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MATTHEW JOHN BELL

Encounter 11 30 05 / Recap
Friday, December 02, 2005

Wow, it's been an eternity since I've blogged. To all my millions of faithful readers out there, I humbly apologize. It's taken me some time to get back into the swing of things after my little illness which led right into the Thanksgiving holiday with no Encounter service. It seems like it's been forever since I've been productive! This week I was back into the swing of things. Destiny Insanity™ at it's finest :-D. Wednesday was just one of those days. You know, when you just feel ... off? Seemed like I just couldn't get ahead. I was behind all day, all the way up until we started service ... about five minutes late (a rarity). All went well once we got things going. Had a handful of brand new people. It's always a blast to get to see who shows up and then have the opportunity to meet them. Lots and lots of fun. A bunch of people have the flu. I guess it's going around. I had a bunch of people cover their mouth, cough, shake my hand, and then when I asked about how they were doing they would say "I feel horrible. I think I have the flu." Thanks to everyone who blessed me with that! ;-) I talked this week about the age old battle between Jesus Christ and Santa Clause.

I compared and contrasted the two using this list I found online (link). I added my own contribution to the list. It's the point I consider one of the biggest difference between the them ... Santa keeps a list of everything you've done wrong all year but Jesus completely forgets your sins as soon as you repent (Isaiah 43:25). How cool is that? Very cool indeed. I then made the point that a lot of us have a Santa Clause view of / relationship with Jesus. We think Jesus is just up there watching us, waiting for us to make a mistake (I used this funny little video clip to illustrate that). Or that we only go to God when we need something. Next week I'm going to be talking about Jesus' words. What they mean, and how we can live them out in our daily lives. Hoe you all have a wonderful weekend! Be safe. + Link to message notes + Link to message audio (.mp3 or podcast)
Listening to in iTunes : Above You by Manhattan red

posted by MATTHEW JOHN BELL @ 12/02/2005 05:58:00 PM,




2 Comments:

At 12/20/2005 12:12:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Youth group has been really awesome and refreshing lately. The red airplanes were awesome as usual. Big thank you to Matt and the cgen leadership team for all your hard work.

 
At 1/28/2006 09:23:00 AM, Blogger Staci said...

dude, its been almost 2 months since your last post. you're slackin'

No, i know you've been busy...

 

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