God gave me a huge ‘WOW’ last night during my devo time.
i was reading through some of the psalms, and i got to the first verse of psalm 22, and went huh: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
Sound familiar? (hint: Jesus. Cross. “Eli! Eli! Lama sabachtani!!” ‘He’s calling for Elijah’.)
I [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Psalm 22
January 30, 2009
Names
January 25, 2009
Abram: exalted ancestor/father of many
Abraham: ancestor of a multitude/father of many nations
Sarai: my lady/my princess (restricted to one family)
Sarah: Lady, princess (without restriction)
Isaac: “laughter” (genesis 17:17-18, 18:9-15)
Esau: “hairy”
Jacob “heel-catcher” (meaning trickster, con-man, scoundrel)
Isreal:
Reuben: “behold, a son”
Simeon: hearing
Levi: attachment
Judah: praise
dan: judgement
Naphtali: wrestle
Gad: ‘troop’ or ‘good fortune’
Asher: happy
Issachar: reward
Zebulun: dwelling
Joseph: may he add
Ben-oni: son of my [...]
GodSquad… heehee.
January 25, 2009
Discovered a great website: GodSquad. It’s a ‘ministry equipping tool’ of Campus Crusade For Christ. Pretty cool.
Came across this when I was researching the ‘inductive bible study method’.
Seth Godin’s “Tribes”
January 23, 2009
Quoteworthy:
“A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.”
“Leaders use passion and Ideas to lead people.”
“Leaders make a ruckus.”
“Leadership is the ability to create change your tribe believes in.”
“Managers manage by using the authority the factory gives them. You listen to your manager or [...]
Old Testement Parallels To The Messiah Figure II: Joseph
January 21, 2009
So far in the Book of Genesis, Joseph is a remarkable picture of Jesus Christ. (from Enduring Word commentary 1-34 are from chapter 41 commentary, 35-49 from chapter 48 commentary)
1. Was a shepherd.
2. Loved by his father.
3. Sent unto his brethren.
4. Hated by his brothers.
5. Prophesied his coming glory.
6. Rejected by his brothers.
7. Endured unjust [...]
Old Testement Parallels To The Messiah Figure I: Isaac
January 21, 2009
I got this from Enduring Word Commentary:
Isaac becomes a wonderful type (picture) of Jesus:
· Both were the promised sons.
· Both were born after a period of delay.
· Both mothers were assured by God’s omnipotence (Genesis 18:13-14; Luke [...]
a whole bunch of randome bits of thoughts floating in my head… do they make any sort of sense, or go in any sort of direction?
January 19, 2009
thought about counselling
took conflict management/psych classes
crisis intervention training
empathetic
not satisfied with indirectness of my design skills for Christ
i help christian orgs, but in a VERY indirect way, i dont feel like i’m contributing enough.
even tho i love meeting people, and having conversations with them, i can’t seem to be comfortable doing that on a professional level. [...]
