Witnessing the Lions knocking off the Packers for Thanksgiving

The Lions will give the Packers something they won’t want to give thanks for, a loss.

I have a really good feeling about the Lions on Thanksgiving this year.

I always think they will win, but by halftime, that is usually erased.

This year we are going to witness a great event on that day.

There are some things that it would be nice to witness to in my life.

Things I would like to witness….

·         The Lions, Tigers, Red Wings, Clippers and Spartans winning championships

·         Seeing my kids get married to great spouses

·         Seeing my kids doing something amazing with their lives

·         My kids getting baptized

·         A miracle

The list could go on.

What would be something you would like to witness?

Witnessing can take a different take.

Witnessing could be something good or bad.

Witness the Lions win….good.

Witness a murder……bad.

There are certain things we witness in our lives but witnessing can mean more.

In the bible, witnessing can mean sharing Jesus with other people.

You witnessed what he has done in your life and the impact that has made so you want to share it with other people.

Jesus tells the disciples this in Acts 1:8…

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

In other words, once being filled with the Holy Spirit, they will share Jesus in these places.

Think of it this way, you will share Jesus where you are currently at, in your state or region, in your country and to the rest of the world.

For me this would be Terre Haute, Indiana/Great Lakes, United States and the end of the world.

This is how we are supposed to serve and show love.

We show love to our community then to our state then to our country and to the world.

God put you where you are at right now to do something amazing there.

You can do something great where you are currently at, you do not have to go overseas to be a witness.

We try to this this up with our ministry programs by having the ability to serve.

We just got done with Operation Christmas Child in which we make presents and ship them overseas to different countries where they will receive the gifts.

We can wait to witness great or we can help be a good witness by doing something great.

How can you be a good witness to other people today?

Have a great day.

I saw the whole thing!

It’s true, I saw the whole thing.

Do you believe what you can’t see?

If I told you that I could bench 320 pounds, would you believe me?

What if I told you I have been lifting for the better part of two years and have worked my way up from 150 to this mark, but I looked the exact same?

Most people would say, “I would have to see it to believe it.”

I can’t bench 320.  I would be surprised if I could bench 150 right now.

Sometimes we need eye witness proof to see what truly is happening.

Sometimes we don’t.

With the miracles Jesus performed, we can’t see that they happened today.

We don’t have scientific evidence to prove Jesus walked on water in John 6:16-21.

But there were a group of witnesses.

Verses 19-21…

“When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified.  But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”  Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.”

There were eye witness accounts. 

Witnesses mean a lot today, but they meant even more in the past.

All of the miracles and amazing things that Jesus did, there were witnesses around.

A lot of those witnesses were told, if you deny what Jesus did with his life and being raised from the dead, you will live.

They told them they could not and they were killed for their belief in what Jesus did.

Some of the ways the people died….stoned to death, crucified, boiled alive, crucified upside down just to name a few.

Some were told if they denied Jesus and the miracles they proclaimed he did, they would live.

Their eye witness account was huge.

The Bible is made up from stories with eye witnessed accounts of these miracles.

Some stories we hear today are false, even when we believe they are true.

Snopes.com is a website to answer false questions put out there in the www today.

Is what you say is true, worth dying for?

We can trust that miracles like Jesus walking on water really happened, because the witness were willing to die for what they saw.

Is what you are living for or claim to be  living for worth dying for?

There are a lot of things I am not sure with the world…

·         Why people care about a royal wedding?

·         Why the Lions can’t win a Super Bowl?

·         Why some of the best tasting food is always the worst for your health.

·         Why I took high levels of math with no application purpose at all.

·         Why some people seem to have everything and some have barely anything.

Honestly there are a lot of things I am not sure with.

One I am sure, Jesus did these miracles, died on the cross for our and my sins, was resurrected and is worth spending my life living for.

For a long time I didn’t believe in the miracles of Jesus, eye witness accounts was one way I knew it was true.

What are you 100% sure of with your life?

Is what you believe in worth dying for?

Have a great day.