Needed this. Thank you, Joey.
Greetings,
I hope you are having a blessed day today. Here are today’s memory verses. Make sure you have a partner so you are being held accountable, since that is the main purpose of this!
Psalms 62:2
Proverbs 3:27
Romans 3:22-26
Romans 8:1-5
Philippians 2:1-4
Psalms 119:1-9
Psalms 119:24-39
God Bless. May the Lord be gracious to you and bless you, and make his face to shine upon you!
Scripture accountability
Peace brothers and sisters,
I have recently joined a Scripture memorization accountablity club with some friends of mine. Each time I see one of them, I have to recite a different verse each time. I figured I could share the verses on the blog. I encourage you to try to memorize at least one of these a day. I will try to post a more updated list, soon.
I apologize for my lack of posts, I guess the blog thing just got away from me for a while, there. I will try to stay consistent on this blog. Please pray for me. I graduate you from High School, in almost a week.
Grace and peace,
Thomas Brunt.
Thesportsguy.brunt2@gmail.com
The Cross, Easter, Death and Life
Easter matters, that much is known. But why does it matter? Because our lives matter. When Christ died on the cross was when matter and purpose entered into existence. Now our lives can have purpose.
Not all lives, unfortunately possess this great purpose. What we do to make ourselves look, feel, sound, seem better or comfortable isn’t something that will fill our lives with that purpose. The miracle of Easter Sunday, and even Holy Week leading up to the holiday is something so grand that happened over 20 centuries ago, and it’s impact is greater than any event in history.
The miracle of Easter Sunday and how we view it and understand it can shape our lives because Easter isn’t some Springtime holiday. It’s a call, for us all, particularly Christians to die to ourselves and surrender everything at the cross, just as Jesus did for us. This is a daily condition of being a disciple of Jesus. This is where we find true life in our journey to the cross.
Birdville Hawks Men’s basketball Mentally tough special team
The Birdville Hawks Men’s basketball team made history. The team did so by going the farthest any team in school history had gone by advancing to the regional tournament in the 2014-2015 season.
This is also the farthest Coach Jeff Fitch, who has been the head basketball coach of the program since it opened in 1999 has gotten with the team.
In 16 years, Fitch has tutored some good talent in Birdville jerseys, but this team was special. Fitch said the reason this team was extra special was because of their confidence “It’s 90% of the battle,” Fitch said.
He explained that because the team’s two star players DJ Draper and Andrew Sorrells had been playing the game of Basketball for so long, they weren’t really phased by the bigger challenges of competition.
The team does owe a big part of their post-season run success to DJ Draper, who had 27 points against favored Arlington Heights in the second round playoff game. Draper would match that total in the team’s playoff loss to Palo Duro, not to forget his 3 pointer at the end of regulation is what sent that game to overtime. At the end of the day though, this was a team effort, that’s what will be remembered more than anything.
Birdville Mens basketball historic run ends at hands of Palo Duro
SNYDER: The Birdville Hawks Men’s basketball team’s historic run came to an end Friday evening at the Western Texas College Coliseum as the Palo Duro Dons (22-5) rallied from an early 15 point deficit in what was a crazy double overtime game (72-68) to advance to the Semi Final Regional Championship game against the winner of Fort Worth Dunbar and El Paso Andress High School.
The Dons were led by junior guard Amari White, who came up clutch for Palo Duro, scoring 10 of his 13 points in overtime, netting a 3 pointer and a then a layup back to back in less than a minute in the first overtime, giving Palo Duro the spark they needed to pull away with this one.
Birdville was led by the outside shooting of Senior guards DJ Draper and Andrew Sorrells, who combined for a total of 42 of the team’s 68. Draper, who had a game high 26 sent the game into overtime by scoring a desperation 3 at the buzzer at the end of regulation. The Birdville Hawks basketball team made history making it their first trip in school history to the regional tournament since the school opened the doors in 1999. The Hawks finished with an overall record of 22-11, 9-2 in district, 9-0 at home.
