This movie was amazing! Not even kidding this was in the top 10 favorite movies ever. I really loved this movie for many reasons. I really have a heart for missions which is why I signed up for this class so I really loved this movie because I really want to mission over seas so badly. I'm not saying that I want to go somewhere where I will be speared to death, but I do want to reach out to people who are in so much denial and who have 0% Christianity background. What I also loved about this movie was how amazing the family who came to reach the Indians were. When they were spearing them all they wanted them to know is that they came here to be sincere friends with them.
I really wish that the Indian tribe would have realized that they were great people and trying to help them. My favorite part of the movie was the end for sure. It was really touching when Mayacani apologized for killing his father and straight out told him the story about what happened. I could tell that throughout the movie it was really bothering him and he really regretted it especially when he got to know the family a little bit and knew that they were good people and only trying to help. I couldn't hold back tears because it was just so emotional. It was awesome how they found his picture. This movie was awesome and really showed the power of God and the way he used that family to work through the tribe even if it meant to give up family and American life. That is a true missionary.
Until next time....
Alexa :)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Unit 1 review blog!
In this blog I will talk about the first unit of Practical Missions class. This unit was really great and I learned so much about the Kingdom, Satan, our mission, and just so much more!So this blog i will answer some questions or elaborating on some statements that were common throughout this unit.
1. The whole Bible is one story. The Bible is a meta-narrative, which is one big story with smaller stories throughout. There is always a protagonist, antagonist, rising tension, climax, and falling tension and the resolution. This story is the story by which we understand what the meaning of our lives is and how we are going to live it out. The protagonist is God, the antagonist is Satan, the rising tension could be seen as the fall of man to the serpent, the climax is the resting day for God after he made his creation. The falling tension could be the rejection of his word from his followers and the resolution is the judgment day when God comes to earth and judges us.
2. Throughout the Bible, God's purpose is mentioned and explained so many times. I like to think of his purpose more as his mission because his purpose was to send his one and only son down to earth to take our sins away and cleanse us from worldly things. God's mission is to have a relationship with us. There are more than one answers to this question but I think that his main mission is to make disciples out of us and to have a deep relationship with us. God wants us to be able to go with him for ANYTHING and it not be awkward. He doesn't want us to look at him like someone who we can't be ourselves around. He isn't going to judge us because he loves us no matter what. He will forgive us for our sins, AKA redemption. He is such a forgiving God and I thank him for that so much because we would all be in so much trouble if he wasn't so forgiving and didn't give us so much mercy. Lastly, he has reconciliation. Reconciliation requires us ti live out his word and have a friendship with God to some extent.
3. This section was my favorite part of all. God blesses us so that we can bless others. It's as simple as that. He gives us money and a house and food so that we can go and bless others by serving food to the homeless, donating to a charity etc. I also think that somethings that happen in our life that are not positive can also be a blessing. Whatever it may be, it happened for a reason and we need to take advantage of it so that we can help other people who are going through the same thing as we are and lead them to Christ so that they can give it all to him. He doesn't give us blessings just so we can have fun and have a good time. There isn't really much to say other than if you are given something so great and wonderful, dont be selfish, share it with others, even if it is only by words and your heart. Sometimes the best thing that can ever be given is love.
4. God wants us to participate in his kingdom with him. The reason we are a part of his kingdom is so that he can use us to expand his kingdom. As Christians, we are called to Earth to us our life as a mission and to mission to others. Even if its just sharing the word of Christ because that is mainly all he wants. When we simply tell someone hey, you know that God loves you so much and he sent his son just so you could have a great life, you are sharing the most important thing about God. If anything he wants everyone to know his love for you. So overall, we are called to expand his kingdom that is here right now on the earth. We are in his kingdom now. His kingdom is based around LOVE.
5. Spiritual warfare is tough and really confusing. I still don't fully understand all about this warfare but its just terrible. To me, it seems that Satan is getting everyone sick and tempting us to get back at God for taking away his power. It is weird to think that God's kingdom is spreading while Satan is taking over too. When God heals and brings someone else to Christ, he is taking back land that was once taken from him by Satan. Satan cant create so he tries to ruin everything that is tempting or is "easy" for him to ruin. Every bad thought, every sickness, everything that is bad is a curse from Satan. Some people think that it is from God because something good comes out of it but I think that is God just beating Satan and working his miracles through him. So all in all, God's kingdom grows through Satan whenever God defeats him.
1. The whole Bible is one story. The Bible is a meta-narrative, which is one big story with smaller stories throughout. There is always a protagonist, antagonist, rising tension, climax, and falling tension and the resolution. This story is the story by which we understand what the meaning of our lives is and how we are going to live it out. The protagonist is God, the antagonist is Satan, the rising tension could be seen as the fall of man to the serpent, the climax is the resting day for God after he made his creation. The falling tension could be the rejection of his word from his followers and the resolution is the judgment day when God comes to earth and judges us.
