Food for thought

If you agree with someone, and love them, then great. But it isn't difficult. Christian love is the hardest and most true - you disagree with the sin, but love the person despite the differences.

Which is more difficult, thus, more true?

Competition

We go harder and do better when we have competition, it is human nature. No one can deny this fact. My personal experience is going from 5 to 14 pull ups, running a mile in the top 5 when I cannot run an entire mile. (At the time I couldn't) However, just like anything else, competition can be both good and bad.

So, in sports, games, or anything, when is competition bad? Obviously competition is bad when people cheat, when people play dirty, when they play unnecessarily rough. No one wants to play with a cheater.

Competition in the church is more like example and encouragement.

Q: Ken Hoover sets an excellent example for us all, and I wish I could be more like him and even smarter one day; this is competition. Is it wrong?
A: No, so long as I don’t become resentful of his knowledge or hostile towards him.

When is competition good?

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (ESV) Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Philippians 2:1-4 (ESV) So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others

 This lesson was most definitely short, but my mind is not all here today. So please forgive.

My Sister Got Baptised!

=D
If she reads this, she will kill me.

Quite the Christmas Gift

For the elders and two other special people, here is what we've got!

The Reason I Use Games

When studying for a big test, it has been proven that you can learn words through creating mental pictures or representations of words. Because when remembering, your brain is connecting chemicals to recollect everything you studied. Think of it as a bridge to an island. By memorizing just the words, you create one bridge for each word. By attaching pictures, memories, sounds, or smells to each word, you create a second or third bridge to the same thing. In case your brain cannot remember through bridge 1, bridge 2 is still there.

Now, I say all this just to prove my point. I can teach a whole lesson and it can go in one ear then out the other., but when I throw in a second bridge (a game related to a topic), it brings practical application and a second bridge to remember. Examples work well also, but they are not personal. People remember when you paint a picture and they fill in the scenery. This is why I never pointlessly throw games into my lessons to have fun.

Learning is a fun experience, teaching however is the problem. Therefore, I aim to make the teaching of God's word as fun as possible. I never try to alter the truth, nor do I ever take verses out of context. My class knows there is punishment for wrong. But I try to make them ask why. To make it your own faith, you have to ask why and answer it yourself, I just attempt to guide others to the right answer.

What Happens You Toss Coffee

I have to clean it up -_-

Dullas Trip Photos

I'm hoping to have all photos of the Dullas Air and Space Museum trip up this week! If you have any photos to upload, inform me and we can put them up!