Hey guys! Gonna post up some stuff i put on the d5 blog. Read it! :D

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HELLO (:

It's time for me to share some stuff i thought about when i was going back home from church! Okay..well, Pastor shared about Eligah and Elisha, And said that Elisha was willing to move with his master from place to place no matter what.

Gilgal -> Bethel -> Jericho -> Jordan

He followed him till god took him up to heaven. Well, in a way we can apply this to our spiritual life..

When we are saved, we're at gilgal. Jesus knows you and you know Jesus! When you're in Bethel you're in a higher state of knowing each other. When you're in Jericho you've moved on to active christian service on the frontline. When you're in Jordan, you're serving full time on the frontline like some of the staff and the pastors do (: But..it doesn't stop at Jordan. It goes on and on till we reach heaven, it's a staircase that never stops. Every level is better and better!

This is very similar to our earthly life now! It's all to do with sacrifice and effort to move to the next level.


EDUCATION:
Primary -(psle)> Secondary -(olevels)> Poly/Jc/ITE -(Alevels/major exams)> Uni -(major exams) -> WORK.

As you can see..every level we have to study real hard, and sometimes it takes alot alot alot of effort! In your education, the more effort you put in, the better results you get, and the more skills you have. The more skills and better results you have, the better jobs you can earn, and the more money you can make. In the spiritual sense, we can do the same. Put in effort to get to a higher level! Even if we don't see it, we're moving towards a better future in heaven (:

The most important thing is to put in effort for both. Although our spiritual life should be great, our earthly life should be great too!

Well, that's it. Hope you guys find it intresting (:

-Bill.


GOOD NIGHT D5 :D




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I was watching black hawk down and i'd like to share what i saw in the movie..it's very applicable to our christian lives.

This is a conversation between two people, Captain steele and a soldier named Ruiz. They just came back from the fighting in somalia, and Ruiz is injured.


Steele-Ruiz. Hey, Sarge, hey.

Ruiz-Captain..

Steele-Lorenzo. How you doing?

Ruiz-It went in and out so the medic said I should be OK, couple of days. (Same medic who signalled to Steele that Ruiz was dying.)

Steele-That's great news.

Ruiz-We going after them.?

Steele-You bet your ass we will, we got to regroup.

Ruiz-Don't go out without me, don't go back out there without me. I can still do my job.

Steele-You get some rest now OK?







I'm so moved by what Ruiz said. Although Ruiz was injured, in pain, and really was beaten up, (if you don't believe me, watch the show. Ruiz looks like hell.) He said that he could still do his job and fight and protect the innocent and fight the opponents. Although he died later on, i think his devotion is incredible and his willpower is legendary. I'll explain later how we can apply this into our christian lives. Anyway, this is another converation between a Ranger (Eversmann) and a special ops soldier (Delta force, Hoot.) They just got back from the fighting in somalia and escaped barely, and Eversmann seems exhausted.







-Hoot is picking up equipment and gearing up for another battle, and eversmann's watching him-

Eversmann-You going back in?

Hoot-There's still men out there.


-long pause-


Damn! When I go home people are gonna ask me, they say, "Hey Hoot, why do you do it man? Why? You some kind of war junkie?

I won't say a damn word.

Why?

They won't understand. They won't understand why we do it.

They won't understand, it's about the men next to you. And that's it. That's all it is.


-Eversmann starts gearing up with hoot-


Hey don't even think about it, all right? I'm better on my own.


-hoot walks off to the battlefield with the rest. Suddenly, he turns back.-


Hey we started a whole new week. It's monday.





Well, i gotta say that hoot's determination and his concern for other soldiers is so great and so fantastic that he considers risking his own life to save other people's. It's a lesson we can learn! Ruiz is willing to go back into the field and help others although he's going to die and is in pain..and hoot is willing to go back at once and he's not deterred by eversmann's actions..he even cares for eversmann's life when he encourages him not to follow him back. He even looks on the bright side and gives an excuse as to why he's going out again. (Hey we started a whole new week. It's monday.) Well, these two men are a living example of generosity, courage and determination. We can use this in our own christian lives! For example, in the offering. Sometimes it really sucks, putting in your savings and feeling a stab of pain in the heart..(Crap. I can't buy food after this.) But i challenge you guys, come on, put in a big big christmas offering. If you've been putting in ten cents, try one dollar this time! If you've been putting in one dollar, go for two dollars, or three. If you've been putting in two or three dollars, come on! put in five dollars. If you've been putting in five dollars, come on! put in ten! Let's give our best to the lord in this festive season okay guys? Don't feel that stab of pain in your heart! Be brave, do something that you've never done before and give from the bottom of your wallet! People like Ruiz and Hoot are willing to give their lives for others..let's follow their generous and courageous character this christmas (:

Bill Loves D5