Taking Care of Yourself - Fitness and The Bible (Notes from Monday night)

Read I Chronicles 29:1-9

King David is planning for the building of the temple of the Lord, which his son Solomon will build. King David pours his own resources into the building project and then he asks for help. The leaders of the each family stepped up and helped.

What do you see going on in this story?

Two things I get out of this…
The leadership set a good example by giving what they had
David asked for help.

Read I Corinthians 3:16 and 6:19
Your body is the temple of God – the Holy Spirit.

Looking at the story of King David and the planning and work that was put into the Temple of the Lord in the old testament times, how much do you think it matters that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and why?
Are you giving your best effort to have a healthy body?
Are you asking for help when you need it?

Read Matthew 25:14-30 (Talents)
This is a very popular story in churches. It is the story of the talents. A talent is a monetary figure of roughly $1000.

In the story not everyone was given the same amount of money. It’s the same with us and our physical bodies. We are not all given the same physical talents, skills, genetic make up. EX. Kenyans are well known for their amazing skill as long distance runners. Their genetics make them physically more capable than someone like me. Does that mean I should sit on a couch and get fat? No. I need to do the best that I can with what God has given me to work with.

Why?
Why am I bringing this up? None of you are “fat.”

Skinny does not = healthy. One of the girls that I went to technical college with when I was training to be a personal trainer was the skinniest person in the entire class and yet she had the highest percentage of body fat.

Why? She was starving herself. Her body was burning the muscle in order to survive and holding onto the fat to use to survive.

Eat right, get enough sleep, take care of yourself. TODAY! Now is when you set the scope for your future. It’s easy to eat poorly now and not get enough sleep and still feel like you’re doing ok in life. As you get older, that all starts catching up with you and the bad habits you have today start having a greater impact on you bit by bit by bit.

Enjoy today – Keep the future in mind.

Remember that your body is a temple.

Treat it like one.

To Save A Life - Free Movie - March 10th

A friend of mine just told me about this movie tomorrow night playing here in Bothell.  It is a free showing.  Movie snacks are available. 

To Save A Life 

For more information go to http://www.theurbangathering.com/to-save-a-life-movie-night/  

I probably won't be able to make it myself due to the short notice, but I think it would be good for any of our teens and parents to see. 

Soul Surfer

Micki, Jason and I went to a private screening for pastors and youth leaders last night. 

The movie?  SOUL SURFER starring Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Carrie Underwood, and Anna Sophia Robb as Bethany Hamilton, the Soul Surfer.

I absolutely recommend this movie, so much so, that I'm getting group tickets for the MAD Skates kids, parents, friends, volunteers, etc.  So, I need to hear from you. If you want tickets to go with our group, I need to know how many tickets you want ASAP.    

The movie opens April 8th, and we need to see it opening weekend in order to help keep the film in the theaters longer.  The better it does opening weekend the more theaters it can stay in nationwide.  Let's make a difference here in the NW!  I would love to take the teens opening night, so I'm hoping and praying that works out. (Carpool from Canyon Park area will be available.)

For all of you who get this blog update and don't live near us, look up the movie, find out where it is playing locally and go see it.

The movie is rated PG.  Check out www.soulsurferthemovie.com for more information about the film and to view the trailer.

Awesome video of our friends' skate ministry in Kalispell

Take 5 minutes to watch this video of our friends' skate ministry in Kalispell.  Where God guides, He provides.

http://vimeo.com/20157799

Changes at MAD Skates

FOOD
Dinner is now free!  Thanks to The Mills for bringing chili last week and Nick and Nina for bringing spaghetti this week.  Next Monday night will be free pizza.  We are always looking for people to supply dinner for our kids, so if you are interested, please contact me to schedule when you would be available to do that! 

TEACHING
We now have three primary teachers at skate night.  Brett, Micki and Jeremy.  Jeremy taught his first lesson last night on God's protection and shared an exciting story about his family being captured while on safari in Africa.  Jeremy will be teaching on the third Monday of each month while Micki and Brett will share the rest of the weeks.  We are also always interested in guest speakers, so if you have a story to share and a heart to reach these kids, contact me. 

brett@madskates.com or 206-423-0813

United We Stand - February 14th - Bible Session Notes

I thought you might like to know what we are teaching at Skate Night, so I'm going to start posting my Bible Session notes from the nights that I am teaching.  The formatting looks a little odd when I copy and paste it into the blog, but you get the general idea of the lesson.

Here are the notes from last Monday night, February 14th.

Read Colossians 2:2


Paul wants the church (anyone who follows Christ) to be…

Encouraged in heart

United in love

Paul is speaking as a leader of the early church. He wants his students to follow Christ fully together. UNITED IN LOVE.

Read Matthew 12:25

Here Jesus says that every kingdom divided against itself will be…

Ruined

Every city or household divided against itself will…

Not stand

I think this is pretty clear. We need to be united in our attitudes, words, and actions.


Kingdom/Church Level – We, as believers/followers of Christ/Christians are all members of one church also known as “the body of Christ.” We need to be together, acting as one unit, focused on Christ and our attitudes, words and actions should support each other.

City or Household/Personal Level – Each one of us needs to have our attitude match our words and actions. If your heart is Christ-like then your actions and words will also be Christ-like.

Read Ecclesiastes 4:12

One may be…

Overpowered

Two can…

Defend themselves

Three…

Is not easily broken

We cannot and we should not try to stand in this battle alone. If you are struggling with something, ask for help. As the church, we are a family. We are all brothers and sisters. By yourself you can be overpowered. With two of working together, we can defend ourselves. Get a group together, and defeat is almost out of the question.

Read Philippians 2:1-4

Paul and Timothy are writing to the church and they say that the church can make their joy complete by doing what?

Being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose

Read vs. 3 again. Who can tell me what humility is? modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, not proud or arrogant; modest

Vs. 4 – Look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Paul isn’t saying don’t take care of yourself or don’t look after yourself. He’s saying look out for others AS WELL. If what you are doing is hurting someone else, you are definitely not “looking out for the interests of others.”

What is your “take home” from this lesson? How will you apply it to your life?

Prayer Team

We are looking for 5-7 dedicated people to pray for MAD Skates at a minimum of once a week but preferably daily.

Prayer requests will be specific to our ministry, the leadership, and the youth that attend.  Prayer requests will be sent via email as they come up with an ongoing list as well.

If you are interested, please let me know via email.  Also, please let me know if there is a specific area you are interested in prayer for - ex. the kids, the leadership, financial, building, growth, etc.

Thank you.
brett@madskates.com

Pizza Change & Another $25 Grant

Tonight we will be trying out Papa Murphy's take n bake pizza.  There will be no charge for pizza tonight. 

Also, right after my post last week, we received another grant for $25 if all the Taco Time coupon books are sold! 

GOD IS GOOD!

Another $25 Grant

Yes folks it is true.  Yet another kind donor has stepped up with a matching grant of $25 if we sell all 250 coupon books! 

Taco Time Update

The youth have started selling the coupon books.
We just received 2 matching grants for our coupon book fundraiser.
Grant 1: If we sell 50 in the next week, our supporter will send us $25.
Grant 2: If we sell all 250 coupon books, our supporter will send us $25.
That's $50 in addition to our $250 matching grant we will receive if we sell all 250 coupon books.

Anyone else want in on this?

New skate ramps.... here we come!