May 25, 2009
Contents
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthdays
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
Pictures
Want to reminisce a bit on the great times we've had? Want to see that picture Jacob Eitzen dressed as Steve Urkel? Want to see 4 mid school girls screaming down the roller coaster at Wild Waves?
Head on over to the 180 online photo archives where we've got pictures from since 2004 of all our great times around 180. Check it out!
Mid School Photos
High School Photos
Read Through the Bible
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Peace: What's Your Part?'
"LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." (Psalm 16:5-6)
Your pop culture philosophy teacher for this week is Mr. J.J. Abrams. If you have attended any of his classes -- the "Star Trek" movie, the season finale of "Lost," even a recent episode of "Fringe" -- you may have noticed that he wants you to think really hard about time travel.
More specifically, he wants you to wrestle with the age old debates about whether our paths are predetermined or whether we might be able to change our destiny. It's a fun bone to chew on, but it's also one that leaves us asking some difficult personal questions.
If could go back and change my past, would I? Is my "present reality" good enough? What is good? Should I accept things as they are or make every effort in my power to change my reality? If I had unlimited free will and unlimited power to change everything, would I make it better -- or far worse? And, finally, what does any of this have to do with Psalm 16?
Only this: David said to the one true God: "You are the only source of good things in my life. I will choose to be content with whatever you give me today -- to enjoy it, even -- and to look forward to all the good things you'll give me forever."
Whatever the answer to all those sticky questions, David focused in this psalm on tuning his heart to God's goodness -- and left the past, present, and future up to his powerful, loving, trustworthy Father.
Think: Tell yourself the truth: Are you willing to trust God with how our life turns out today, with the good things you do and don't end up with? Do you think you are a source of good; do you think you could create more good things in the universe if you could change the past, the present, or the future?
Pray: Thank God for what He has provided for you today, for your lot in life right in this moment. Ask Him to help you to trust Him to provide exactly what you need -- and much much more -- tomorrow and forever.
Do: Read Hebrews 13:4-6 and think about what sexual purity, contentment, and the love of money have to do with trusting the God of time.
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A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAYS
What a week it is for our birthday crew. Here's to you! Happy Birthday wishes from all of us at 180 to Dylan Young, Emily Trubits, Tabitha Roffelson and Lauren Vincent!
4. SURF REPORT
- Terminator Salvation Review
~ Wisdom On...The Future
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The most push-ups ever performed in one day was 46,001.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
~ Chinese Proverb
"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
~ Richard M. DeVoss
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team?
She ran away from the ball.
1. 180 News
2. Something for Your Heart
3. Birthdays
4. Surf Report
5. Forgettable Fact
6. Potent Quotables
7. Uh, That's Funny?
1. 180 NEWS
PicturesWant to reminisce a bit on the great times we've had? Want to see that picture Jacob Eitzen dressed as Steve Urkel? Want to see 4 mid school girls screaming down the roller coaster at Wild Waves?
Head on over to the 180 online photo archives where we've got pictures from since 2004 of all our great times around 180. Check it out!
Read Through the Bible
| Day | Joshua | Isaiah | 2 Timothy |
| Tuesday, May 26 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| Wednesday, May 27 | 13 | 17-18 | 3-4 |
| Thursday, May 28 | 14 | 19 | Titus 1-3 |
| Friday, May 29 | 15 | 20-21 | Philemon 1 |
| Saturday, May 30 | 16 | 22 | Hebrews1-2 |
| Sunday, May 31 | 17 | 23 | 3-5 |
| Monday, June 1 | 18 | 24 | 6-7 |
2. SOMETHING FOR YOUR HEART
Peace: What's Your Part?'
"LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." (Psalm 16:5-6)
Your pop culture philosophy teacher for this week is Mr. J.J. Abrams. If you have attended any of his classes -- the "Star Trek" movie, the season finale of "Lost," even a recent episode of "Fringe" -- you may have noticed that he wants you to think really hard about time travel.
More specifically, he wants you to wrestle with the age old debates about whether our paths are predetermined or whether we might be able to change our destiny. It's a fun bone to chew on, but it's also one that leaves us asking some difficult personal questions.
If could go back and change my past, would I? Is my "present reality" good enough? What is good? Should I accept things as they are or make every effort in my power to change my reality? If I had unlimited free will and unlimited power to change everything, would I make it better -- or far worse? And, finally, what does any of this have to do with Psalm 16?
Only this: David said to the one true God: "You are the only source of good things in my life. I will choose to be content with whatever you give me today -- to enjoy it, even -- and to look forward to all the good things you'll give me forever."
Whatever the answer to all those sticky questions, David focused in this psalm on tuning his heart to God's goodness -- and left the past, present, and future up to his powerful, loving, trustworthy Father.
Think: Tell yourself the truth: Are you willing to trust God with how our life turns out today, with the good things you do and don't end up with? Do you think you are a source of good; do you think you could create more good things in the universe if you could change the past, the present, or the future?
Pray: Thank God for what He has provided for you today, for your lot in life right in this moment. Ask Him to help you to trust Him to provide exactly what you need -- and much much more -- tomorrow and forever.
Do: Read Hebrews 13:4-6 and think about what sexual purity, contentment, and the love of money have to do with trusting the God of time.
**
A Daily Devotional from PlanetWisdom.com, copyright 2009 Youth Specialties/Zondervan. Used by permission.
3. BIRTHDAYS
What a week it is for our birthday crew. Here's to you! Happy Birthday wishes from all of us at 180 to Dylan Young, Emily Trubits, Tabitha Roffelson and Lauren Vincent!
4. SURF REPORT
- Terminator Salvation Review
~ Wisdom On...The Future
5. FORGETTABLE FACT
The most push-ups ever performed in one day was 46,001.
6. POTENT QUOTABLES
"Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still."
~ Chinese Proverb
"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible."
~ Richard M. DeVoss
7. UH, THAT'S FUNNY?
Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team?
She ran away from the ball.
