April 14, 2008 5:48 AM
Rich wrote:
Prayer request: My son made a foolish, immature 17-year old comment in school last week. He went before a disciplinary board, humbly apologized and accepted the punishment handed down. It was reasonable. However, yesterday at soccer practice, his coach told him he might be removed from the team. If that happens, I am afraid he will completely shut down. The team is starting the state tournament next week and they have a good chance of winning. I am asking you guys to pray with me to God to ask for a change in the heart of the coach. Richie has learned his lesson and, as I said, he has already accepted his punishment. I consider this to be completely unnecessary and detrimental to him. Reply to this
April 14, 2008 6:06 AM
Sam wrote:
I'll pray, for certain. Learning about 'getting out of my boat' on Sunday evenings....maybe God wants you to intervene by meeting with the coach or school board/teachers and come to the aid of your son. Maybe that is how God wants you to act...take that step of faith out of the boat, don't just sit there waiting on Jesus...just a thought. If the coach/teachers/board members knew the whole story and ramification of him being removed from teh team, they may very well reconsider before taking such action. A concerned parent approaching them sometimes shows to them the support being provided and will honor the request. But, pray I will anyway. Reply to this
April 14, 2008 6:01 AM
Sam wrote:
How many of you remember the TV Sitcom, Ichabod and Me? Probably NONE of you as it was on for less than two seasons (Sep 1961 to Jun 1962). That would have put me at ages 11 and 12, and you, you? Well, you woulnd't have been around then. What does this have to do with 1st Samuel 14?, you might ask. Well, I'm afixin' to tell ya. But first...the story in summary. Jonathan, son of Saul, heads off with his armor bearer and attacks an outpost of the Philistines. That army hears of it and gets scared and confused and starts fighting each other. Dad Saul comes along and leads the main attack, but before doing that, he made an announcement to all his soldiers to not eat until the enemy was defeated. Well, Jonathan had not heard this decree as he was off killing outpost soldiers. When he eats honey, he is reported to daddy'o who promptly wants to kill him. But, listening to reason, decides not to do so. That's about it...oh, and they did good against the Philistines in battle and let many run away. Okay, so there's the story. Now, Ichabod and Me. In the beginning of the chapter, there is a reference to some guy named Ichabod, who was one of the grandsons of Eli, the priest. That's it. That's how the early '60's sitcom relates to this story. Sad, huh? Well, fortunately, there's more to it than that. This sitcom was poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly received. It failed after less than one year. That sitcom is a lot like Christians today. They start off with a great concept (God), as the sitcom started off with a good concept of life seen through the eyes of a small town newspaper editor. But, because interest wane in the latter case, the series died. If Christians' interest in God wanes, they also die--spiritually, that is. I want each of you to spend a minute trying to recollect all the people you know who, at least at one time, called themselves Christians, and are no longer on 'the God scene', that is, they have fallen away. They all had a great concept to begin with. Then, something happened, and they are no longer. I caution all to reflect on them and realize how quickly some have 'given up' on God. The Philistines gave up, or at least lost, to the Israelites because of quarrelling amongst themselves brought on by rumors when Jonathan and his armor bearer killed 20 of their own. CBS gave up on their series when interest waned from the audience. Christians give up for a variety of reasons. Let's not become one of those. I'll be on a business trip starting this afternoon, and will be back, God willing, late Wednesday evening. Maybe you'll join me and a very small group of still-fighting Christians for a midweek Bible talk on Thursday evening in Douglasville (we are in chapter 2 of 1st Peter). Or, maybe you will join some men Sunday evening to lean more about 'getting out of the boat' in a video series by John Ortberg...we meet at 7 PM for both meetings. Or maybe you'll join me to listen to a great preacher. Reply to this
April 14, 2008 9:19 AM
rik wrote:
Saul does not seem that he kknows what he is doing. I feel that alot as if I do not know what to do. I went to the new building that north river coc is going to meet in this sunday. the service was supposed to be at 2 pm. we left at 215 because I was frustrated. there was only about 15 people there (besides the people who were directly involved in service) It was quite disapointing. I do not know what to do about who to meet with. Sorry Mac, but the church you guys are going does not work for my family. I do not know what to do. Reply to this
April 14, 2008 9:44 AM
Anonymous wrote:
Really too bad...great groups of folks here. SUPERV preaching by David Harris. Lots of opportunity to grow, to serve, to love; great opps for teenagers. But I understand (sorta--we can talk one-on-one someday). We gotta do golf sometime soon...am starting it back up next week when I get back. Reply to this
Prayer request: My son made a foolish, immature 17-year old comment in school last week. He went before a disciplinary board, humbly apologized and accepted the punishment handed down. It was reasonable. However, yesterday at soccer practice, his coach told him he might be removed from the team. If that happens, I am afraid he will completely shut down. The team is starting the state tournament next week and they have a good chance of winning. I am asking you guys to pray with me to God to ask for a change in the heart of the coach. Richie has learned his lesson and, as I said, he has already accepted his punishment. I consider this to be completely unnecessary and detrimental to him.
