Comments on: The Main Event http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Mills http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-41297 Bill Mills Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:15:14 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-41297 Google is the best search engine Google is the best search engine

]]> By: Stephen http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10459 Stephen Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:11:32 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10459 Owen Meany has many good things to say about religion. I have re-read it nearly every year for more than a decade. It is my favorite book and used to be a must read if you wanted to be my friend. I made my wife read it before we were married! I also happen to be reading Anne Lamotts' "Traveling Mercies" right now. Great minds and all that...:) Owen Meany has many good things to say about religion. I have re-read it nearly every year for more than a decade. It is my favorite book and used to be a must read if you wanted to be my friend. I made my wife read it before we were married! I also happen to be reading Anne Lamotts’ “Traveling Mercies” right now.

Great minds and all that…:)

]]> By: Beverly http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10444 Beverly Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:22:23 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10444 Brad, a friend and I were talking about this very thing.. Brad, a friend and I were talking about this very thing..

]]> By: candy http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10443 candy Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:28:13 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10443 I love Anne Lamott and I absolutely loved "A Prayer for Owen Meany", Mike. Thanks for the quotes. As I watched the sunrise this morning I was reminded once again of Abba's unfailing love for me which was fully accomplished when His Son rose from the dead! HE IS RISEN INDEED!! Today I am filled once again with wonder and joy as I realize the victory His rising solidifies! I love Anne Lamott and I absolutely loved “A Prayer for Owen Meany”, Mike. Thanks for the quotes. As I watched the sunrise this morning I was reminded once again of Abba’s unfailing love for me which was fully accomplished when His Son rose from the dead! HE IS RISEN INDEED!! Today I am filled once again with wonder and joy as I realize the victory His rising solidifies!

]]> By: Kathy http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10442 Kathy Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:19:26 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10442 The daily devotional I receive from Max Lucado's site speaks so powerfully today, especially the last three lines. A blessed and joyous Resurrection day to all of you and Mike, especially for you and yours for giving us this forum where we may meet in comfortable safety to express those things on our hearts!! Daily Devotional by Max Lucado "the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks" April 16th He isn't here! He has been raised from the dead. Matthew 28:6 (NLT) The crucifixion was marked by sudden darkness, silent angels, and mocking soldiers. At the empty tomb the soldiers are silent, an angel speaks, and light erupts like Vesuvius. The one who was dead is said to be alive, and the soldiers, who are alive, look as if they are dead. The women can tell something is up....The angel informs them: "He isn't here! He has been raised from the dead."... Heaven unplugged the grave's power cord, and you and I have nothing to fear. Death is disabled. Everyday Blessings Max Lucado ©2000 - 2006 Courtesy Oak Hills Church San Antonio, Texas The daily devotional I receive from Max Lucado’s site speaks so powerfully today, especially the last three lines.

A blessed and joyous Resurrection day to all of you and Mike, especially for you and yours for giving us this forum where we may meet in comfortable safety to express those things on our hearts!!

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

“the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks”

April 16th
He isn’t here! He has been raised from the dead.

Matthew 28:6 (NLT)

The crucifixion was marked by sudden darkness, silent angels, and mocking soldiers.

At the empty tomb the soldiers are silent, an angel speaks, and light erupts like

Vesuvius. The one who was dead is said to be alive, and the soldiers, who are alive, look as if they are dead.

The women can tell something is up….The angel informs them: “He isn’t here! He has been raised from the dead.”…

Heaven unplugged the grave’s power cord, and you and I have nothing to fear.

Death is disabled.

Everyday Blessings
Max Lucado

©2000 - 2006
Courtesy
Oak Hills Church

San Antonio, Texas

]]> By: Brad Stevens http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10441 Brad Stevens Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:19:14 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10441 Your thoughts reminded me of Abraham in Genesis 22: 2: "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." I think God wanted to someone to understand what he would have to do someday. He took Abraham to a special spot for this event. I suspect it was Golgotha? Your thoughts reminded me of Abraham in Genesis 22: 2:
“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori’ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” I think God wanted to someone to understand what he would have to do someday. He took Abraham to a special spot for this event. I suspect it was Golgotha?

