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Key Passage: Matthew 16:13-20

Topic: Jesus

"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew 16:18, ESV)

Jesus is talking to one of His disciples. He wants to know how ordinary people walking down the streets, shopping in the markets, hustling off to work, celebrating births and mourning deaths, perceive Him--who they say He is.

The answer: "Some of the people are saying that You are John the Baptist.'" John the Baptist, by this time, had been beheaded. And some of the talk around town was that Jesus was John come back to life.

"Others are saying, 'Jesus is Elijah'"--a revered prophet, important to the Jewish faith from generations before. "And still others are throwing out the theory that You're Jeremiah or one of the other deceased prophets come back to life."

Jesus then asked "But who do you say I am?"

And Peter's answer was a truth revealed to him by God. Peter knew who Jesus was and told Him, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

That truth is the truth that became the foundation for the spread of Christianity, for the beginnings of the Church.

That's the truth that you must embrace to become a follower of Christ.

That's the truth that all the power of the devil and his schemes cannot conquer.

That's the truth that remains when other things you believe turn out to be false.

That's the one firm, unshakable truth: Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.

It's up to you what to do with that truth. You can receive it and let it change your life or you can reject the truth.

 

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Like i said earlier WWE thinks we have a sort term memory. They went on about R-Truth but i remeber when he teamed up with Road Dogg when he was named K-wik. Stop wasting my time with old wrestlers with new out-fits. Wrestlers are just high paid ken dolls. New out-fit every week.

GAMETIME: Leaving It All On the Field
There's a saying that "it's not who wins or loses but how you play the game that matters." But in the Super Bowl, everyone is after one thing...the WIN! Players want to walk away with the Super Bowl ring. If jewelry or trophies or prestige can inspire that kind of passion, let's wake up the passion in all of us to play for much higher stakes. We get to follow Jesus, whose only goal in mind is to win your heart and mine. He is humble and gentle...unstoppable and fierce. Millions of lives and eternities hang in the balance. Let's play to win. WHEN:Saturday at 5:55pm & Sunday at 9am, 10:22am & 11:55am             WWW.QUESTCOMMUNITYCHURCH.COM

Good morning everyone,

I would like to begin a new Blue Goose Tradition thanks to CATT Paw. I would appreciate each of you sharing your Blue Goose experiences from the month of August. Whether it be a new friendship which was formed, a new idea which prompted a LIGHTBULB MOMENT, a wave of energy which rushed over you and caused you to start DOING, as opposed to THINKING about doing..... we would love to hear about it!

I will then take that information and with the help of our incredible Blue Gooser Aaron's music video editing abilities, and Sofia Act II's ridiculous rockstar talent which enables her to do things we can't even fathom with ease and grace, we can create a video called :

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I want YOUR SUGGESTIONS for a title because that one is crappy!

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My personal experiences for the month of August will take up at least an hour of space, so I will say the following -

I am overwhelmed by the love and support I have recieved from our community members. I have been embraced by the Blue Goose Community and August has been a month of CHANGE. I have found such good FRIENDS here and I see our  Community's enthusiasm impact others right before my very eyes. All of you help  to inspire me, we inspire one another and together, we are making an IMPACT!     Love, Jen W.

Please share your experiences so we can SEE what August LOOKED LIKE!

HUGS ~

Jen

Questapalooza '08 is Here!   We are a couple of days away from throwing a party for our city! Yes, Kirk Franklin, NEEDTOBREATHE and Kutless will be here! It'll be an amazing day of music, funnel cakes, Motocross and fireworks. Stop by Kidzapalooza as Quest's very own Savannah Montana and The Bonus Brothers take the stage. More than anything, we want to let people know there's a God who loves them and they are really welcome at our church. How's your inviting going? It's not too late. For ticket prices and locations, go to www.qpza.com WHEN: Sunday, August 31 from 2:00-10:00pm 

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So, are you living the life you always hoped for? Is this who you always wanted to be? God hard-wired us to live astonishingly rich, significant lives for purposes far beyond ourselves, but somewhere along the way we can find ourselves off course. We're trapped in ordinary lives with tempered dreams or held captive by passions that have taken us down wrong roads. Life was never meant to be about us. You are more than your successes and failures, and God has plans for your life to make a difference in this world. What if your best days are still ahead of you? WHEN: September 6 - October 12                       SEE THE LIVE BROADCAST AT     WWW.QUESTCOMMUNITYCHURCH.COM

For all you people who keep slagging down America, They have been saving our asses since they first became independent. Just look at who started the fight, one clue, it wasn't the Americans

In what became known as the first and second Barbary wars, the fledgling USA took on and defeated the Barbary pirates of North Africa. These bands of cut throats had been terrorizing the coastal towns of Europe since the late 15th century. Taking the people as slaves to sell in the Arab slave markets, where the most prized, were the white women, who were taken to be used in the harems of the local sultans. Most of the countries of what is now known as the western world paid tributes or ransoms to the pirates and although some expeditions were made against the pirates, for a number of reasons, they were halfhearted at best.