2. Throughout the Bible, God's purpose is mentioned and explained so many times. I like to think of his purpose more as his mission because his purpose was to send his one and only son down to earth to take our sins away and cleanse us from worldly things. God's mission is to have a relationship with us. There are more than one answers to this question but I think that his main mission is to make disciples out of us and to have a deep relationship with us. God wants us to be able to go with him for ANYTHING and it not be awkward. He doesn't want us to look at him like someone who we can't be ourselves around. He isn't going to judge us because he loves us no matter what. He will forgive us for our sins, AKA redemption. He is such a forgiving God and I thank him for that so much because we would all be in so much trouble if he wasn't so forgiving and didn't give us so much mercy. Lastly, he has reconciliation. Reconciliation requires us ti live out his word and have a friendship with God to some extent.
3. This section was my favorite part of all. God blesses us so that we can bless others. It's as simple as that. He gives us money and a house and food so that we can go and bless others by serving food to the homeless, donating to a charity etc. I also think that somethings that happen in our life that are not positive can also be a blessing. Whatever it may be, it happened for a reason and we need to take advantage of it so that we can help other people who are going through the same thing as we are and lead them to Christ so that they can give it all to him. He doesn't give us blessings just so we can have fun and have a good time. There isn't really much to say other than if you are given something so great and wonderful, dont be selfish, share it with others, even if it is only by words and your heart. Sometimes the best thing that can ever be given is love.
4. God wants us to participate in his kingdom with him. The reason we are a part of his kingdom is so that he can use us to expand his kingdom. As Christians, we are called to Earth to us our life as a mission and to mission to others. Even if its just sharing the word of Christ because that is mainly all he wants. When we simply tell someone hey, you know that God loves you so much and he sent his son just so you could have a great life, you are sharing the most important thing about God. If anything he wants everyone to know his love for you. So overall, we are called to expand his kingdom that is here right now on the earth. We are in his kingdom now. His kingdom is based around LOVE.
5. Spiritual warfare is tough and really confusing. I still don't fully understand all about this warfare but its just terrible. To me, it seems that Satan is getting everyone sick and tempting us to get back at God for taking away his power. It is weird to think that God's kingdom is spreading while Satan is taking over too. When God heals and brings someone else to Christ, he is taking back land that was once taken from him by Satan. Satan cant create so he tries to ruin everything that is tempting or is "easy" for him to ruin. Every bad thought, every sickness, everything that is bad is a curse from Satan. Some people think that it is from God because something good comes out of it but I think that is God just beating Satan and working his miracles through him. So all in all, God's kingdom grows through Satan whenever God defeats him.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Let the Nations Be Glad!
So I really enjoyed last class! I liked going to the chapel to read this paper because it makes everything more interesting instead of just reading in the room.
This paper that we read was about worship and missions--hmm figures? haha oh well :)
Any who, I guess I will talk about my favorite part of this article. My favorite part or parts was when he was talking about how God is calling us to be a person whose theme and passion is how great God is. I really like this because I think that we all need to hear that because it gets confusing sometimes and its great reassurance. God is calling us to worship him because not everyone can be a missionary. But, before you become a missionary you have to worship too because that is most important. Without worship you wouldn't feel the power of Christ dwelling inside you and you wouldn't see his strengths so your mission ambition would not be so successful. I also like the first paragraph. It talks about how missions will eventually end. A missionary cant be one forever. Eventually their time will come when they have to stop but the one thing that never stops is worship. You can never escape worship or ever be too old or whatever the reason is. It will always be there. This article also talks a lot about the church and how the church views missions and worship. Well the goal of the church isn't missions so it has to be worship. But that does make since. So overall, you have to love Christ and want to worship him and have a strong relationship with him before you pursue missions.
Until next time...
Alexa :)
This paper that we read was about worship and missions--hmm figures? haha oh well :)
Any who, I guess I will talk about my favorite part of this article. My favorite part or parts was when he was talking about how God is calling us to be a person whose theme and passion is how great God is. I really like this because I think that we all need to hear that because it gets confusing sometimes and its great reassurance. God is calling us to worship him because not everyone can be a missionary. But, before you become a missionary you have to worship too because that is most important. Without worship you wouldn't feel the power of Christ dwelling inside you and you wouldn't see his strengths so your mission ambition would not be so successful. I also like the first paragraph. It talks about how missions will eventually end. A missionary cant be one forever. Eventually their time will come when they have to stop but the one thing that never stops is worship. You can never escape worship or ever be too old or whatever the reason is. It will always be there. This article also talks a lot about the church and how the church views missions and worship. Well the goal of the church isn't missions so it has to be worship. But that does make since. So overall, you have to love Christ and want to worship him and have a strong relationship with him before you pursue missions.
Until next time...
Alexa :)
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