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The LEGO Principle: The Power of Connecting to God and One Another
Love God. Love Your Neighbor. Jesus called these the two most important commandments of all time. When He said this, He was making something clear to His listeners then as He does in life, it all boils down to our relationships. Using the example of LEGO®, a company that has been transforming the way people play for more than fifty years, Joey Bonifacio shows you how to make a difference—one connection at a time.
240 pages, Paperback
First published September 4, 2012
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About the author
Joey Bonifacio
8 books38 followersJoey Bonifacio is Director for Asia of Every Nation Ministries. Every Nation is a worldwide family of churches and ministries that exists to Honor God by planting Christ-centered, Spirit empowered, socially responsible churches and campus ministries in every nation.
He is a member of the team that oversees Victory, a local church in Manila and a movement of churches in the Philippines and the Senior Pastor of Victory Fort at Bonifacio Global City.
He is Director of the Real Life Foundation, a Philippine based NGO that provides educational scholarship to the underprivileged.
He is happily married to Marie for 30 years now and has three adult sons, Joseph who is married to Carla, David and Joshua. And adopted a cute little dog named Vito.
He is a member of the team that oversees Victory, a local church in Manila and a movement of churches in the Philippines and the Senior Pastor of Victory Fort at Bonifacio Global City.
He is Director of the Real Life Foundation, a Philippine based NGO that provides educational scholarship to the underprivileged.
He is happily married to Marie for 30 years now and has three adult sons, Joseph who is married to Carla, David and Joshua. And adopted a cute little dog named Vito.
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July 24, 2013
The clear message of The Lego Principle is 'Discipleship is Relationship'. Reminding us that we should first and foremost be disciples of Jesus. We are to not only follow and obey Jesus, but love Him and allow Him to love us.
Secondly, we are called to Love others. God has created us for relationships. Down in the very core of all of humanity is a deep desire to be in relationship with God and with each other.
Lastly, Jesus commissioned us to make disciples of all nations. Things means engaging people everyday with a heart to equip, and empower them to have a life altering relationship with Jesus.
I encourage every Christian to read this book and to apply the Lego Principle of Connecting to God and your neighbor.
Secondly, we are called to Love others. God has created us for relationships. Down in the very core of all of humanity is a deep desire to be in relationship with God and with each other.
Lastly, Jesus commissioned us to make disciples of all nations. Things means engaging people everyday with a heart to equip, and empower them to have a life altering relationship with Jesus.
I encourage every Christian to read this book and to apply the Lego Principle of Connecting to God and your neighbor.
December 17, 2020
Almost good. A thin idea spread extra thin. The best parts are the autobiographical vignettes. But then lots of Self Improvement nonsense masquerading as Christianity.
This guy loves Jesus but has been poorly led.
This guy loves Jesus but has been poorly led.
March 17, 2017
Such a great and engaging book that really made me refocus my view and approach toward discipleship. This is a great read for those new to the discipleship process and are learning how to be a disciple and a disciple-maker in today's culture. Planning to re-read again for deeper insight.
August 6, 2021
I chose to read The Lego Principle by Every Nation Pastor Joey Bonifacio for an assignment in my leadership class. The title compares the gameplay of Lego blocks to the way discipleship works. If we are each a Lego block, then the top part of our block connects to God, and the lower part connects to His people.
The idea that discipleship is relationship is echoed throughout the entire book. Tips on how to foster relationships that lead to discipleship were extensively discussed, such as ensuring that all our actions and words are coming from a place of love, so that we can be more authentic as we walk with others in their discipleship journey back to Christ.
One of the things that I appreciated the most about The Lego Principle is that it took the time to debunk the common misconceptions that may hinder us from engaging others in discipleship. The idea that stood out to me the most was the compassion among religious, secular, and Christian mindsets. Those who are religious emphasize the importance of duty over joy; the secular believe in the opposite, that duty is secondary to joy. However, Christians live by the idea that to fulfill one’s duty is joy.
I also loved the line, “an ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.” As someone who enjoys learning and cascading what I’ve learned to others, I admit that my Achilles’ heel is being sensitive to the feelings and emotional needs of others because I’m so engrossed with ideas.