Easter-hope
Lent has began. Most of lent is solemn, and for good reason. The time leading up to Resurrection Sunday is focused on when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days and was tempted by Satan.
Then there’s Easter Sunday. Easter is the day Jesus proved to reign victorious over death, and thus we live by his grace to worship him. Easter is about hope. The hope we have in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Right now, you are reading this and you haven’t experienced that hope in your life, I encourage you to change that. Maybe you are a Christian, but you are stuck in sin.
We all have those rough patches, at one time or another whether it be with an addiction or whatever. I can testify to that, as I’ve gone through them, I understand. Will we ever be perfect in our Earthly lives? No Will we still sin?
Yes, we all fall. If you are a guy (not just a teenage boy) there is a pretty good chance you have lustful thoughts and desires throughout the day, or week (I know I do). The key here, is to not act on these thoughts. Don’t even flirt with sexually immorality. The instant you do, you allow Satan to trap you in this black hole. where you are stuck. Jesus died on the cross to absolve us from ALL our sins, and he was resurrected so our chains of sin would be broken.
The question you have to ask yourself if you are in an addiction is this: Who do you want to be later in life? The chains have been broken, you are free to go but we choose to stay stuck. Jesus died and rose again so we could live eternally, with him. Easter is about hope.
Lukewarmness
When we play Simon says we do what Simon says, but in the church we have a tendency to not do what Jesus says.
Of course we do what Simon says because we are self motivated to do so. We want to win. Church is different.
In the church you see, we are called to turn from that way of life. Paul tells us in Romans that man has a tendency to suppress God’s truth (Romans 1:18) that’s our problem. It’s why most our churches are filled with lukewarm Christians.
There is no greater threat in the church today, than that. It’s so damaging because it prevents the church from advancing, from fulfilling her mission.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:20
Today, many Pastors approach this trying to fix the problem in Evangelization. But even that creates other problems., if not done properly. Many churches, instead of focusing on the one constant: Jesus Christ are lured into Satan’s trap to stop the advancement of the church.
We can study all the methods in the church culture today we want, but at the end of the day the one method that still works to this day is a much simple thing: Investing in someone’s life
Additional thoughts on Lent
I’ve been thinking lately about the up-coming season. Lent is coming. I’ve already posted a few times about it, if you aren’t familiar with what lent is, I suggest you become familiar with it. I just wanted to reiterate the fact that lent isn’t merely a season of the church, but a reminder for Christians, everywhere to die and become one with Jesus. Let’s not forget though, Lent is our practice for the big game: Easter Sunday. Easter isn’t just another day in the calendar of the church, either. Easter reminds us of our brokeness, which if you are a follower of Jesus I would encourage to embrace. Easter is about embracing it all. The Cross, The Resurrection, and the greatest mission of the church: The Great Commission.
Conferences.. Lent post
This is another part of my Lenten series, which I’ll be attempting to frequently update on about here on this blog for the next two months.
This seems to be the season for conferences within the church.
Last month I went with a friend to his church for a Men’s conference. This month there is a big discipleship conference at another friend’s church. I wish I were going, but due to money situation it’s not something I can afford.
Also, later this month there is an even bigger conference on global discipleship. You might be familiar with “Cross Con” which you can see if you click the hyper link took place in late December of 2013.
In April, Dr. David Platt, president of the Missions board in the Southern Baptist convention will be returning to his formal place of shepherding, the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama. Platt will be, once again hosting “Secret Church”. I will add more about Secret Church later and the information on it.
Lent is almost here
It’s that time of the year again. It’s almost time for Lent. Some Christians, although mostly Roman Catholics celebrate this to prepare for Easter Sunday. I think lent is a good opportunity to grow closer with Christ. Lent is the road to Easter; it’s the church’s annual path to the life and death of Jesus’ final week of life. Ultimately though, lent is a reminder. It’s not just a religious holiday. Lent isn’t a specific time in the year, it’s a reminder for us all to die to ourselves. Just as Jesus died for us all on the cross, and just as he did just about everything to complete the Father’s will, and not for his own, so must we learn to live daily as his disciples. I will attempt to make updating this blog more a routine in my schedule, especially during this time. I would love to help you with your lent by posting biblical material I find along the way. Love in Christ,
Thomas.
