Mon, Jan 25, 2010
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Well, there is certainly no lack of material when it comes to Tiger Woods and his apparent indiscretions. Entertainment shows provide fodder for water cooler discussions, and often target Woods as the brunt of their monologue jokes. What about you? How long will it be before you forgive Tiger or is he done in your books? Take our poll to the right.
Praying Scripture – Jeremiah 33:3-4
“This is what the Lord says,
he who made the earth,
the Lord who formed it and established it -
the Lord is his name:
Call to me and I will answer you
and tell you great and unsearchable things
you do not know.”
Living Scripture - Psalm 111:10
The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts
have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise.
Praying Scripture – Jeremiah 33:3-4
“This is what the Lord says,
he who made the earth,
the Lord who formed it and established it -
the Lord is his name:
Call to me and I will answer you
and tell you great and unsearchable things
you do not know.”
Living Scripture - 2 Chronicles 1:11-12
God said to Solomon,
“Since this is your heart’s desire
and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor,
nor for the death of your enemies,
and since you have not asked for a long life
but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people
over whom I have made you king,
therefore wisdom and knowledge shall be given you.
And I will also give you
wealth, riches and honor,
such as no king who was before you ever had
and none after you will have.”
Praying Scripture – 1 Chronicles 16:29
“Ascribe to the LORD
the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the LORD
in the splendour of his holiness.”
Living Scripture - Revelation 22:8
I, John, am the one who heard
and saw these things.
And when I had heard and seen them,
I fell down to worship
at the feet of the angel
who had been showing them to me.
Praying Scripture – 1 Chronicles 16:29
“Ascribe to the LORD
the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the LORD
in the splendour of his holiness.”
Living Scripture - Revelation 4:9-11
Whenever the living creatures give glory,
honor and thanks to him
who sits on the throne
and lives forever and ever,
the twenty-four elders fall down before him
who sits on the throne,
and worship him who lives forever and ever.
They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
“You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”
Praying Scripture – 1 Chronicles 16:29
“Ascribe to the LORD
the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the LORD
in the splendour of his holiness.”
Living Scripture - Hebrews 12:8-9
If you are not disciplined
(and everyone undergoes discipline),
then you are illegitimate children
and not true sons.
Moreover, we have all had human fathers
who disciplined us
and we respected them for it.
How much more should we submit
to the Father of our spirits and live!
This Easter CFOT Cadets and Officers had the privilege of participating in a variety of Easter activities and services at Corps in Alberta.
Small goups of Cadets/Officers participated in all aspects of the Easter Services and were also able to spend some valuable time with youth groups. In Calgary tradition, some of our CFOT folks were “white hatted” (see photos below). A wonderful time of worship, outreach and fellowship was had by all.
A big thank you to the Alberta Divsion for hosting us! You have been so gracious to us in sharing your ministries, your homes and your hearts with us…
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An Eye to See | Cadet Jennifer Ivany
Have You Stopped to Love Today | Adolpho Quezada
Time to Reflect | Major Ann Braund
Sojourning| Cadet Laura Van Schaick
Can you hear that??? | Cadet Kelly Fifield
January 25th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
It doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things how long it would take me, or any other human, to forgive Tiger Woods. What is important to him and others is that God is already offering his forgiveness; all Tiger has to do is reach out and accept it.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
My thoughts on your question are – first, the person who needs to forgive Tiger would be the person(s) he hurt personally – his wife, childen, mother etc. It would be presumptious of me to offer forgiveness.
Also – I have always considered Tiger an unbelievable golfer and still do, however, being a good golfer doesn’t mean he’s a man of good character. Perhaps we need to start separating the 2. Perhaps this will be a lesson for future when sports, movie starts, politicians…etc. become icons instead of mere humans, needing God’s grace and mercy. Blessings
January 25th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Done. As far as I know “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God” and that “While we were yet sinners Christ died for us.” Why would I wait to forgive another?
January 25th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I don’t feel any particular injury from Tiger that needs my forgiveness. As I understand it, Tiger is a Buddhist. From experience, I have learned it is not wise to require the same behaviour from non-Christians as one would hope to see in those who walk with the Lord. If Tiger is struggling with marital faithfulness, that only highlights the need for more prayer than judgment and faith that God can work even this together for good should the Wood family choose to follow God’s call on their lives. While I don’t seek to excuse sexual immorality, I recognize that ministry begins with love not gossip. Sadly, there seems to be rather too much of the latter in Tiger’s life at the moment.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:15 am
As human beings we often find it hard to overcome fault of other and are eager to judge and persecute individuals for thier wrong doings. The fact of the matter with Toger is that he was so widely loved because of his high profile Golf status and appeared to be the “Model Athlete” to many around the entire world, and yet his credibility rating has gone from 10 to 0 in just seconds with the majoprity of the worlds population. Yes, agreed, we would not condone this sort of behaviour, however, most of what we hear is tabloid driven gossip and few of us, if any would be privvy to the facts of this story. We can get upset with Tiger, or speak up against his behaviour but when it come to Forgivness, are we really like Christ if we do not FULLY fogive the action of this man.
8.Colossians 1:14 (KJV) says…..
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Christ himself is not holding that grudge or anger to him and so who are we do continue to be unforgiving if we call ourselves Christians. We need to forgive and continue to uphold him in prayer and not allow ourselves to0 be drawn into the negativity that the media and many others have.