May 7, 2007
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Video of The Week
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
1. 180 NEWS
High School Beach Retreat
We are back and we are changed! God did incredible things in each of our hearts this last weekend at our beach retreat! We had a great times of worship, listening to God, playing on the beach, and hanging out with each other.
Check out all the pictures here.
Second Wednesday Worship
We enjoyed some incredible times of worship over the weekend at our beach retreat. High Schoolers join us this Wednesday night for our final 2W2 of the school year. Let's come together and continue to experience what God accomplished in our hearts over the weekend.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
We're spending some time focusing on loving others with devotions from "Love This!" for the next couple weeks.
BANNERS OF IDENTITY
If you've ever been to a college football game, you know the key element of the experience--even more than tailgating--is identification with the team. Some people wear jerseys. Some people sport hats, flags, or stickers. Some people drive cars painted with their team's colors. Almost everyone who attends has some "banner of identity" that brands him or her as a fan.
Along those same lines, there are banners that brand Christians as "fans" (or followers) of Christ. That is, certain truths need to be evident in our lives for everyone to see.
*Banner #1: God's love is lavish.*
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him." (1 John 3:1)
God's love is lavish. In fact, your very existence can be credited to a God who created you out of love. He made you special (Genesis 1:26). He created you from nothing and set you apart from the plants and animals. He made you the culmination of all creation. He desires the best for you because he created you to experience the best life has to offer.
He even knew you before you were born. The Bible says he knit you in your mother's womb (Psalm 139:13). He made your heart beat. He started your brain waves firing. He gave you muscles and created your personality before you came into the world.
He didn't create you to condemn you. He didn't create you for judgment. He didn't create you to make bad decisions and live in sin. But he accounted for that possibility. He provided for you from the beginning of time.
But that's only the tip of his love. When sin threatened to keep you apart from him for eternity, he made the ultimate sacrifice to prevent that from happening. He sent his only Son--one who was perfect, completely innocent of sin--to endure the punishment you deserve for your sin. God allowed his Son to be tortured and murdered for something you did.
And guess what! He didn't just do it for you. He did it for the whole of humanity. He did it for the kid sitting alone in the corner of the cafeteria. He did it for your next-door neighbor. He did it for the girl addicted to drugs. He did it for the guy caught in a homosexual lifestyle. He did it for the prostitute on the corner. The Bible says, "For God so loved the WORLD" (John 3:16).
So as we look at the motive and character of God, it's important to see the banner of his lavish love hanging over humanity. He loves, and for us to know him, we need to love, too.
**
Taken from "Love This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2006, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Panda Cam: Check out the panda exhibit at the San Diego Zoo.
~ Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Take the online quiz to find out!
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got two people celebrating birthdays this week! We wish both and Michelle Cook and Rebecca Farquhar the best of birthdays!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY girls!
5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
This week we present not one video but rather a whole list of videos! Enjoy the fun memories that these videos bring back!
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Though we cannot think alike may we not love alike?"
- John Wesley
"Where love is, God is."
- Henry Drummond
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LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR...AND THEN SOME!
Accept the challenge to make a difference in your own world by loving the people who are often ignored or unloved by most of the Christian culture--the people who are homeless, homosexuals, elderly, your enemies, and more.
Learn more or purchase "Love This!" here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
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8. PARTING SHOT
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Surf Report
4. Birthdays
5. Video of The Week
6. Forgettable Fact
7. Potent Quotables
8. Parting Shot
1. 180 NEWS
High School Beach Retreat
We are back and we are changed! God did incredible things in each of our hearts this last weekend at our beach retreat! We had a great times of worship, listening to God, playing on the beach, and hanging out with each other.
Check out all the pictures here.
Second Wednesday Worship
We enjoyed some incredible times of worship over the weekend at our beach retreat. High Schoolers join us this Wednesday night for our final 2W2 of the school year. Let's come together and continue to experience what God accomplished in our hearts over the weekend.
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
We're spending some time focusing on loving others with devotions from "Love This!" for the next couple weeks.
BANNERS OF IDENTITY
If you've ever been to a college football game, you know the key element of the experience--even more than tailgating--is identification with the team. Some people wear jerseys. Some people sport hats, flags, or stickers. Some people drive cars painted with their team's colors. Almost everyone who attends has some "banner of identity" that brands him or her as a fan.
Along those same lines, there are banners that brand Christians as "fans" (or followers) of Christ. That is, certain truths need to be evident in our lives for everyone to see.
*Banner #1: God's love is lavish.*
"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him." (1 John 3:1)
God's love is lavish. In fact, your very existence can be credited to a God who created you out of love. He made you special (Genesis 1:26). He created you from nothing and set you apart from the plants and animals. He made you the culmination of all creation. He desires the best for you because he created you to experience the best life has to offer.
He even knew you before you were born. The Bible says he knit you in your mother's womb (Psalm 139:13). He made your heart beat. He started your brain waves firing. He gave you muscles and created your personality before you came into the world.
He didn't create you to condemn you. He didn't create you for judgment. He didn't create you to make bad decisions and live in sin. But he accounted for that possibility. He provided for you from the beginning of time.
But that's only the tip of his love. When sin threatened to keep you apart from him for eternity, he made the ultimate sacrifice to prevent that from happening. He sent his only Son--one who was perfect, completely innocent of sin--to endure the punishment you deserve for your sin. God allowed his Son to be tortured and murdered for something you did.
And guess what! He didn't just do it for you. He did it for the whole of humanity. He did it for the kid sitting alone in the corner of the cafeteria. He did it for your next-door neighbor. He did it for the girl addicted to drugs. He did it for the guy caught in a homosexual lifestyle. He did it for the prostitute on the corner. The Bible says, "For God so loved the WORLD" (John 3:16).
So as we look at the motive and character of God, it's important to see the banner of his lavish love hanging over humanity. He loves, and for us to know him, we need to love, too.
**
Taken from "Love This!" by Andy Braner, copyright 2006, Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission. Order the book here.
3. SURF REPORT
~ Panda Cam: Check out the panda exhibit at the San Diego Zoo.
~ Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?: Take the online quiz to find out!
4. BIRTHDAYS
We've got two people celebrating birthdays this week! We wish both and Michelle Cook and Rebecca Farquhar the best of birthdays!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY girls!
5. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
This week we present not one video but rather a whole list of videos! Enjoy the fun memories that these videos bring back!
6. FORGETTABLE FACT
The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
7. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Though we cannot think alike may we not love alike?"
- John Wesley
"Where love is, God is."
- Henry Drummond
===========our|sponsor===========
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR...AND THEN SOME!
Accept the challenge to make a difference in your own world by loving the people who are often ignored or unloved by most of the Christian culture--the people who are homeless, homosexuals, elderly, your enemies, and more.
Learn more or purchase "Love This!" here.
Also available in your local Christian bookstore.
=================================
8. PARTING SHOT
Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.
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