Super Bowl Commercial

With the Super Bowl coming up one things comes to many people's minds - Commercials!! For a couple decades the Super Bowl has produced some of the most memorable TV Commercials ever. Companies spend millions of dollars producing these 30 second moments and even more millions to purchase the air time. One ad that is stirring controversy even before it has been aired is one where star quarterback, Tim Tebow tells the story of how his mom ignored recommendations to get an abortion when she was pregnant for Tim. I am definitely looking forward to seeing it. Here is a Great Article on the story behind the the life and faith of the Tebow family. Enjoy!

Are people understanding

"You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” - Lee Iacocca

One of the ideas that Iacocca and Chrysler got across was the mini-van. Chrysler had a really good idea that people really wanted. (even though they didn't know they wanted it.) So Iacocca took this struggling company and used its limited resources to pitch the mini-man. I think he did it pretty well. :-) The American family responded and the mini-van craze was birthed.

As I was reading that quote the other day and thinking about our first Dodge Caravan, it really forced me to think about how we as the Body of Christ are doing at getting across the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please understand that we have the most amazing message ever: God has made a way for sinful man to come into relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. That is really good news. And people want that message. (Even though they don't know it yet.) Are we communicating that message well?

I may take a few posts this week to contemplate what it means to be an Ambassador for Christ. It's an amazing privilege that God has given us and we should take it very seriously.

Snow Plow for Jesus

I love winter, and I especially love the snow. I have always said that if you are going to live in this area, you have two choices – enjoy the snow or move. I have chosen to enjoy it. I know I’m a little odd, but one of my favorite things about the snow is plowing. I like shoveling, I like using the big snowblower and I especially like driving the plow truck. I sometimes get to plow the church parking lot. Not because no one else will do it. I do it because I enjoy it.

One snowy Sunday, very early in the morning, I was over at the church driving the truck and a few of us were working pretty hard to clear the parking lot and sidewalks so people could get in the building. As I was plowing the Lord taught me a wonderful lesson.

I was clearing the snow away for one simple reason – so people could safely and easily get into the building. The hope is that once they get in there, they will grow closer to Jesus through a variety of means. My job as the plow guy is to make the path easier.

That’s exactly how it is with our lives. Our lives should be a pathway to the Lord Jesus. Everything about us, our walk and our talk should be pointing to Christ. You see, there is a blizzard that has dumped a pile of snow between most people and a loving God. Our call is to shovel the snow.

John the Baptist said that he was a “voice of one calling in the desert, “Make straight the way for the Lord.”” May we also be that voice.

Most people have no idea the name of the guy who plows their road, but they are sure thankful that someone does. May we each be that person who clears the way. May we be a snowplow for Jesus who makes the path to Him easier for someone else to follow.

A Job Description for Jesus?

In all our jobs we all have some kind of Job description. Is it possible that Jesus also had one when he was on earth? This Sunday, Pastor Ed from Gateway Church taught at PF out of Is. 61:1,2 . He said this is Jesus' job description.

Here it is: He was sent to:

1. Bring salvation

2. Heal the broken hearted

3. Bring physical healing

4. Bring freedom for the captives

5. Set at liberty those who are bruised

6. Proclaim the year of the Lord's favor (Hope)

That's a pretty awesome job description. This isn't a list of what He might do if He gets around to it. This is what He came to do. And if the Church is His Body, it is also the call on us. Wow! May the Lord continue to walk out this ministry through us, His Body.

Memories from Elim

Today I went up to Elim Bible Institute to join them in their annual week of prayer. This is a week they set aside every January to seek the heart of the Father. In the three years that Sandie and I attended there from 96-99, those were some very special weeks. It is always good to go back and spend time in the place where I met God so many times. We had chapels in the Tab four days a week and He was so faithful to let His glory be evident to all. I walked around campus today and as I looked at buildings, the lawn, classrooms and even our little apartment, I was drawn back to those precious times with Jesus.

As I drove away I was reminded by the Lord that as excited as I am about today and about the future I should never lose sight of the past. We should always be remembering those times that God showed Himself faithful over and over again. I hope you have memories of precious times with Jesus. And I hope that the things happening in your life now are producing memories that in ten years you will back upon as being very precious.

And, by the way, if you are looking for a good Bible School, Elim is one of the best. :-)

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