God’s word
I don’t think I can ever state the importance of reading God’s word. People in our society that mistake the Bible for just another a book make a big mistake. It’s more than that, it’s “The power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.” Romans 1:16
It doesn’t come as any surprise, though afterall we live in the society that rejects God,so it would only make sense they reject his word. It’s not just non believers though, we Christians do this when we water down the word to fit our comforts. Following Christ doesn’t call for comfortable life styles, but edgey on the tip of the iceberg living. The world’s idea of comfort is different than that of the Christian. This leads to why the world, and many people in it only view the Bible as just another book. Don’t make that mistake, avoid lukewarmness and get in the word.
Prayer and Exodus
Greetings, no, I haven’t abandoned the blog, I’ve just haven’t been blogging like I said I would. I honestly would like to make this a routine in my schedule, but I find it that my mind is often scattered throughout the day to day businesses. I know, I’m just making excuses. I haven’t abandoned one thing, though. I haven’t stopped reading my Bible. I would encourage you to not abandon God’s word, unlike much of the world that we live in today has. I shouldn’t have to preach to you the importance of this practice.
Above all other hobbies, this is the one that MUST come second to none in our daily lives. Lately I’ve been reading through the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. It just so happened that the other day, when I went to a Bible study the main focus of it was in the book of Exodus.
One of the things that was discussed was the significance of the veil, and how Moses wore the veil over his face when he would go and pray and talk to God in the tent, and how his face would literally shine. This raises the main conflict of this thought.. We have this awesome thing called prayer, as you could probably tell it allows us to connect with God. Ah, yes.. The problem: We often neglect prayer. This leaves us all with something to be desired, and we are definitely more vulnerable to wordlines when we neglect our payer lives. We become dry and that passion we once had isn’t there. We start to become cold inside. Sin starts to look more appetizing. So as you can see, this is a deadly path that if left neglected can do damage to us. Don’t leave prayer alone, Moses was so immersed in his prayer life he reflected God’s glory. Moses, like many of the Old Testament prophets trusted God and his promise that he would send to us all a messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Scripture journal
While I figure out this website that is so often changing, I want to share something I’d like to do on a regular basis on this blog. I would like to start a new thing I hope to consistently do on here, “Scripture of the Day” My attempt here will to equip other believers out here with the Gospel, firstly. Another reason I’m starting this, or going to attempt to, anyway is to help share the message. We must take advantage of everything God has given us. The only thing that is eternal is God’s word and his kingdom. It’s not that I’ve just realized this, of course, I’m explaining what’s going on here on this blog. Welcome to the first scripture of the day journal entry. I read the first 7 chapters of Exodus, yesterday. It was a lot easier to read and a lot better than I last remember it being. The gist of what I read nearing towards the end of my reading was this: Obedience. Following God requires radical obedience and submission. When Moses was asked by God to speak to Pharaoh, he was hesitant to do so because of his speech. The point is: We must completely obey God.
Prayer
Prayer is important. Do you know why it is? Prayer is important ultimately not because it benefits us, but because the purpose of prayer is to advance the Kingdom of God. Jesus tells us to ask him anything and it will be done. This isn’t so God can grant our every desire as if he were our butler; Rather so we can serve God. We need prayer because it connects us directly to God the father. I think every Christian knows the importance of being connected to God. Our spiritual lives become dead, and we basically turn into zombies. When we are connected to God in our prayer life, one of the most important things happens. In Matthew, Jesus teaches us how to pray. Part of the prayer that Christ models for the Christian life should go something like this: “Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come” Now it doesn’t have to be exactly like that, but I would point someone who is new to the faith to this, and as you progress you can come up with your own biblical prayers. Remember, the point of prayer is not to advance our Kingdom, but to advance God’s kingdom. That is why we are here.
Carry The Cross 
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