Captain's Log:
It has been a couple of days, do not panic, I am back. We had our first basketball game last night and it did not go as well as expected. JV lost by about 49, which was not a good start. Varsity held on for three quarters and then all but Justin decided not to play anymore I guess, because they let the game get away from them. Also, an interesting thing happened right before the varsity game. The coach from the other team approached me and said, "Your guy (Bro. Jeff) is not going to do his play-by-play, is he?" My response was, "...Yes, he is..." Well, he came back and said that we could not do that because it is against the rules in the league bi-laws. Well, I perused the bi-laws three times tonight and could not find what he was talking about. Pastor was very angry and no he will be even more so, because the rule does not exist. Hmmm...
James 1:6-7
1:6 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
a. The key to this verse is that he or she that is praying must ask in faith, otherwise it means little.
b. If a person praying were to waver in his or her faith or is too fickle and does not believe God can do what he says, they will fail in their prayer.
c. He or she would be like a wave tossed in the sea, lost and confused.
1:7 - For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord.
a. This is referring to that man or women who has no faith when he or she prays.
b. This also refers to someone who is wavering in life.
c. If a person is not doing right, he or she will not get their prayers answered.
d. Also, God will not grant the wishes or prayers of someone who does not believe he can do them.
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That will be all for tonight.
Until then,
Lorimer
11.15.2006
11.10.2006
Stardate 061110.9
Captain's Log:
Success! I finally found a store with the new XBox HD DVD player. I purchased it at Gamestop. King Kong in HD looks very good, but is still a boring movie.
I lit up the forums and email address for the backward compatibility division for the 360 telling them to make the ESPN NFL 2K5 game compatible on the new console. Hopefully the patch is in the next set of updates.
I watched the Satellite High girls soccer team beat Port St. Lucie 8-0 and end the game early. Last night they beat Cocoa High 12-0. They are tearing up every team they play.
Not much to say tonight. I am not going to post verses tonight, but hopefully I can do another three verses tomorrow night.
Until then,
Lorimer
Success! I finally found a store with the new XBox HD DVD player. I purchased it at Gamestop. King Kong in HD looks very good, but is still a boring movie.
I lit up the forums and email address for the backward compatibility division for the 360 telling them to make the ESPN NFL 2K5 game compatible on the new console. Hopefully the patch is in the next set of updates.
I watched the Satellite High girls soccer team beat Port St. Lucie 8-0 and end the game early. Last night they beat Cocoa High 12-0. They are tearing up every team they play.
Not much to say tonight. I am not going to post verses tonight, but hopefully I can do another three verses tomorrow night.
Until then,
Lorimer
11.09.2006
Stardate 061109.8
Captain's Log:
Today was quite eventful, though not in the way that I would have liked. I set out this afternoon in search of the brand new High Definition DVD Player and the wireless router for the XBox 360.
I started at Walmart, and the employees had no idea what it was that I was talking about. They were too confused, so I moved on to GameStop. The guy at this store knew what I wanted and was quick with his answer that the product would be in the following morning.
After that disappointment, but not to be dissuaded, I made my way down to Best Buy. One would think that Best Buy would have the cutting edge products on their release dates ready and willing to serve their customers with some of the highest prices in town, right? Well, not really. The guy thought that the HD DVD player was coming out next month, and when I insisted that it had been out since Tuesday, he was quite confused (not quite as badly as those at Walmart, because he actually knew what I was talking about).
In exasperation, I fled to circuit city where they are usually quite good about these things (that is: knowing what they are talking about). The employee helping me had to check his computer to even find out what it was, and then instead of looking toward the bottom of the web page where it clearly stated that all three stores within a ten mile radius did not have the product in stock went and checked for it. He went and searched the entire XBox section of the store only to come back a minute later and finally read the web page. "Oh," he said, with a hint of providential revelation in his voice, "we do not have it in stock!" In desperation and anger, I left the store.
CompUSA was no help whatsoever, so I went to Target next. Here I found employees who knew what I wanted, actually had the product on the shelf on Tuesday, but alas were sold out. In the end, I was forced to return home lacking the new DVD player. So angry was I that I was forced to stop at the local Krispy Kreme and buy some donuts...
Fortunately, I had Smallville to look forward to tonight, so that and the dozen donuts helped.
Now that I have vented about that little debacle, on to the more important things. My experience today ties in well with the lessons from James that I am covering...patience...