]]> By: Monty Montgomery http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10440 Monty Montgomery Sun, 16 Apr 2006 12:45:42 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10440 I found the words of Benedict XVI helpful this Good Friday. Though the world is dark a getting darker, there light and hope beyond the hill. FROM MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS LED BY THE POPE BENEDICT XVI ON GOOD FRIDAY 2006 We have lost our sense of sin! Today a slick campaign of propaganda Is spreading an inane apologia of evil, A senseless cult of Satan, A mindless desire for transgression, A dishonest and frivolous freedom, Exalting impulsiveness, immorality and selfishness As if they were new heights of sophistication Lord Jesus, Open our eyes: Let us see the filth around us And recognize it for what it is, So that a single tear of sorrow Can restore us to purity of heart And the breadth of true freedom. Open our eyes, Lord, Jesus! Surely God is deeply pained By the attack on the family. Today we seem to be witnessing A kind of anti-Genesis, A counter-plan, a diabolical pride Aimed at eliminating the family. There is a move to reinvent mankind, To modify the very grammar of life As planned and willed by God. But, to take God’s place, without being God, Is insane arrogance, A risky and dangerous venture. May Christ’s fall open our eyes To see once more the beautiful face, The true face, the holy face of the family. The face of the family which all of us need. Lord Jesus, Purity has everywhere fallen victim To a calculated conspiracy of silence: an impure silence! People have even come to believe A complete lie: That purity is somehow the enemy of love. But the opposite is true, O Lord! Purity is necessary As a condition for love: A love that is true, a love that is faithful. In any event, Lord, If we cannot be the master of ourselves? How can we give ourselves to others? Everything seems over, The wicked seem to triumph, And evil appears more powerful than good. But faith enables us to see afar, it makes us glimpse the break of a new day On the other side of this day. Faith promises us that the final word belongs to God: to God alone! I found the words of Benedict XVI helpful this Good Friday. Though the world is dark a getting darker, there light and hope beyond the hill.

FROM MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS LED BY THE POPE BENEDICT XVI ON GOOD FRIDAY 2006

We have lost our sense of sin!
Today a slick campaign of propaganda
Is spreading an inane apologia of evil,
A senseless cult of Satan,
A mindless desire for transgression,
A dishonest and frivolous freedom,
Exalting impulsiveness, immorality and selfishness
As if they were new heights of sophistication

Lord Jesus,
Open our eyes:
Let us see the filth around us
And recognize it for what it is,
So that a single tear of sorrow
Can restore us to purity of heart
And the breadth of true freedom.
Open our eyes, Lord, Jesus!

Surely God is deeply pained
By the attack on the family.
Today we seem to be witnessing
A kind of anti-Genesis,
A counter-plan, a diabolical pride
Aimed at eliminating the family.

There is a move to reinvent mankind,
To modify the very grammar of life
As planned and willed by God.

But, to take God’s place, without being God,
Is insane arrogance,
A risky and dangerous venture.

May Christ’s fall open our eyes
To see once more the beautiful face,
The true face, the holy face of the family.
The face of the family
which all of us need.

Lord Jesus,
Purity has everywhere fallen victim
To a calculated conspiracy of silence: an impure silence!
People have even come to believe
A complete lie:
That purity is somehow the enemy of love.

But the opposite is true, O Lord!
Purity is necessary
As a condition for love:
A love that is true, a love that is faithful.

In any event, Lord,
If we cannot be the master of ourselves?
How can we give ourselves to others?

Everything seems over,
The wicked seem to triumph,
And evil appears more powerful than good.

But faith enables us to see afar,
it makes us glimpse the break of a new day
On the other side of this day.
Faith promises us that the final word
belongs to God: to God alone!

]]> By: Mike http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10437 Mike Sun, 16 Apr 2006 10:22:27 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10437 Mom - What are you doing up at 12:09 AM? May the hope and joy of Easter fill you all! Mom - What are you doing up at 12:09 AM?

May the hope and joy of Easter fill you all!

]]> By: Coping http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10435 Coping Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:09:43 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10435 God be with you as you come to the day of resurrection - again. God be with you as you come to the day of resurrection - again.

