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Who is this Jesus?

Steve — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:30:33 +0000

The Bible, from cover to cover, answers the question,
“Who is this Jesus?”

In the Old Testament:

- In Genesis, He is the Creator God.

- In Exodus, He is the Redeemer.

- In Leviticus, He is your sanctification.

- In Numbers, He is your guide.

- In Deuteronomy, He is your teacher.

- In Joshua, He is the mighty conqueror.

- In Judges, He gives victory over enemies.

- In Ruth, He is your kinsman, your lover, your redeemer.

- In I Samuel, He is the root of Jesse.

- In 2 Samuel, He is the Son of David.

- In 1 Kings and 2 Kings, He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

- In 1st and 2nd Chronicles, He is your intercessor and High Priest.

- In Ezra, He is your temple, your house of worship.

- In Nehemiah, He is your mighty wall, protecting you from your enemies.

- In Esther, He stands in the gap to deliver you from your enemies.

- In Job, He is the arbitrator who not only understands your struggles, but has the power to do something about them.

- In Psalms, He is your song–and your reason to sing.

- In Proverbs, He is your wisdom, helping you make sense of life and live it successfully.

- In Ecclesiastes, He is your purpose, delivering you from vanity..

- In the Song of Solomon, He is your lover, your Rose of Sharon.

- In Isaiah, He is the mighty counselor, the prince of peace, the everlasting father, and more. He’s everything you need.

- In Jeremiah, He is your balm of Gilead, the soothing salve for your sin-sick soul.

- In Lamentations, He is the ever-faithful one upon whom you can depend.

- In Ezekiel, He is your wheel in the middle of a wheel–the one who assures that dry, dead bones will come alive again.

- In Daniel, He is the ancient of days, the ever- lasting God who never runs out of time.

- In Hosea, He is your faithful lover, always beckoning you to come back–even when you have abandoned Him.

- In Joel, He is your refuge, keeping you safe in times of trouble.

- In Amos, He is the husbandman, the one you can depend on to stay by your side.

- In Obadiah, He is Lord of the Kingdom.

- In Jonah, He is your salvation, bringing you back within His will.

- In Micah, He is judge of the nation.

- In Nahum, He is the jealous God.

- In Habakkuk, He is the Holy One.

- In Zephaniah, He is the witness.

- In Haggai, He overthrows the enemies.

- In Zechariah, He is Lord of Hosts.

- In Malachi, He is the messenger of the covenant.

In the New Testament:

- In Matthew, He is king of the Jews.

- In Mark, He is the servant.

- In Luke, He is the Son of Man, feeling what you feel.

- In John, He is the Son of God.

- In Acts, He is Savior of the world.

- In Romans, He is the righteousness of God.

- In I Corinthians, He is the rock that followed Israel.

- In II Corinthians, He the triumphant one, giving victory.

- In Galatians, He is your liberty; He sets you free.

- In Ephesians, He is head of the Church.

- In Philippians, He is your joy.

- In Colossians, He is your completeness.

- In I Thessalonians, He is your hope.

- In II Thessalonians, He is your glory.

- In I Timothy, He is your faith.

- In II Timothy, He is your stability.

- In Titus He is your reason for serving.

- In Philemon, He is your benefactor.

- In Hebrews, He is your perfection.

- In James, He is the power behind your faith.

- In I Peter, He is your example.

- In II Peter, He is your purity.

- In I John, He is your life.

- In II John, He is your pattern.

- In III John, He is your motivation.

- In Jude, He is the foundation of your faith.

- In Revelation, He is your coming King.

http://biblestudyplanet.com/jesus-from-genesis-to-revelation-2/

Do You SPECKA?

Steve — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:17:01 +0000

The following acrostic is something that can be used with ANY Bible passage for your private study AND can be used at any time when you need to lead a Bible study.

S – is there a sin to avoid?

P – is there a Praise, Promise or Prayer?

E – is there an example to follow or avoid?

C – is there a command to follow?

K – is there a nugget of knowledge the passage is trying to teach me?

A – is there an application for me to apply to my life today or is there and action for me to do?

Bible study does not have to be hard. Let the Holy Spirit be your teacher as you ask the SPECKA questions.

Why now? Why this much? Why this often? Why this way? Why these people?

Steve — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:22:19 +0000

A timely reminder in the wake of tragic events in Japan;

Author: John Piper

One of the reasons God rarely gives micro reasons for his painful providences, but regularly gives magnificent macro reasons, is that there are too many micro reasons for us to manage, namely, millions and millions and millions and millions and millions.

God says things like:

These bad things happened to you because I intend to work it together for your good (Romans 8).

These happened to that you would rely more on God who raises the dead (2 Corinthians 1).

