So, my room mate came up with a great and challenging idea.
We have become friends with the local, a woman named Lori, who owns the bar in turner valley. Of course, she is having a big bash tonight because its halloween. So, we offered to help her clean up her bar after. She had told us a few weeks ago that she had to stay til 4 am last time she had live entertainment, so she could clean up.
SOOOO
We offered ourselves up as free labour, we are going to go to the bar around 130 am tonight, and help clean up. Last call is 2 am, so it will be a late night. But she was so flattered and gave us hugs, i think its a great way to show some love.
so, pray for us?
just that we won't be too thrown off schedule by doing this.
nic
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
My life relies on post-it notes
Please continue to pray for me, today I am having a hard time concentrating....as you can tell, im taking pictures of post-its.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Luke down, Acts up, Ephesians on deck
Yes, cruising through
passages that mostly stood out from Luke to me were
Luke 17
7"Will any one of you who has a servant[c] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? 8Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and(N) dress properly,[d] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? 9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are(O) unworthy servants;[e] we have only done what was our duty.'"
The last line really echoed in my head, teaching me servant heartedness.
The passage about ask knock seek; (Luke 11v1-13) primarily
"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him"
I think too often, the ask seek knock passage has been used and told to people who want something materialistic, but when the whole passage is read, the reader can recognize that it is the Holy Spirit God's wanting to give.
Luke 12v32-34
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, give to the needy. Provide yourselves with money bags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens, that does not fail,where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Primarily I love the imagery in the the first line, "little flock" makes his corwd sound so eager to follow and yet still in such a fragile state of their spirituality.
And then, it's God's pleasure to give the kingdom? cool.
So this week we are being Acts-ed. It will be a very face paced week, with additional assignments than we have had for other books, which will include a map and timeline of Acts. But then we get to take it a little slower on the weekend, going back to an epistle, Ephesians, which is only 6 chapters but is apparently jammed with tough stuff. Then will come Romans.
I did a very nerdy calculation yesterday, when we finish acts this week, we will have covered 36% of the new testament already.
please pray for endurance.
nic
passages that mostly stood out from Luke to me were
Luke 17
7"Will any one of you who has a servant[c] plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and recline at table'? 8Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and(N) dress properly,[d] and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink'? 9Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? 10So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are(O) unworthy servants;[e] we have only done what was our duty.'"
The last line really echoed in my head, teaching me servant heartedness.
The passage about ask knock seek; (Luke 11v1-13) primarily
"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him"
I think too often, the ask seek knock passage has been used and told to people who want something materialistic, but when the whole passage is read, the reader can recognize that it is the Holy Spirit God's wanting to give.
Luke 12v32-34
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, give to the needy. Provide yourselves with money bags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens, that does not fail,where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
Primarily I love the imagery in the the first line, "little flock" makes his corwd sound so eager to follow and yet still in such a fragile state of their spirituality.
And then, it's God's pleasure to give the kingdom? cool.
So this week we are being Acts-ed. It will be a very face paced week, with additional assignments than we have had for other books, which will include a map and timeline of Acts. But then we get to take it a little slower on the weekend, going back to an epistle, Ephesians, which is only 6 chapters but is apparently jammed with tough stuff. Then will come Romans.
I did a very nerdy calculation yesterday, when we finish acts this week, we will have covered 36% of the new testament already.
please pray for endurance.
nic
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The week of mark
This is what i did...all week long
530 or 6 am-wake up, eat something, maybe get dressed
630 or 7- start and finish one chart (which has about 4 observations, interpretations and applications
930- class, learn what i should have been observing in the morning
1230-lunch. I look forward to lunch because a) i havent eaten in 6 hours, b)its the last of society i will see for the next 4 hours
130-start studying, finish 2 charts
530- supper, thank the Lord, people.
630- study, finish one more chart, which takes 1.5 times longer cause i dont work well after supper, i just want to hang out.
9- somehow i was always done homework at 9. Which was great. I would wander the halls in silence, since my head was buzzing with the observations of the day. Usually, after 9 is when the DTS are wanting to socialize with the SBS, since they have not seen us at all, tucked away in our rooms and classroom. So, after 9 is reserved for getting to know the dts and the staff. This week included after 9 activities such as: Chai tea night, so you think you can dance night (thanks to steph) and walking in the dark. Tonight, a couple of us shall head to turner valley (1 mile walk) for a long deserved beverage, visiting the owner Lori who likes the fact that we are "such good kids, you must not be local"
Thank you if you prayed for me, i did not run out of steam studying.
Highlights of the week:
Studying parables
Studying mark 13 and figuring out what Jesus is talking about there.
Studying the "why have you forsaken me?" passage, and if you look in the foot note of your bible, you should see Psalm 22 is quoted. Very interesting parallels.
