November 23, 2009
Daily Bible Reading Together | November 23, 2009
1 Peter 1:14-16 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your
old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any
better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”
A few things Peter did in this passage caught my eye. He reminds us of our role with our Father...we are his children, and as children we are to be obedient. We are also to reflect His nature and character, which is holiness.
I appreciate the way he refers to our tendency to slip back into our old ways of living. He hits the motivation on the head: to satisfy our own desires. We were made for so much more than the sum total of our desires. We're were reborn to satisfy God's desires. When we do slip back, it is often to fulfill a desire from the past...one that needs to be killed!
November 22, 2009
Daily Bible Reading Together | November 22, 2009
1 Peter 1:8
You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see
him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible
joy.
November 19, 2009
November 18, 2009
Call Me Gameboy
In a few minutes I will head over to Pioneer Path School to do my volunteer role for the week (that's right, I volunteer too). I'm the Junior High game guy.
We start out the night with a wacky contest. Tonight we'll attach donuts to a fishing line made of rubber bands attached to a "fishing pole" and feeding human carp while they lay on the ground. Fun times!
Later in the night we'll be doing some relays and enjoying some classic dodge ball, with a twist.
I'm loving this role and I'm learning a lot about our ministry to junior highers, like:
- We have an amazing all-volunteer led program!
- John Beiker is a great teacher.
- The rest of the staff, Kim Papp, Colleen Furlong and Natalie Hagberg, give their all and really put their unique giftedness to great use.
- We have GREAT junior highers! These kids...I could go on and on! They are the best!
I better go get packed up...time to go!
Daily Bible Reading Together | November 18, 2009
What if we all lived this?
James 1:19
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters:
You must all be quick to listen,
slow to speak,
and slow to get angry.
November 17, 2009
I Can Be a Bill's Fan Again!
The day the Bill's announced that Dick Jauron was their new coach, I told them I would be back when it was over.
He is a really nice guy, but after enduring Wannstadt/Jauron era with the Bears, I just couldn't do it again.
Today Ralph Wilson announced a change.
I'm back!
There are some good coaches available.
I hope we land a good one.
Oh, and Mr. Wilson, NO Wanny!
Christmas Eve is ON!
We're so excited!
The school went the extra mile so we could offer a Christmas Eve Service.
We are so fortunate to have Mike and the CJHS staff!
They make "church in a box" work so well!
Put it on the calendar...Thursday, December 24th at 6:30.
Daily Bible Reading Together | November 17, 2009
I've been using the One Year Bible for several years. I always look forward to getting to James. What an incredibly practical book. There is something to put to action on every page.
James starts with a set of verses that I quote often:
James 1:2-4
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
I love the way the NLT puts it...when your faith is tested it has the chance to grow...SO LET IT GROW!
So let it grow.
We so often fall short of growth because we are unwilling to do what it takes to grow.
How do we grow? Trials.
I never cease to be amazed at the number of believers, who, when trials comes their way say, "Why is God doing this to me?" or "Why is God letting this happen to me?"
Could the passage be any clearer...God wants to grow us! He wants to grow our faith, and growth comes through trials...SO LET IT GROW!
Easier said than done, I know. I don't like pain either. But I do like to grow.
Do we have the guts to pray the follwoing prayer??
"Grow me God."
Do we have the guts to pray it knowing full well that it will involve the pain of trial?
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