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Martin Bentley
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Friday, 22 January 2010 |
Job 38:1 Then the Lord answered Job out of a storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?”
Why did God make our planet seismically active (subject to earthquakes) and meteorologically unstable (stormy)?
Psalm 99:1 The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; He sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the Lord in Zion; He is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name- He is holy.
God made our earth to be shaky and stormy (also beautiful and functional) because He, who is great and awesome, wants us, who are small and weak, to seek Him. Simply stated, “because He loves us”.
When the storms blow and the earth shakes we are to seek God. In fact we are to seek Him always. Secondly, we are to help those who are most impacted, both physically and spiritually.
Matthew 25:34 “Then the king will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
In Acts 16:26 Paul experienced and earth quake and took it as an opportunity to baptize a family.
In times of natural disaster, may we see the opportunity to care and to share.
Martin Bentley
Evangelist, Orlando Church of Christ
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Tampa Bay Church
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
Creating an online donation page is a great way to contribute to the International Day of Giving by raising funds from the support of your family and friends.
Download Instructions (pdf)
http://www.hopeww.org/dayofgiving/tampa
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Jeff Chacon
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 |
Raising Awesome Kids
Parenting Series
Class Ten
Sex and Dating
by Jeff Chacon
(material based on chapter 14 of
"Raising Awesome Kids, Reloaded"
by Sam and Geri Laing)
- Introduction
- Romans 12:21 = "Do
not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
- There’s an old saying
in sports: "The best defense is a good offense."
- Means: the best way
to beat the opponent is to score more points than he does.
- Same with parenting
on this subject:
- Don’t just try to
stop Satan’s efforts to make your children impure; but aid God’s
efforts to develop their desire for purity.
- Same with parenting
on this subject:
- Don’t just try to
stop Satan’s efforts to make your children impure; but aid God’s
efforts to develop their desire for purity.
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Tampa Bay Church
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 |
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Tampa Bay Church
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