This happened so that the gold and silver of your faith would be refined (1 Peter 1).

This thorn is so that the power of Christ would be magnified in your weakness (2 Corinthians 12).

But we can always object that there are other easier ways for God to accomplish those things. We want to know more specifics: Why now? Why this much? Why this often? Why this way? Why these people?

The problem is, we would have to be God to grasp all that God is doing in our problems. In fact, pushing too hard for more detailed explanations from God is a kind of demand that we be God.

93 Million Reasons For Tebow To Remain A Gator in ’09

Steve — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:36:30 +0000

Spring football practice just started at the University of Florida in Gainesville and it puts a great big smile on my face to know that Tim Tebow, one of college football’s greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, walked out onto that practice field to complete his senior year, by-passing what certainly would have been a multi-million dollar NFL contract had he decided to go pro after last year’s season. There is an interesting story behind Tebow’s decision to stick around for his senior year that I thought I’d share with those who may be interested.

A day or so before last year’s BCS College Football National Championship Game God impressed upon Tim Tebow that he needed to change the message he had displayed on his eye black all year long. Previously, he had a reference to Phillipians 4:13 on his eye black. He talked to four or five others about switching the message and everyone except his parents told him not to do it because they had been so successful all year with the Phillipians 4:13.

His parents, Pam and Bob Tebow, supported the change and Tebow knew it was the right thing to do. So, he made the change and played the championship game with John 3:16 on his eye black.

We all know the outcome of the game (in case you don’t, the Gators played the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners and they won 24–14), but the phone call that Tim Tebow received a couple of days later when he was back in Gainesville is where this story becomes interesting.

Tebow answered his cell phone and it was the P.R. guy for the UF Football team. He said, “You set a new record.” Tebow wondered what kind of record was he talking about, it’s not exactly a new thing for Tebow to break a record of one sort or another. “In the 24 hour period from the start of the BCS championship game, JOHN 3:16 was Googled…93 MILLION times! No other topic had ever been Googled that many times in a 24 hour period of time.”

The follow up story from Urban Meyer, Coach of the 2008 National Champion University Florida football team is where we get look at what kind of person Tebow is:

We all hear about the incredible family Tim is a part of. With everything going on in the world, you just know there is no way Pam and Bob Tebow can be as perfect as they are made out to be.

I am here to tell you I witnessed the most amazing conversation which is the truest testimonial to how incredibly good the Tebows truly are.

A few days after the championship game I sat at a table in the back of the Ballyhoo restaurant with Tim, Pam and Bob Tebow. It was just the four of us and I listened in amazement as Tim’s future about moving to the next level of football was decided. Unbelievably, the NFL was never once mentioned. Tim’s dad started the conversation by saying that Brett Farve spoke about his faith and no one ever listened. Here was a future Hall of Fame quarterback and no one heard his message. Tim then said…”I can think of 93 million reasons why I would want to stay in school and play my senior year at the University of Florida .”

That’s how the decision was made.

Now I know there are skeptics out there, especially those who are anti-Gators and/or anti-Christian. Seems to me though, it’s very hard to deny that Tebow is the real deal. It no doubt helps that I’m a Gator fan through and through and that I graduated from UF at the same ceremony as Danny Wuerffel in 1996, but I am really hoping that Tebow has an unprecedented senior year at UF!

Go Gators!

Poverty

Steve — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:00:57 +0000

Is poverty the world’s issue of “most pressing importance?” No, I don’t think so.

Easy for you to say, you are not living in poverty. True.

Does that mean I don’t have any responsibility to help change the situation? No. James 2:14-18

So, what IS the world’s most pressing issue? Lostness. Matthew 16:25-27

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Quote of the week

Steve — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:14:36 +0000

At Saddleback Barack Obama learned this: If you want to be president in the U.S., nothing on God’s green earth is ever above your pay grade.

Source: Wall Street Journal Editorial

Tim Tebow “Rocky Style”

Steve — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:30:48 +0000

Tebow is coming back, “Rocky Style.” Cue the music – “Eye of the Tiger”

By quarterback Tim Tebow’s reckoning, his offseason training regimen stretched over three continents and included four countries.

Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and a member of Florida’s 2006 national title team, begins two-a-day practices with the Gators on Aug. 4. He spent his summer with his father’s ministry that took him to the Philippines, Croatia and Thailand.

“I have been a lot of places, and it’s been a bit of a whirlwind for me,” Tebow said Wednesday in Hoover, Ala., at the Southeastern Conference’s annual news media summit. “You get to do a lot of unique training, running up mountains, running up steps. I trained Rocky-style a little bit. It was pretty cool.”

