"I once was blind but now I see!" Where did John Newton get those words for his song? Right from our passage today. It's a great story with humor in it. It's rather long, and to divide it up would hurt the flow of the story, so I'll get out of the way so you can get right into it. Read John chapter 9 and enjoy.
Did you notice how the people were once again divided? First they were divided over the blind man (9:8-9), then they were divided over Jesus (9:16). Isn't it interesting that once again it's on a Sabbath day that Jesus healed the man? That's the same day he healed the invalid by the pool (5:9-10). Kinda makes you wonder if Jesus wasn't trying to prove a point. It's always a good day to do good, to do an Act of kindness. Their man-made rules were a heavy burden. They were the ones who were blind to see this and blind to see Jesus for who he truly was.
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Don't you just love that story of the man born blind? He told us what he was- he was blind. Then he told us what happened to him- he met Jesus and by faith did what He told him to do. Finally, he told us what happened as a result of trusting Jesus- he now could see. Amazing Grace! I once was lost, but now am found, 'twas blind but now I see. He gave his testimony.
1.- Please share about a time recently where you were able to give your testimony or give out a Greatest Mini-movies card?
2.- Jesus asked the blind man he healed, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" When he found out the Son of Man was Jesus, he worshiped him. Why? Notice what Dan.7:13-14 prophesied about the son of man- "He approached the ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory, and sovereign power; all peoples, nations and men of every language worshiped him..." No wonder the once blind man worshiped the Son of Man. That is a title for Messiah God. Copy the above words in bold on your MP3 and look for others to share this great prophetic passage. You will be there on that great day.
Announcements
I trust you've had a good Labor Day weekend. This coming weekend, Sunday the 13th, we will be having a special M3 meeting at Jack's home in Palos Park at 2:00. If you live in the Chicagoland area, please make this a top priority to join us. (Call me if you can't.)
Wow! I'm looking at the scores of some great men who are doing great things for God's kingdom. This past week alone you all testified to others over 100 times! Watch that number grow. Congratulations to Squad 4 that took the lead this week. Fire team 1 of Squad 5 still retains the highest score of our fire teams. All their teammates were unstoppable- Roger, Armando and Jose. Also the following fire teams also had all their members unstoppable for the week- Gary, Luis and Alex/ Osiris and Ed/ Ricardo and Horacio. Watch this number grow as well, since all of you midweek committed to become unstoppable for the rest of September. Remember the secret is "No sharing of scripture, no sleep." I will not go to bed until I've fulfilled my commitment to God, myself and my team to read and share God's word. You are unstoppable in going to work, be unstoppable to the work of God's kingdom. "Seek first the kingdom of God." Make it your unstoppable, top priority.
Use the following scoreboard like a fitness trainer would, to see where you're doing well and where you may need to tone up. For example, some of you may need to work on your encouragement and prayer muscles. We are to be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Please don't go through the week not encouraging your fire team mates and praying for them. To help us improve in this, let's from now on give ourselves a point in the Attacking in prayer column only when we have included by name our fire team members. Who prays for you by name daily to be mighty for God? Now you know who, your own fire team brothers. So do the same and give yourself a powerful point.
For those who are new, Monday's you get to include points for what you did over the weekend.
| G | R | E | A | T | Tot. | ||||
| Squad 1 | 31.85 | ||||||||
| Eddie Morales | U | R5 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 52 | |
| Fire Team 1 | |||||||||
| William Dyckman | U | R1 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 38.5 |
| Phil Raymond | U | 10 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 52 | ||
| Ismael Andrade | R2 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 24 | ||
| James Schmidt | 9 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 39 | |||
| Fire Team 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| Gary Remson | U | R1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
| Luis Ortiz | U | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 26 | ||
| Alex Dyckman | U | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Squad 2 | 31.8 | ||||||||
| Sam Vargas | U | R3 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 52 | |
| Fire Team 1 | 40.5 | ||||||||
| Oscar Nunez | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 27 | |||
| Lou Ojeda | U | 5 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 54 | ||
| Fire Team 2 | 25 | ||||||||
| Israel Fuentes | U | R1 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| Dave Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | New | |||
| Dave DeBoer | U | R1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 29 | |
| Tim Dearborn | U | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Squad 3 | 26 | ||||||||
| Robert Roman | U | R1 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 43 | |
| Fire Team 1 | 20.75 | ||||||||
| Vince Diaz | U | R1 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 47 | |
| Nic Palhegyi | U | R1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Mike Dunn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Rich Petre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fire Team 2 | 36.5 | ||||||||
| Osiris Alday | U | 8 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 44 | ||
| Ed Lake | U | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Squad 4 | 35.8 | ||||||||
| George Rabiela | U | R1 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 73 | |
| Fire Team 1 | 30.33 | ||||||||
| Dave Heidekruger | U | R2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 27 | |
| Michael Gonzalez | 7 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 31 | |||
| Chuy Cervantes | 5 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Fire Team 2 | 44 | ||||||||
| Rich Guardiola | U | R1 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 47 | |
| Horacio De La Torre | U | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | ||
| Squad 5 | 34.85 | ||||||||
| Jack Rogers | U | R5 | 41 | 1 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 100 | |
| Fire Team 1 | 47 | ||||||||
| Roger Vinlasaca | U | R1 | 45 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 74 | |
| Armando Hernandez | U | 30 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 44 | ||
| Jose Billegas | U | 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Fire Team 2 | 25.75 | ||||||||
| George Doherty | U | R1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 28 | |
| Andre Vargas | U | 8 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Lemmy Lukudu | U | R1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 33 | |
| Kevin Long | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Squad 6 | 29 | ||||||||
| Mike Berry | U | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 29 |
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