When the USA made peace with with Britain, in 1783, they thought that , that as they had had no quarrels with the pirates, that they would be  immune from attack, but in1784 the first American ship was seized my Morocco. A $60,000 payment was made and trade was started with North Africa The Algerians then got in on the act and seized two ships in 1784. The ships were sold and the crews forced into heavy labour on the docks. When John Adams met the Ambassador from Tripoli in London and asked him why had this happened the ambassador gave the answer, that is the prime justification for all the ills that still emanate from the Muslim world

 

"That it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Qur'anQur'anQur'anQur'an, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as PrisonerMusselmanat Musselman [Muslim] who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise"

Marines Hymn "to the shores of Tripoli" came. To protect their necks from cutlass slashes the marines wore high leather collars which gave them their nickname of "leathernecks".

When the French Eventually captured Algiers in 1830 the era of the Barbary pirates came to an end and the nominal sovereigns of the countries could take control of their lands again.

Until the western world  comes to understand that the Muslims can not be trusted to keep their word or respect any treaty, because they will always trot out a saying from the Koran to justify their actions, we will always be at an unfair disadvantage in dealing with them

Follow the link to read the full story en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary__pirates

Just try to remember all you whineers and Knockers. Who came and got Europe out of the mess it was in, because of German desires to rule the whole continent, twice? Who stopped the comunist expansion in the Kotean peninusila? Who faced down the greatest threat to human kind, the USSR, and having done it once, looks like it will have to do it all over again, because we have yet another mad man in charge of Russia.

All you people hammering away on your keyboards despensing your anti-American venom, try to remember that but for the vast amounts of money spent by the Americans, to develop Computing, you would all be posting letters

Key Passage: Matthew 16:21-28

Topic: Obedience/Discipleship

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." (Matthew 16:24-25, ESV)

What is a paradox? A paradox can be defined as a statement that appears to be contradictory but often has a deeper truth.

The Bible has a number of such statements. Look at what Jesus says here: If you try to hold on to your life you'll lose it. On the other hand, if you give it up for Him you'll keep it.

Now you wonder, How does that work? How do you keep your life by letting go and lose it by holding on to it?

The answer to this question provides one of the greatest truths of life.

You and I were created to live for something bigger than ourselves--for Someone bigger than ourselves. But many people try to live only for themselves. They go through life trying to make themselves happy with whatever this world has to offer.

But Jesus invites us to do something radically different. He tells us to let go of our control and give everything to Him. It's only when we surrender our lives that we will find exactly what and who we were created for.

Jesus told His disciples that to follow Him they must take up their cross and die to themselves. They must lose their life in order to find a life more exciting than they've ever known.

When we "lose" our life to Jesus, we find real meaning, happiness and fulfillment.

 

Hey Guys, i am back once again with my thoughts on last nights edition of Friday Night Smackdown, and i have to say the show delivered and it was very entertaining and impressive.

The Show opened up with The Undertaker, now when the show started and i heard The Undertakers 'gong' i was very shocked, The Deadman rarely ever opens up shows anymore and it was a welcome surprise to see Taker do some mic work, i like this thing thats going between him and Vicki although i would prefer if it was done a lot quicker so Taker can move on to some fresh fueds, I have absoutely no idea what Takers going to do to her, but one thing i would like to see but it will never happen is that remember back in 1999 when Undertaker abducted and kidnapped Stephanie McMahon?, i would like to see that but that Taker in 1999 was an evil heel so i doubt we will see that kind of thing happen, its gonna be interesting but hopefully it doesnt last too much longer.

Next up we get the womans tag team match with Maryse and Natalyia v Michelle McCool and Maria, was a decent match and  to see Maryse pick up the win and then dominate McCool after the match seems to me is that she is recieving a push and a future Divas Title match, I have  to be honest McCool was used better when she wasnt a champion, ever since she won the title we have hardly see her win or do anything interesting, i hope creative start using her more to make that title look more creditable.

Jeff Hardy v MVP, well what can i say.... an absolute 5 star match from these two great performers, this is whats good about Smackdown is that you are due to see 5 star matches every week because the talent is so superior to what the Raw Roster has, i loved this match from start to finish, good to see Jeff finally getting a good win under his belt after a few weeks of putting people over,i jumped off my seat when Jeff botched the whisper in the wind i honestly thought he had broken his neck but i am glad he was ok, Shelton Benjamin interfering and taking both men out after the match was good, it gave good build up to The Championship Scramble and it is also giving Benjamin much needed TV time to put him over more with the audience, after all he is carrying The U.S Title.

The Tag team match with Jesse and Festus and Hawkins and Ryder was a decent way to let Big Show come out and dismantle them and to once again make a statement, Big Show was due to work a program with Umaga, but with Umaga's injury that was put on the backburner, now this is what i see happening with Big Show.... Now Big Show is crying out for Attention, he doesnt have a match at Unforgiven and neither does The Undertaker, now i see Vicki putting Taker and Big Show in match at Unforgiven as punishment for their 'actions', i think this would work as Big Show is due a heel turn and putting him into a program with Undertaker could just do the job for that heel turn to become active.

