The LEGO Principle: The Power of

Connecting to God and One Another

Source text: http://27gen.com/2013/06/05/the-lego-principle/

Regardless of the shape, size, or color of a LEGO brick, each one is designed to do just one thing: connect.

LEGO pieces are designed to connect at the top with studs and the bottom with tubes.

The LEGO Principle

Like LEGO, if you can connect to the top with God and

to the bottom with others, you can pretty much shape

the world you live in.

The LEGO Principle

Not all LEGO pieces have the same ability to connect. Some have the capacity to connect with as many as 12 or more bricks while others are limited. There are pieces that can connect to only 1 other brick. But each piece has the capacity to connect.

The LEGO Principle

Every believer has the ability to connect directly

to God and to others.

The LEGO Principle

The LEGO Principle

Each LEGO brick comes with studs that give it the ability to connect. Every stud has the LEGO trademark engraved on it, a symbol of trust. Others have tried to copy LEGO bricks but have been unsuccessful. Their studs did not connect as well.

Like trusted LEGO bricks, we connect best when we are the real thing.

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The LEGO PrincipleTwo eight-stud LEGO bricks

can be combined in 24 ways. Three eight-stud bricks can be combined in 1,060 ways. Six eight-stud bricks can be combined in 102,981,500 ways. With eight bricks the possibilities are virtually endless.

Just like LEGO bricks, using love to connect

with people hasendless possibilities.

The LEGO Principle

The LEGO PrincipleSomething was missing: people.

In 1974 LEGO began making people, starting with the LEGO family. These mini figures soon became the biggest-selling product, enjoyed by both boys and girls. Several billion of these figures have been built to date. LEGO realized that people love people. What good is a world without people?

To the degree that we value and love people

will we engage our community and culture.

The LEGO Principle

The LEGO Principle

LEGO bricks are built to connect multi-generationally. That means bricks made in the 1950s connect just as well with those made in 2013. Connecting bricks made decades apart is not a problem.

When people make disciples through relationships,

generational, traditional, and denominational

differenced fall by the wayside.

The LEGO Principle