I came across some interesting statistics, someone went to the trouble to research what people do with their time, and came up with these results:
If we live to be 75, most of us will have spent 3 solid years, 24 hours a day, acquiring an education, grade school, high school and college.
We’ll have spent 7 years eating, 24 hours a day, some more, some less, obviously. We’ll have spent 14 years, day and night, working. We’ll have spent 5 years riding in automobiles or airplanes.
We’ll have spent 5 years talking with each other, again some more and some less. We’ll have spent 1 year sick or recovering from sickness. And get this, we’ll have spent 24 years of our life sleeping!
We’ll have spent 3 years reading books, magazines and newspapers. And 12 years amusing ourselves, watching TV, going to the movies, fishing, etc. That totals up to 75 years, and that is what the researchers say, on the average, most of us will have done with our lives.
As I looked at these statistics I began thinking. Let’s suppose that you spent every Sunday or Wednesday of your life, for 75 years, through infancy, childhood, adulthood, old age, in God’s house worshiping during the Church Service. Now if you did, how much time would you have spent worshiping God? Figure it out, the answer is less than 5 1/2 months.
Think about that, 5 years in an automobile and just 5 1/2 months in Church! Twelve years amusing ourselves in front of a TV, and just 5 1/2 months in Church.
LIFE PRINCIPLE: We are called to live our ENTIRE life to honor God!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Passion
Sabrina Butler, one of our students from Team 180 just recently returned from Winterfest. She shared with me this video about the guy in the video who was at Winterfest and did this sandshows, its a very powerful video.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Belief Not A Requirement
I came across this column in the Democract Gazette the other day, it was a opinion column where people write in a letter and voice their opinion on certain topics. I have my opinion on it, so what is your opinion on the artictle:
"FOLKS, ONE MORE TIME. IF YOU PAY TITHES TO A PASTOR WHO VOTES DEMOCRAT, NOT ONLY IS HE GOING TO HELL, YOU'LL GO TOO. IF PASTORS ACCEPT GAYS WITHOUT ASKING THEM TO CHANGE, THEY ARE GUILTY OF THE SAME THING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN HELL TO GO THERE. READ THE BOOK, SOME FOLKS WILL SAY, "SHOW ME," BUT WILL NEVER PICK IT UP. ABOMINATION MEANS ABOMINATION, MURDER MEANS MURDER. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, IF GAYS WORK TOGETHER, WHATEVER THEY SHARE SHOULD BE THEIRS. WE DO NEED MIKE HUCKABEE WITH HIS SMALL FAULTS. ARKANSAS IS A HUNTING STATE. DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO DEMOCRAT GUN CONTROL? THINK ABOUT THAT IN DEER CAMP JUST BEFORE ELECTION TIME."
"FOLKS, ONE MORE TIME. IF YOU PAY TITHES TO A PASTOR WHO VOTES DEMOCRAT, NOT ONLY IS HE GOING TO HELL, YOU'LL GO TOO. IF PASTORS ACCEPT GAYS WITHOUT ASKING THEM TO CHANGE, THEY ARE GUILTY OF THE SAME THING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN HELL TO GO THERE. READ THE BOOK, SOME FOLKS WILL SAY, "SHOW ME," BUT WILL NEVER PICK IT UP. ABOMINATION MEANS ABOMINATION, MURDER MEANS MURDER. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION, IF GAYS WORK TOGETHER, WHATEVER THEY SHARE SHOULD BE THEIRS. WE DO NEED MIKE HUCKABEE WITH HIS SMALL FAULTS. ARKANSAS IS A HUNTING STATE. DO WE WANT TO GO BACK TO DEMOCRAT GUN CONTROL? THINK ABOUT THAT IN DEER CAMP JUST BEFORE ELECTION TIME."
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Team 180
Thanks to my best friend and pastor, Greg Thompson, we now have a page up for the our youth group at church Team 180. The page is very awesome and talks about who Team 180 is, what we are doing, our mission, and what we are about. Thanks Mr. Greg, the page is very awesome and very cool, thank you for putting it together.
http://nlrteam180.blogspot.com/
http://nlrteam180.blogspot.com/
Friday, January 18, 2008
Christianity
MOST FOLKS THINK CHRISTIANITY IS AN OUTDATED RELIGION. BUT IT TURNS OUT IT IS NEITHER OUTDATED NOR A RELIGION. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT WHEN MOST OF US READ THE WORD CHRISTIANITY WE REALLY NEED "RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION," AND A BAD ONE AT THAT. SURPRISINGLY, WHEN THE WORD WAS FIRST COINED IT REFERRED TO SOMETHING MORE SIMPLE AND PROVOCATIVE AND SHOCKING.
FOR STARTERS, JESUS WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN. HE NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN, NEVER BUILT A STEEPLED BUILDING, NEVER DREW UP A THEOLOGICAL TREATISE, NEVER WORE RELIGIOUS GARMENTS...HE SIMPLY CALLED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIM. JESUS ISN'T THE PROUD FOUNDING FATHER OF CHRISTANITY. HE ISN'T EVEN THE PATRON SAINT OF CHRISTIANITY.
DON EVERT AUTHOR OF, "JESUS WITH DIRTY FEET"
FOR STARTERS, JESUS WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN. HE NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN, NEVER BUILT A STEEPLED BUILDING, NEVER DREW UP A THEOLOGICAL TREATISE, NEVER WORE RELIGIOUS GARMENTS...HE SIMPLY CALLED PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIM. JESUS ISN'T THE PROUD FOUNDING FATHER OF CHRISTANITY. HE ISN'T EVEN THE PATRON SAINT OF CHRISTIANITY.