James 1:4-5
1:4 - But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
a. We as Christians are to let God work on our patience with trials (like not being able to find an XBox 360 HD DVD player in Brevard County) until we are "perfect and entire"
b. When we have endured temptation and allowed God to improve us we will want nothing, because we will be content in God.
c. "Perfect" is a word which here means, "complete or content in God."
1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
a. God is the ultimate wisdom giver; if we want to be as wise as Solomon, all we have to do is ask in faith and he shall give "to all me liberally."
b. God will give us all the wisdom we ask as long as our faith in asking is strong and as long as we are in his will. We should pray for wisdom in times of tribulation so that we may overcome with his wisdom when our own ideas and thoughts fail us.
c. "Upbraideth not" is a phrase which here means, "does not censure, or prejudice against."
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That will be all for tonight. I will have more verses soon, but I need to go to bed. Big day off tomorrow, and it is going to be a terrifically bothersome time sleeping in...
Later,
Lorimer
Today was quite eventful, though not in the way that I would have liked. I set out this afternoon in search of the brand new High Definition DVD Player and the wireless router for the XBox 360.
I started at Walmart, and the employees had no idea what it was that I was talking about. They were too confused, so I moved on to GameStop. The guy at this store knew what I wanted and was quick with his answer that the product would be in the following morning.
After that disappointment, but not to be dissuaded, I made my way down to Best Buy. One would think that Best Buy would have the cutting edge products on their release dates ready and willing to serve their customers with some of the highest prices in town, right? Well, not really. The guy thought that the HD DVD player was coming out next month, and when I insisted that it had been out since Tuesday, he was quite confused (not quite as badly as those at Walmart, because he actually knew what I was talking about).
In exasperation, I fled to circuit city where they are usually quite good about these things (that is: knowing what they are talking about). The employee helping me had to check his computer to even find out what it was, and then instead of looking toward the bottom of the web page where it clearly stated that all three stores within a ten mile radius did not have the product in stock went and checked for it. He went and searched the entire XBox section of the store only to come back a minute later and finally read the web page. "Oh," he said, with a hint of providential revelation in his voice, "we do not have it in stock!" In desperation and anger, I left the store.
CompUSA was no help whatsoever, so I went to Target next. Here I found employees who knew what I wanted, actually had the product on the shelf on Tuesday, but alas were sold out. In the end, I was forced to return home lacking the new DVD player. So angry was I that I was forced to stop at the local Krispy Kreme and buy some donuts...
Fortunately, I had Smallville to look forward to tonight, so that and the dozen donuts helped.
Now that I have vented about that little debacle, on to the more important things. My experience today ties in well with the lessons from James that I am covering...patience...
James 1:4-5
1:4 - But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
a. We as Christians are to let God work on our patience with trials (like not being able to find an XBox 360 HD DVD player in Brevard County) until we are "perfect and entire"
b. When we have endured temptation and allowed God to improve us we will want nothing, because we will be content in God.
c. "Perfect" is a word which here means, "complete or content in God."
1:5 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
a. God is the ultimate wisdom giver; if we want to be as wise as Solomon, all we have to do is ask in faith and he shall give "to all me liberally."
b. God will give us all the wisdom we ask as long as our faith in asking is strong and as long as we are in his will. We should pray for wisdom in times of tribulation so that we may overcome with his wisdom when our own ideas and thoughts fail us.
c. "Upbraideth not" is a phrase which here means, "does not censure, or prejudice against."
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That will be all for tonight. I will have more verses soon, but I need to go to bed. Big day off tomorrow, and it is going to be a terrifically bothersome time sleeping in...
Later,
Lorimer
11.08.2006
Stardate 061108.9
Captain's Log:
Today was another long Wednesday. I had to drive to Orlando again for class, but thankfully I do not have to go next week. That will be nice.
Cars came out yesterday, and it is a great movie. I laughed quite a lot. Good movie.
Not much has been happening since I last wrote. Lost will not be having any new episodes until February 7, 2007. That is unfortunate.
Christy and I began a study of the book of James. We started with the first eight verses of chapter one. I am going to record many of my thoughts here, but I am thinking about starting yet another blog to record a study of James. We will see. For now, I will just write them in here. Today I am only going to record the first three verses and my notes.
