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Time Flies!
Spring is here!
Don't forget to spring your clocks ahead-early Sunday morning-it seems like it was just a few weeks ago that we "fell back."
Time never stops - even if we do - or we want to!
When it comes to chronology - everyone is equal!
Whether you are worth $1 million or you owe $1million--whether you are 7 feet tall or 5 feet short--whether you are a genius or mentally challenged--whether you are a CEO or a ZERO--whether you are loved or hated--whether you are powerful or powerless--whether you have a quick wit or are always the last to get the joke--whether you are fast or slow--
EVERYONE has been given the EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN A DAY - 24 Hours!
How did you spend your last 24 hours?
How will you spend your next 24 hours?
Early Sunday morning everyone will lose 1 hour--where will you take it from?
Some people will take it from church--some from sleep--some from family--some from themselves. Since you have time to decide in advance, what would be the best option for you?
Every day when I see my girls, I am reminded that time continues to expire--and it seems to be speeding up! As much as I would like for them to quit growing--they don't! One of our favorite things to do together as a family is to watch "The Biggest Loser." The girls are nuts about the show-just ask them.
The episode this past week was inspirational for all of us. The challenge for the week was to fill 150 food kits and load them on the truck for the LA Regional Food Bank. These kits contained enough food to feed 1,200 people for one day. The winning team was promised letters from home, a feature in a General Mills advertising campaign and free food for one year. It seemed that everyone was working harder than normal. In my opinion, it was because they were not only working for their own rewards, they were also helping a lot of needy people.
As always, when it was over everyone was crying (which is a little bothersome for me - oh well). The "heart-wrenching" story was Aubrey who is a mother of five children. She was really hoping to win the food because she had a huge need. She lost! After the dust settled and the celebrating was over, one of the contestants from the winning team named Mike decided to offer his winnings to Aubrey.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
I guess Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
Mike from the biggest loser has a lot to teach us all about the value of giving.
This Sunday we are in the 3rd week of a 4 week series on "Things Jesus said about wealth." If you haven't been able to come, we have had several surprises:
Week 1 - We passed out $10 to everyone and asked them to spend it on building a relationship with someone outside of New Life.
Week 2 - Every chair had $1,000 bill on it (we can print money too :)) and on the back we asked everyone to dream about how they would spend $1,000 for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Week 3 - You have to come to find out--
I hope to see you on Sunday - Don't be late!
Spring is here!
Don't forget to spring your clocks ahead-early Sunday morning-it seems like it was just a few weeks ago that we "fell back."
Time never stops - even if we do - or we want to!
When it comes to chronology - everyone is equal!
Whether you are worth $1 million or you owe $1million--whether you are 7 feet tall or 5 feet short--whether you are a genius or mentally challenged--whether you are a CEO or a ZERO--whether you are loved or hated--whether you are powerful or powerless--whether you have a quick wit or are always the last to get the joke--whether you are fast or slow--
EVERYONE has been given the EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN A DAY - 24 Hours!
How did you spend your last 24 hours?
How will you spend your next 24 hours?
Early Sunday morning everyone will lose 1 hour--where will you take it from?
Some people will take it from church--some from sleep--some from family--some from themselves. Since you have time to decide in advance, what would be the best option for you?
Every day when I see my girls, I am reminded that time continues to expire--and it seems to be speeding up! As much as I would like for them to quit growing--they don't! One of our favorite things to do together as a family is to watch "The Biggest Loser." The girls are nuts about the show-just ask them.
The episode this past week was inspirational for all of us. The challenge for the week was to fill 150 food kits and load them on the truck for the LA Regional Food Bank. These kits contained enough food to feed 1,200 people for one day. The winning team was promised letters from home, a feature in a General Mills advertising campaign and free food for one year. It seemed that everyone was working harder than normal. In my opinion, it was because they were not only working for their own rewards, they were also helping a lot of needy people.
As always, when it was over everyone was crying (which is a little bothersome for me - oh well). The "heart-wrenching" story was Aubrey who is a mother of five children. She was really hoping to win the food because she had a huge need. She lost! After the dust settled and the celebrating was over, one of the contestants from the winning team named Mike decided to offer his winnings to Aubrey.
THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
I guess Jesus knew what He was talking about when He said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).
Mike from the biggest loser has a lot to teach us all about the value of giving.
This Sunday we are in the 3rd week of a 4 week series on "Things Jesus said about wealth." If you haven't been able to come, we have had several surprises:
Week 1 - We passed out $10 to everyone and asked them to spend it on building a relationship with someone outside of New Life.
Week 2 - Every chair had $1,000 bill on it (we can print money too :)) and on the back we asked everyone to dream about how they would spend $1,000 for the Kingdom of Heaven.
Week 3 - You have to come to find out--
I hope to see you on Sunday - Don't be late!
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