“I love doing it, and it’s something I’m very passionate about,” Tebow said about helping others. “Doing those things, taking my platform as a football player and using it to be an influence and change peoples’ lives — that’s more important than football to me.”

I don’t think I could like this guy any more than I do. I believe that even if he wasn’t a Gator, say a Seminole, a Volunteer, or a Bulldog, I’d still love him!

15 Ways to Serve Third Culture Kids

Steve — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:30:42 +0000

As anyone with kids can tell you, raising children is one of the greatest responsibilities and privileges that you can undertake. Raising kids while living (primarily) overseas has additional challenges. There is even a name for kids who grow up overseas – “Third Culture Kids.”

Third Culture Kids (TCKs) are children who grow up in a culture other than their parents’. Their “home” culture is the first culture; their “host” culture, the second. And they live in the middle, the “third” culture. They face unique struggles in their lives of transition.

Here are 15 ideas from the web on how you can be meaningfully involved in the life of a TCK:

Begin a relationship with one—or with a whole family of TCKs. Commit to keeping in touch with them. Many people are in TCK’s lives for only a short time. The long-term people are few and greatly appreciated. Be one of those long-term people.
Seek them out when they are “home” visiting your country. Make it a priority to spend time with them when they come back.
Learn their names. This may seem small, but many people only know their parents’ names; it is significant to them when people remember their names as well.
Listen to them. Ask meaningful questions about their lives.
Introduce your kids to them. Encourage them to exchange pictures with each other and send cards and emails to each other when they are apart.
Go visit them in their country!
Invite a college-age TCK whose parents are overseas to live with you.
Invite TCKs who are in your area without their parents to come over for holidays and school breaks. They may need an adopted family. Communicate with their parents and encourage them in their relationship with their parents.
Learn about what it’s like to grow up as a TCK. Visit websites with TCK resources (google it!)
Pray for the TCKs when you pray for their parents. Pray Scripture for the children.
Encourage families as they make decisions for educating their children overseas. Many families choose to use local schools so their child can be a part of the culture. Be encouraging and pray that their children will shine for Jesus in their schools. Some find that boarding school is the best option for their children. Other families desire to homeschool their children. Consider sharing your resources with them or visiting a homeschooling fair on their behalf.
Consider giving them your frequent flyer miles to help with transportation to and from their two countries.
Send quality paperback books to TCKs overseas. Books can be like best friends and will be re-read and shared with others.
Don’t be surprised if TCKs do not seem to appreciate your culture like you do. TCKs often feel overwhelmed by all the excesses in American culture. For example, they may feel surprised by the size of grocery stores, how often people eat out, the high cost of entertainment and how often people “splurge,” the lack of modest clothing even in the church, the sensuality in TV shows and movies, and how much people eat in one sitting.
Get advice right from the source—ask TCKs what makes them feel loved and supported.

Many of these don’t yet apply to Elizabeth, Annna, and Nate, but some of them do. As we have just left America and returned overseas, I wonder which family members and friends will be the ones to intentionally invest in the lives of our TCK’s?

Steven Curtis Chapman

Steve — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:00:25 +0000

Many of you have probably already heard the sad news about Steven Curtis Chapman’s 5yo daughter.

NASHVILLE, TN…5/21/08… At approximately 5pm on the afternoon of Thursday May 21st, Maria Sue Chapman, 5 years old and the youngest daughter to Steven and Mary Beth Chapman was struck in the driveway of the Chapman home in Franklin, TN. Maria was rushed to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital in Nashville, transported by LifeFlight, but died of her injuries there. Maria is one of the close knit family’s six children and one of their three adopted daughters.

More than five years ago, Chapman and his wife MaryBeth founded The Shaohannah’s Hope Ministry after bringing their first adopted daughter, Shaohannah, home from China. The ministry’s goal is to help families reduce the financial barrier of adoption, and has provided grants to over 1700 families wishing to adopt orphans from around the world.

I’m sure SSC and his family could use some prayers right now.

Heisman provides Tebow opportunities for spreading Good News

Steve — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:00:28 +0000

In the four months since Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, he has sought to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ as far as possible. Winning college football’s most coveted individual award does not seem to have taken away his focus nor his passion for serving Jesus Christ, and it has provided him with an even broader audience.

“Everybody is telling me I’ve made it,” Tebow told the inmates. “They tell me, ‘Tim, you have success and you’ve made it.’ I’ve won the Heisman Trophy, so I’ve got it made, right? One day, people are going to forget about me. One day, people are going to forget about the Heisman Trophy, the jump pass and the national championship. One day, this [championship] ring is going to rust. There are only four things that are going to last forever: God, his word, people and rewards.

ESPN Story