNECTION John 17:20-23 VOICE – “I am not asking solely for their benefit; this prayer is also for all the believers who will follow them and hear them speak. Father, may they all be one as You are in Me and I am in You; may they be in Us, for by this unity the world will believe that You sent Me. All the glory You have given to Me, I pass on to them. May that glory unify them and make them one as We are one, I in them and You in Me, that they may be refined so that all will know that You sent Me, and You love them in the same way You love Me. HOW DO YOU FIGHT THE DRIFT? Tether yourself to the RIGHT PEOPLE What’s the foundation of the friendships around you? Who are you doing life with that can process with you about what Jesus is doing in your heart? Are you doing life with people who are championing the call & purpose of God on your life? Proverbs 13:20 GNT - Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined. Put down an ANCHOR of TRUST Here’s the thing about trust: Trust is always 2-way and it works on the principle of sowing & reaping. HOW DO YOU become TRUSTWORTHY? What do you LOOK FOR when it comes to TRUSTWORTHY PEOPLE? Proverbs 20:6 TPT - Many will tell you they’re your loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly trustworthy? Being CONSISTENT Being CONFIDENTIAL Be CLOSE Be a LIFE-LINE FOR someone else One of the greatest ways you can do this is thru the power of your story