]]> By: David http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10434 David Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:41:35 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10434 It is just like a father to want to be with his son as Easter approaches. The thought of being forsaken is in the back our minds, or forsaking. "I am here for you," we tell our sons. "I will not leave you." We know that the time will come when we will not be there for our sons. Someday, it will beyond our control. I theologically understand why the Father left, but I do not understand as a father. I would not have the strength to turn my back on my Son, for the sake of the world. Was it harder on the Father to leave his Son, or for the Son to be forsaken by his Father? It is just like a father to want to be with his son as Easter approaches. The thought of being forsaken is in the back our minds, or forsaking. “I am here for you,” we tell our sons. “I will not leave you.” We know that the time will come when we will not be there for our sons. Someday, it will beyond our control.

I theologically understand why the Father left, but I do not understand as a father. I would not have the strength to turn my back on my Son, for the sake of the world.

Was it harder on the Father to leave his Son, or for the Son to be forsaken by his Father?

]]> By: Calvin (G'ampa C) http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10433 Calvin (G'ampa C) Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:27:48 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10433 Mike- Think of the disciples who were a beaten, bedraggled group of misfits on Saturday. Mourning a Master thay believed would bring back the Kingdom, mourning the loss of a friend, wondering what in the world they had been doing the last three years, wondering if they could get their old jobs back. Some 40+ days later they stood the world on its ear and preached the gospel with super-human strength. What happened between the Passover and the Day of Pentecost was the greatest event in history. That dark Friday Jesus took the sins of the world on himself and buried them in the nether world. On Sunday he triumphed even over the power of our sins and the grave to rise from death and give us life! We, who are weak and sinful, were worth delivering in his eyes. What a wretched man I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God!! It is through Jesus Christ, our Lord!! We do indeed have something worth celebrating this Sunday morning!! Mike-
Think of the disciples who were a beaten, bedraggled group of misfits on Saturday. Mourning a Master thay believed would bring back the Kingdom, mourning the loss of a friend, wondering what in the world they had been doing the last three years, wondering if they could get their old jobs back. Some 40+ days later they stood the world on its ear and preached the gospel with super-human strength. What happened between the Passover and the Day of Pentecost was the greatest event in history. That dark Friday Jesus took the sins of the world on himself and buried them in the nether world. On Sunday he triumphed even over the power of our sins and the grave to rise from death and give us life!
We, who are weak and sinful, were worth delivering in his eyes.
What a wretched man I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Thanks be to God!! It is through Jesus Christ, our Lord!!

We do indeed have something worth celebrating this Sunday morning!!

]]> By: BW http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10432 BW Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:40:04 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10432 Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise." -Phillips Brooks Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” -Phillips Brooks

]]> By: Greg Sallas http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10431 Greg Sallas Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:51:04 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10431 I needed my COPE fix. thanks for the comments this Easter eve. I needed my COPE fix. thanks for the comments this Easter eve.

]]> By: Steve http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10430 Steve Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:02:03 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10430 I love this Peter Marshall quote: "The stone was rolled away from the door, not to permit Christ to come out, but to enable the disciples to go in." A little piece of the song "Houston" by Larry Gatlin for you. Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you Aw honey Houston, Houston means the last day of the tour and we're through Well honey, you and God in heaven above know I love what I do for a living, I do Ah, but Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you Peace and God be praise on this Resurrection weekend. I love this Peter Marshall quote:

“The stone was rolled away from the door, not to permit Christ to come out, but to enable the disciples to go in.”

A little piece of the song “Houston” by Larry Gatlin for you.

Houston, Houston means that I’m one day closer to you
Aw honey Houston, Houston means the last day of the tour and we’re through
Well honey, you and God in heaven above know I love what I do for a living, I do
Ah, but Houston, Houston means that I’m one day closer to you

Peace and God be praise on this Resurrection weekend.

]]> By: matt elliott http://preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10429 matt elliott Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/2006/04/15/the-main-event#comment-10429 And from two of my favorite books, too! Thanks for reminding me of those. Hope you and the family have a wonderful Easter. And from two of my favorite books, too! Thanks for reminding me of those. Hope you and the family have a wonderful Easter.

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