Today, i have finally become human again, i have cleaned up my room and table, even vacuumed, and im currently doing laundry for my room mate and i.
til next time,
study.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Marky mark.
So, i just came back from a class studying how to interpret parables.
So lets look at one, shall we?
Mark 4
1Again(A) he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him,(B) so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And(C) he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3"Listen!(D) A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6And(E) when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root,(F) it withered away. 7Other seed fell among(G) thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and(H) a hundredfold." 9And he said, (I) "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
The Purpose of the Parables
10And(J) when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11And he said to them, (K) "To you has been given(L) the secret of the kingdom of God, but for(M) those outside everything is in parables, 12(N) so that
"they(O) may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they(P) should turn and be forgiven."
13(Q) And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14(R) The sower sows(S) the word. 15And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it(T) with joy. 17And they have no root in themselves, but(U) endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately(V) they fall away.[a] 18And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19but(W) the cares of(X) the world and(Y) the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and(Z) bear fruit,(AA) thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
So, thats the chunk. This is considered a true parable, since it has a beginning, plot, and conclusion.
So, these are the types of questions we asked...
Observation (what do we see with in the text)
Q What is the Point of reference? (whats Jesus using to make his point applicable)
A The sower (4:3)
The seed (4:4)
The 4 types of soil (4:4-8)
Q Who is the audience?
A The very large crowd (4:1)
The disciples (4:10)
Q Who is the parable for?
A All people (4:9)
The disciples (4:10)
Interpretation (figuring out the text)
QWhat is the expected response of the OH? (original hearers, aka, the crowd and disciples)
A. The crowd is to reflect on what type of soil they are in relation to the parable, and how they receive the word.
Q What is the response tot he teaching of the Kingdom of God?
A It is demonstrating that the word must be sowed to all types of soil evenly, regardless if it is a good place to sow. The sower and the seed are consistant, it is the receivers of the word that choose whether they will receive it or have hardened hearts.
Application (to the 21st century)
Q How does the parable influence my view on where i am supposed to sow the word?
A That the word must be sowed to both hard and good soil, since the sower and the seed are consistant, but i cannot determine the response, if the seed will grow or not. I am just to sow evenly throughout, sow to all.
I really liked looking at this parable, i think that we within a christian body tend to just want to sow to the good soil, to ourselves, to our christian friends who are wanting the seed, and not realise that we need to be consistant. What happens to the seed is not determined by the sower, just the ground. But have faith Gods a farmer and is already tilling.
So lets look at one, shall we?
Mark 4
1Again(A) he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him,(B) so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And(C) he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3"Listen!(D) A sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil. 6And(E) when the sun rose, it was scorched, and since it had no root,(F) it withered away. 7Other seed fell among(G) thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and(H) a hundredfold." 9And he said, (I) "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
The Purpose of the Parables
10And(J) when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11And he said to them, (K) "To you has been given(L) the secret of the kingdom of God, but for(M) those outside everything is in parables, 12(N) so that
"they(O) may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they(P) should turn and be forgiven."
13(Q) And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14(R) The sower sows(S) the word. 15And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it(T) with joy. 17And they have no root in themselves, but(U) endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately(V) they fall away.[a] 18And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19but(W) the cares of(X) the world and(Y) the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and(Z) bear fruit,(AA) thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
So, thats the chunk. This is considered a true parable, since it has a beginning, plot, and conclusion.
So, these are the types of questions we asked...
Observation (what do we see with in the text)
Q What is the Point of reference? (whats Jesus using to make his point applicable)
A The sower (4:3)
The seed (4:4)
The 4 types of soil (4:4-8)
Q Who is the audience?
A The very large crowd (4:1)
The disciples (4:10)
Q Who is the parable for?
A All people (4:9)
The disciples (4:10)
Interpretation (figuring out the text)
QWhat is the expected response of the OH? (original hearers, aka, the crowd and disciples)
A. The crowd is to reflect on what type of soil they are in relation to the parable, and how they receive the word.
Q What is the response tot he teaching of the Kingdom of God?
A It is demonstrating that the word must be sowed to all types of soil evenly, regardless if it is a good place to sow. The sower and the seed are consistant, it is the receivers of the word that choose whether they will receive it or have hardened hearts.
Application (to the 21st century)
Q How does the parable influence my view on where i am supposed to sow the word?
A That the word must be sowed to both hard and good soil, since the sower and the seed are consistant, but i cannot determine the response, if the seed will grow or not. I am just to sow evenly throughout, sow to all.
I really liked looking at this parable, i think that we within a christian body tend to just want to sow to the good soil, to ourselves, to our christian friends who are wanting the seed, and not realise that we need to be consistant. What happens to the seed is not determined by the sower, just the ground. But have faith Gods a farmer and is already tilling.
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