James 1:1-3
1:1 - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
I do not have many notes on this verse, because it is the introduction verse and has only a few things to glean.
a. James, being a stellar Christian, considered himself a servant to the man who was not only his Savior, but also his older half-brother. James knew where his loyalties belonged and begins his book by reverencing Jesus first of all.
b. His book was written to the Jews which had been scattered around Israel. These Jews had become Christians, and because of this, they were persecuted by not only Romans, but also other Jews for preaching that Jesus was the Son of God. These Jewish Christians were scattered all over and had to meet discretely in many places so as not to attract the attention of the religious leaders of the day.
1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
a. "Divers" is a word which here means, "something quite different from undersea explorers."
b. A Christian must remember that falling into temptation and falling into sin are two different things. One can fall into temptation, and be delivered by God for His glory. Falling into sin is a choice we make when we think it is either to hard or when we just do not want to be rescued from the sin in question. As to the former, God tells us that through Christ all things are possible (Philippians 4:13), and as to the latter, God also says, "Should we sin more that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1).
c. Falling into temptation is something that God can use for His glory if we let him. Satan and his hellish imps from the fiery abyss hurl temptation at us everyday, but with God's help and wisdom, we can overcome anything.
d. Therefore, we are to rejoice when we are caught up in temptation, because we know that God can help us and can use it to further his cause here on earth.
1:3 - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
a. The trying of our faith is the temptations that we face. God works through those to increase our patience and our dependence on him. Without Him we will fall into sin every time. He is there to try us and refine us to make us better witnesses for him.
b. Our patience is enhanced when we persevere though the storms of life. This verse is used to expound upon why one should rejoice in temptation.
c. "Trying of your faith" is a phrase which here means, "the multiple, and possibly deadly, encounters with a tuning fork, a wooden chopstick, and an uncommon plague..."
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That is all for today. I should have some more very soon. I have finished commenting on the first eight verses, so hopefully I can get those posted soon.
Later,
Lorimer
Today was another long Wednesday. I had to drive to Orlando again for class, but thankfully I do not have to go next week. That will be nice.
Cars came out yesterday, and it is a great movie. I laughed quite a lot. Good movie.
Not much has been happening since I last wrote. Lost will not be having any new episodes until February 7, 2007. That is unfortunate.
Christy and I began a study of the book of James. We started with the first eight verses of chapter one. I am going to record many of my thoughts here, but I am thinking about starting yet another blog to record a study of James. We will see. For now, I will just write them in here. Today I am only going to record the first three verses and my notes.
James 1:1-3
1:1 - James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
I do not have many notes on this verse, because it is the introduction verse and has only a few things to glean.
a. James, being a stellar Christian, considered himself a servant to the man who was not only his Savior, but also his older half-brother. James knew where his loyalties belonged and begins his book by reverencing Jesus first of all.
b. His book was written to the Jews which had been scattered around Israel. These Jews had become Christians, and because of this, they were persecuted by not only Romans, but also other Jews for preaching that Jesus was the Son of God. These Jewish Christians were scattered all over and had to meet discretely in many places so as not to attract the attention of the religious leaders of the day.
1:2 - My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
a. "Divers" is a word which here means, "something quite different from undersea explorers."
b. A Christian must remember that falling into temptation and falling into sin are two different things. One can fall into temptation, and be delivered by God for His glory. Falling into sin is a choice we make when we think it is either to hard or when we just do not want to be rescued from the sin in question. As to the former, God tells us that through Christ all things are possible (Philippians 4:13), and as to the latter, God also says, "Should we sin more that grace may abound?" (Romans 6:1).
c. Falling into temptation is something that God can use for His glory if we let him. Satan and his hellish imps from the fiery abyss hurl temptation at us everyday, but with God's help and wisdom, we can overcome anything.
d. Therefore, we are to rejoice when we are caught up in temptation, because we know that God can help us and can use it to further his cause here on earth.
1:3 - Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
a. The trying of our faith is the temptations that we face. God works through those to increase our patience and our dependence on him. Without Him we will fall into sin every time. He is there to try us and refine us to make us better witnesses for him.
b. Our patience is enhanced when we persevere though the storms of life. This verse is used to expound upon why one should rejoice in temptation.
c. "Trying of your faith" is a phrase which here means, "the multiple, and possibly deadly, encounters with a tuning fork, a wooden chopstick, and an uncommon plague..."
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That is all for today. I should have some more very soon. I have finished commenting on the first eight verses, so hopefully I can get those posted soon.
Later,
Lorimer
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