I could say that this is primarily why I decided to pursue Leadership 113 first before moving forward into a season of working towards my PhD. Competence can always be built at any time, even when I turn fifty! But my heart is only as malleable as my mindfulness towards it. There is much internal work to be done before I would be ready to lead anybody, to walk with anybody in their discipleship journey towards Christ, and Pastor Joey’s book is a really helpful guide to get there.
The idea that discipleship is relationship is echoed throughout the entire book. Tips on how to foster relationships that lead to discipleship were extensively discussed, such as ensuring that all our actions and words are coming from a place of love, so that we can be more authentic as we walk with others in their discipleship journey back to Christ.
One of the things that I appreciated the most about The Lego Principle is that it took the time to debunk the common misconceptions that may hinder us from engaging others in discipleship. The idea that stood out to me the most was the compassion among religious, secular, and Christian mindsets. Those who are religious emphasize the importance of duty over joy; the secular believe in the opposite, that duty is secondary to joy. However, Christians live by the idea that to fulfill one’s duty is joy.
I also loved the line, “an ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.” As someone who enjoys learning and cascading what I’ve learned to others, I admit that my Achilles’ heel is being sensitive to the feelings and emotional needs of others because I’m so engrossed with ideas.
I could say that this is primarily why I decided to pursue Leadership 113 first before moving forward into a season of working towards my PhD. Competence can always be built at any time, even when I turn fifty! But my heart is only as malleable as my mindfulness towards it. There is much internal work to be done before I would be ready to lead anybody, to walk with anybody in their discipleship journey towards Christ, and Pastor Joey’s book is a really helpful guide to get there.
July 1, 2020
A book that rekindled my heart to engage the community again. And this time with a clearer intention of sharing Jesus through building relationships.
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December 21, 2022How to build a relationship and maintain it. You have to read this book.
June 12, 2018
I finished reading TheLego Principle last week - for almost half a year I've been returning to it, reading parts of a chapter every now and then. When I came to the last page, I felt ready to start all over again (and order copies for friends and leaders in church).
I feel that the message and the purpose of this book is something so important for believers, leaders, churches, small groups to grasp and get a hold of, to understand. Not only what discipleship truly is, but the core values, the building blocks to "relationship", the things fundamental to our lives as believers and parts of the body of Christ.
Bonifacio writes clearly, simply and engaging, but the message is challenging if we stop to consider the consequences it would have on our lives. Because I think this is God's hope and dream for his Church here on Earth, that we would actually live the lives He intended us to, the lives he redeemed us to live. Christians following Jesus, living in discipleship, loving God and one another, that is how His kingdom can touch more and more lives in this world. God's dream, God's heart for humanity is beyond what we can imagine. So... let us stop for a while, allow Him to transform our hearts, our lives, our worlds. God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine"! (Eph. 3:20).
I feel that the message and the purpose of this book is something so important for believers, leaders, churches, small groups to grasp and get a hold of, to understand. Not only what discipleship truly is, but the core values, the building blocks to "relationship", the things fundamental to our lives as believers and parts of the body of Christ.
Bonifacio writes clearly, simply and engaging, but the message is challenging if we stop to consider the consequences it would have on our lives. Because I think this is God's hope and dream for his Church here on Earth, that we would actually live the lives He intended us to, the lives he redeemed us to live. Christians following Jesus, living in discipleship, loving God and one another, that is how His kingdom can touch more and more lives in this world. God's dream, God's heart for humanity is beyond what we can imagine. So... let us stop for a while, allow Him to transform our hearts, our lives, our worlds. God "is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine"! (Eph. 3:20).
September 25, 2012
I really, really liked the premise of this book – we are to make disciples but often times we think that disciples are those who Christ left behind and are no longer relevant to today’s Christian. Before you can disciple and make disciples there must be a relationship and relationships must be built on trust and other basics or the relationship will fail and never evolve into a discipleship. If you’re a mom you need to be making disciples out of your children, if your a pastor then out of your congregants, and so on but some of us are lacking today.
Don’t pick up this book if you think you’ll read it in a day and then go out tomorrow and make disciples. This isn’t that kind of book – it’s deep and it takes thought to go through it, make sense of it and put it to work. Some of it is common sense but that we let fall to the wayside, some of it is contrary to what today’s church teaches and tells us. We must go back to the Bible and that is what Joey Bonificio strives to get us to do, using Scripture and quotes from godly theologians he backs up his discourse on making disciples.