By the way Hawkins and Ryder, they are supposed to be WWE Tag Team Champions, they are being made to look so weak with hardly any tv time and they are being squashed each week, i dont think this is working with Hawkins and Ryder as Tag Champions and i hope WWE creative give those titles to somebody else soon.

Now Victoria v B Bella was a good match, now i am not so sure whats going on here,but when Bella went under the ring and came back out was that a different Bella?, are they twins?- was interesting anyway... but poor Victoria great womans wrestler she deserves better

Onto the main event WWE Champion Triple H v US Champion Shelton Benjamin another magnificent match up, both men gave their all i was very impressed with Triple H in particular,since moving to Smackdown i would bet that is the longest match he has had with someone since switching brands, Triple H picks up the win and to make Benjamin look less weak he clobbered The Game with the US Title after the match, with makes him look very effective and to also make great build up to Unforgiven scramble match.

Now Khali coming out at the end, i want this fued between him and Triple H to end, their is no way Khali will win the WWE Title, i hope they have one more match quickly and this fued is over, i see Triple H definetly retaining the title at Unfogiven and i have a bad feeling Khali will come out at the end and make another statement setting up another match between the two, although they may make the match this friday on Smackdown.

The ending with Vicki and the lights going off in her office and the screaming was funny, i wonder what Taker has done to her? or maybe it was Big Show playing mind games, interesting stuff.

Couple of points i would like to add where was Kozlov?, i just dont think WWE know what to do with this guy if this continues you may see a release for the Big Russian coming soon, as he needs a big fued to kick off sooner rather than later.

R-Truth decent showing against Dykstra but that dancing for his entrance for me was bad... really bad, all the vignettes leading up to his debut was on a serious side about his past then he comes out dancing, just didnt make sense to me.

Also another point i have to say, Matt Hardy v John Morrison on ECW Tuesday night , their match was Amazing, both guys really do deserve to be on either one of the big 2 brands.

Overall a decent Smackdown i would give it a 7/10, and i expect more decent Smackdowns in the next few weeks to promote their debut on MyNetwork TV.

Any thoughts on this column i would like to hear from you either on fan nation or an email to sevillecfc@aol.com

Until next time

Daly.

 Derisively, I bite my thumb at those readers who accuse me of having an unhealthy, infantile fixation on my mother and say "Pish and piffle, you know not whereof you speak. And as to you  - nitpicker out there in Tring - we pigs do indeed have thumbs - two on each leg above the two toes that you call trotters. Oh do be quiet! That's what we call them, and who are you to tell us how to name our parts. Mother fixation, indeed! It is you who are fixated. My mother's sacred shape is recognized  as a primal or archetypal form that has found universal representation in divers human artefacts, from the game bag of bevil Rook to the motorcar that I later discovered to be a Ciroen 2CV.  Treat your own neuroses before projecting them onto my entirely sane and rational personality.

Time passes but I remain motionless at the wheel of the  vehicle which had, wondrously, arrived to break my fall to earth. The dizziness induced by my first flight drove out all thought of escape. I sat on in the gloomy glare of the car park. Tiger finally submitted to Bevil's call and returned to heel as police officers gathered round.  Cujo, the hirsute stranger's dog, continued to race around the perimeter until, catching up with his tail, he inflicted a savage bite on his own legs and fled away, yelping in pain across the fields, far into the distant countryside. Whether master and dog were ever reunited I cannot tell. A helicopter hovered overhead and a patrol car cruised slowly round, scouting the boundaries. A face appeared at my window - a large, heavy face - an obdurate face. It spoke through the open flap.

 "Can you identify yourself, sir?" the face spoke, and I froze, not knowing what to say. "Would you please identify yourself, driver," the face commanded.  A large book lay on the seat next to me, its cover depicting a strange human being with a rug on his head. The title provided inspiration. "It's Jean Jacques Rousseau," I declared. "My name is Jean Jacques Rousseau." The face was not impressed. "Oh, I see. We got a comedian on our hands, ‘ave we? Right!" He pulled open the door and I was confronted by the enormous majesty of Police Constable Prescott of the North Rutland Constabulary. He ordered me out of the car and the sergeant arrived. "We got a right one here, Sarge. Says he's Jean Jacques Rousseau."  The sergeant  looked me over with a sardonic professional gaze. "Well fancy that! A major French political and social thinker, eh? Here in the car park of the Happy Pygge? Well, well, well! May we invite you along to the station to discuss historical materialism?"

Those who wish to pour scorn on my narrative, and declare this situation to be impossible, should step back and reconsider. There is extensive documentary evidence to prove that the modern policeman is a highly-educated professional,  having more than a passing acquaintanceship  with eminent social and political theorists. It is, however, true that the sergeant's reference to historical materialism was misplaced, but that should be taken, simply, as an off-the-cuff remark hinting at a broader and deeper view of historical dialectics.

Prescott produced a pipe and pushed it into my mouth. "Breathe into that," he said.

  

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Recorded Conference Call August 27th

We had a great conference call with over 200 people on the line... If you missed it or you just want to hear it again you can listen to the recording below!