JANUARY 27
‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.’ Hebrews 13:8
We often wait for and miss opportunities to share a word from the Lord with the public because ‘God’ doesn’t seem to be a popular discussion. However I have to smile when I hear people using the language of the bible as everyday language but out of a biblical context.
For example, this past weekend in sport, football to be exact, has been called a weekend of ‘giant killing.’ The oldest football competition in the world, the FA (Football Association) witnessed Manchester City who are the current Premier League Champions, go out of the competition to a club from a lower league, Middlesbrough 0-2. Indeed Chelsea Football Club, who have the most decorated manager in football history in Jose Mourinho, who has managed and won trophies with clubs all over the world, surrendered a 2 goal lead and were beaten by Bradford Football club 2-4. No disrespect to Bradford, but a few of Chelsea’s players individually are worth more than the whole of Bradford’s squad. The headline from the Guardian on Saturday read,
‘Bradford’s defeat of Chelsea: a cup giant-killing to rival the very best’ Guardian, January 24, 2015
There is even a website called 'the giant killers' which surprisingly has nothing to do with a boy called David and his heroic defeat of a bully called Goliath, who was champion of Gad.
Maybe that is a conversation you might want to bring up next time someone mentions football because,
‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.’
Our song today is, “David and Goliath” by Take 6. Click on the picture to listen.
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Housekeeping details for you
The point of this short blog will become clear if you decide to use this reading in the way we intend it. Netherfield Seventh-day Adventist Church believes in healthy churches. You can see what that means if you head to the relevant Healthy Churches page of the website. We also want other churches to be healthy. That means you can join in our campaign to create healthy churches, with healthy people serving the people in those churches.
A healthy church is one where Jesus comes first. A healthy church is one where the people work together to put Jesus first. One thing we are doing is to join people together to spread that news. I would like you to look at our prayer partners page. This will explain how we want you to use this short devotional. Very basically we want you to find a like-minded Christian friend who you will join with to : choose to pray together every day, decide together on a way to serve other people together, to help them grow as Christians - and to invite the Holy Spirit into your life every day. This blog that you will receive every day simply gives a common spiritual purpose. If you are a newcomer and want to join the blog with this object in mind click here