I really, really liked the premise of this book – we are to make disciples but often times we think that disciples are those who Christ left behind and are no longer relevant to today’s Christian. Before you can disciple and make disciples there must be a relationship and relationships must be built on trust and other basics or the relationship will fail and never evolve into a discipleship. If you’re a mom you need to be making disciples out of your children, if your a pastor then out of your congregants, and so on but some of us are lacking today.
*Special thanks to Althea for sending me a review copy.*
Don’t pick up this book if you think you’ll read it in a day and then go out tomorrow and make disciples. This isn’t that kind of book – it’s deep and it takes thought to go through it, make sense of it and put it to work. Some of it is common sense but that we let fall to the wayside, some of it is contrary to what today’s church teaches and tells us. We must go back to the Bible and that is what Joey Bonificio strives to get us to do, using Scripture and quotes from godly theologians he backs up his discourse on making disciples.
I really, really liked the premise of this book – we are to make disciples but often times we think that disciples are those who Christ left behind and are no longer relevant to today’s Christian. Before you can disciple and make disciples there must be a relationship and relationships must be built on trust and other basics or the relationship will fail and never evolve into a discipleship. If you’re a mom you need to be making disciples out of your children, if your a pastor then out of your congregants, and so on but some of us are lacking today.
*Special thanks to Althea for sending me a review copy.*
September 30, 2013
the art of discipleship is found in relationship building. connecting in relationship with God and others is the key. this is the theme of The LEGO® Principle. For years the church has been consumed with information and not transformation - and for the most part the church has not grown in the least. Joey Bonifacio simply describes what we've been doing wrong.
In a nice, readable book, Bonifacio, through stories, scripture and LEGO® analogies, paints a picture of true, Jesus-esque discipleship. Discipleship is not merely a duty to be performed - it is a lifestyle to be lived out... a relationship to be nurtured. I enjoyed the book and read it rather quickly. I underlined a lot and will probably reference this book over and over.
"Make it your mission and purpose to connect with people with full intention of leading them into a relationship with God... Evangelism is not a sales pitch, rather an engagement of relationships with non-Christians."
In a nice, readable book, Bonifacio, through stories, scripture and LEGO® analogies, paints a picture of true, Jesus-esque discipleship. Discipleship is not merely a duty to be performed - it is a lifestyle to be lived out... a relationship to be nurtured. I enjoyed the book and read it rather quickly. I underlined a lot and will probably reference this book over and over.
"Make it your mission and purpose to connect with people with full intention of leading them into a relationship with God... Evangelism is not a sales pitch, rather an engagement of relationships with non-Christians."
September 28, 2013
who said that discipleship is difficult? through this book Ps. Joe teach us and share his experience the power of relationship to God & people.
He use the philosophy of The Lego - his family favourite game to bring us how the relationship should look like.
One of the greatest book I've ever read in discipleship ! very inspiring !
He use the philosophy of The Lego - his family favourite game to bring us how the relationship should look like.
One of the greatest book I've ever read in discipleship ! very inspiring !
April 6, 2013
You don't have to rush reading this book. It took me months to finish this easy, one-time, sit-down time to complete the Lego Principle. It's my perfect 'cup of tea'-coffee break time book read, masticated every chapter of this inspirational book. It's a GoodRead.
March 8, 2013
I was really surprised by this book. It was given go me by a friend. I never heard of the book or the author but really enjoyed it. He has some great insights on discipleship and Christianity in general. I definitely recommend it.
August 18, 2013
Excellently gathers connecting with each other to how various colors shapes and sizes of actual LEGO pieces connect, regardless of how old or new the pieces are. A fantastic read for anyone learning how to connect & disciple others!! ☺
April 23, 2014
The LEGO Principle is one of the best discipleship books I've ever read. Ptr. Joey's approach on discipleship in the context of daily life and relationship is both enlightening and refreshing. It has expanded my view and deepen my understanding about discipleship Jesus intended.
April 8, 2013
This is a book I'd read over and over and over again. One of the thousand things I like about this book is that it enables you to be the doer. It's amazing!
June 30, 2013
Wonderful. Thank you.
July 29, 2013
Connect to God, connect to people. Plain and simple message - but extremely challenging! Most practical book on discipleship that I have ever read.
November 5, 2013
The commandment is simple. The message is clear. It's an absolutely joy to hear the commandment over and over.
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