DON EVERT AUTHOR OF, "JESUS WITH DIRTY FEET"
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Persecuted for the Gospel
Every day, somewhere in the world, Christians are still being persecuted greatly. Some are cast into prison for preaching the gospel. Some are exiled to labor camps, never to be seen again. And some will pay the ultimate price for their faith and give their lives for the Lord. You might think that this can’t happen to you, not here in the United States of America. Don’t be fooled, it can happen even here.
Judge Roy Moore was the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. But because of religious persecution against Christians, he is no longer a member of the Alabama Supreme Court, and there’s a good chance that he will no longer be allowed to practice law at all. Why? It all resulted from his stand for Christ by refusing to remove a statue of the Ten Commandments from a public building in Alabama. The freedom of religion is no longer a freedom for Christians and any of us could face similar persecution anytime that someone wants to come against us for our testimony in Christ.
On April 20, 1999, our nation was shocked by the massacre of high school students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Many people believe that the two students who did the shooting were specifically targeting Christians. Not all those killed or injured were Christian but many were.
One eyewitness said, "I saw them shoot a girl because she was praying to God."
It is known as fact that at least three of those targeted for death were devout Christians.
At one point the terrorists asked a roomful of trapped and panicked students if there were any Christians present. One brave young woman named Cassie Bernall, who was only 17, stood and declared her faith in Christ. The killer smiled and then shot her dead. Cassie never expected to die for her faith, but when the time came, that’s what she did.
John Tomlin was a 16-year old who attended church with his family every Sunday. He had recently completed a missions trip into Mexico, witnessing and working for the Lord. He had even helped do build a house for a poor family who had been living in a shack. He was killed because he confessed Christ as his Lord and stood for his belief.
Rachel Scott, only 17, had thought about graduating early to travel with a Christian drama team and become a missionary or work with troubled young people. She let her light shine everywhere she went. On this fateful day, her faith and love for Jesus was recognized, and she was rewarded for her confession of faith with a bullet that took her life. Today she is with the Lord that she loved so much, killed for her testimony in Christ.
A lady in Houston, Texas was ordered by local police to stop handing out gospel tracts to children who knocked on her door during Halloween. Officers informed her that such activity is illegal (not true), and that she would be arrested if she continued.
Raymond Raines, a Pentecostal, was in the 4th Grade. He always bowed his head to say “Grace” before he would eat his lunch. He was told that it was illegal to pray and will placed in detention to force him to stop. He had to go to a private school to escape religious persecution.
Two girls in middle school were told that their Bibles are "garbage." The teacher threw the Bibles into the trashcan, and took the girls to the principal’s office. Three students at the same school had schoolbooks with the Ten Commandments on the covers. School officials threw the book covers into the trash, saying that the Ten Commandments are "hate speech."
A federal judge in Texas ruled that any student who uses the word "Jesus" during the school’s graduation ceremonies would be arrested and sent to jail.
The question is, “How much do you love Jesus? What will you do in the face of persecution?
Judge Roy Moore was the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. But because of religious persecution against Christians, he is no longer a member of the Alabama Supreme Court, and there’s a good chance that he will no longer be allowed to practice law at all. Why? It all resulted from his stand for Christ by refusing to remove a statue of the Ten Commandments from a public building in Alabama. The freedom of religion is no longer a freedom for Christians and any of us could face similar persecution anytime that someone wants to come against us for our testimony in Christ.
On April 20, 1999, our nation was shocked by the massacre of high school students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Many people believe that the two students who did the shooting were specifically targeting Christians. Not all those killed or injured were Christian but many were.
One eyewitness said, "I saw them shoot a girl because she was praying to God."
It is known as fact that at least three of those targeted for death were devout Christians.
At one point the terrorists asked a roomful of trapped and panicked students if there were any Christians present. One brave young woman named Cassie Bernall, who was only 17, stood and declared her faith in Christ. The killer smiled and then shot her dead. Cassie never expected to die for her faith, but when the time came, that’s what she did.
John Tomlin was a 16-year old who attended church with his family every Sunday. He had recently completed a missions trip into Mexico, witnessing and working for the Lord. He had even helped do build a house for a poor family who had been living in a shack. He was killed because he confessed Christ as his Lord and stood for his belief.
Rachel Scott, only 17, had thought about graduating early to travel with a Christian drama team and become a missionary or work with troubled young people. She let her light shine everywhere she went. On this fateful day, her faith and love for Jesus was recognized, and she was rewarded for her confession of faith with a bullet that took her life. Today she is with the Lord that she loved so much, killed for her testimony in Christ.
A lady in Houston, Texas was ordered by local police to stop handing out gospel tracts to children who knocked on her door during Halloween. Officers informed her that such activity is illegal (not true), and that she would be arrested if she continued.
Raymond Raines, a Pentecostal, was in the 4th Grade. He always bowed his head to say “Grace” before he would eat his lunch. He was told that it was illegal to pray and will placed in detention to force him to stop. He had to go to a private school to escape religious persecution.
Two girls in middle school were told that their Bibles are "garbage." The teacher threw the Bibles into the trashcan, and took the girls to the principal’s office. Three students at the same school had schoolbooks with the Ten Commandments on the covers. School officials threw the book covers into the trash, saying that the Ten Commandments are "hate speech."
A federal judge in Texas ruled that any student who uses the word "Jesus" during the school’s graduation ceremonies would be arrested and sent to jail.
The question is, “How much do you love Jesus? What will you do in the face of persecution?
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