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I'll pray, for certain.
Learning about 'getting out of my boat' on Sunday evenings....maybe God wants you to intervene by meeting with the coach or school board/teachers and come to the aid of your son. Maybe that is how God wants you to act...take that step of faith out of the boat, don't just sit there waiting on Jesus...just a thought. If the coach/teachers/board members knew the whole story and ramification of him being removed from teh team, they may very well reconsider before taking such action. A concerned parent approaching them sometimes shows to them the support being provided and will honor the request. But, pray I will anyway.
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How many of you remember the TV Sitcom, Ichabod and Me? Probably NONE of you as it was on for less than two seasons (Sep 1961 to Jun 1962). That would have put me at ages 11 and 12, and you, you? Well, you woulnd't have been around then. What does this have to do with 1st Samuel 14?, you might ask. Well, I'm afixin' to tell ya. But first...the story in summary. Jonathan, son of Saul, heads off with his armor bearer and attacks an outpost of the Philistines. That army hears of it and gets scared and confused and starts fighting each other. Dad Saul comes along and leads the main attack, but before doing that, he made an announcement to all his soldiers to not eat until the enemy was defeated. Well, Jonathan had not heard this decree as he was off killing outpost soldiers. When he eats honey, he is reported to daddy'o who promptly wants to kill him. But, listening to reason, decides not to do so. That's about it...oh, and they did good against the Philistines in battle and let many run away. Okay, so there's the story. Now, Ichabod and Me. In the beginning of the chapter, there is a reference to some guy named Ichabod, who was one of the grandsons of Eli, the priest. That's it. That's how the early '60's sitcom relates to this story. Sad, huh? Well, fortunately, there's more to it than that. This sitcom was poorly written, poorly acted, and poorly received. It failed after less than one year. That sitcom is a lot like Christians today. They start off with a great concept (God), as the sitcom started off with a good concept of life seen through the eyes of a small town newspaper editor. But, because interest wane in the latter case, the series died. If Christians' interest in God wanes, they also die--spiritually, that is. I want each of you to spend a minute trying to recollect all the people you know who, at least at one time, called themselves Christians, and are no longer on 'the God scene', that is, they have fallen away. They all had a great concept to begin with. Then, something happened, and they are no longer. I caution all to reflect on them and realize how quickly some have 'given up' on God. The Philistines gave up, or at least lost, to the Israelites because of quarrelling amongst themselves brought on by rumors when Jonathan and his armor bearer killed 20 of their own. CBS gave up on their series when interest waned from the audience. Christians give up for a variety of reasons. Let's not become one of those.
I'll be on a business trip starting this afternoon, and will be back, God willing, late Wednesday evening. Maybe you'll join me and a very small group of still-fighting Christians for a midweek Bible talk on Thursday evening in Douglasville (we are in chapter 2 of 1st Peter). Or, maybe you will join some men Sunday evening to lean more about 'getting out of the boat' in a video series by John Ortberg...we meet at 7 PM for both meetings. Or maybe you'll join me to listen to a great preacher.
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Saul does not seem that he kknows what he is doing. I feel that alot as if I do not know what to do. I went to the new building that north river coc is going to meet in this sunday. the service was supposed to be at 2 pm. we left at 215 because I was frustrated. there was only about 15 people there (besides the people who were directly involved in service) It was quite disapointing. I do not know what to do about who to meet with. Sorry Mac, but the church you guys are going does not work for my family. I do not know what to do.
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Really too bad...great groups of folks here. SUPERV preaching by David Harris. Lots of opportunity to grow, to serve, to love; great opps for teenagers. But I understand (sorta--we can talk one-on-one someday).
We gotta do golf sometime soon...am starting it back up next week when I get back.
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