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Hope all you guys have an awesome easter, hope you found Nick’s life inspiring, and what he’s able to do. I was reminded when we did the write your name with your feet thing, and how hard that was!

If you want to watch more check out you tube or his home page but here’s the vid we watched today:

So Jesus did a lot, its written in the bible at the end of John that “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.” so we’re certainly not going to over everything in this blog ;-)

But the two things we should remember is how he loved us.
1) He loved us in how he lived, he loved everybody, no matter who they were or what they did, and in doing us showed us the best way we should live.

2) He loved us so much he died for us.

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Sorry, forgot to update after we did this story, and I forgot what we talked about that week, haha, doh!

Anyway, it was veggie tales, it was funny, and it reminded us we can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

So last week we looked at Moses and the faith that his mother had in putting him in that basket, and that he had in going where God told him. God say he would do, but Moses had to go.

Ok, this is long, but I had to put all of it here, its one of my favourit parts in the bible, and it draws together all the characters we’ve been looking at so far:

He. 11:1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

He. 11:2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

He. 11:3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

He. 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

He. 11:17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,

He. 11:18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”

He. 11:19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

He. 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

He. 11:24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter

“God meant it for good”

The story of Joseph is one of the most encouraging in the bible, that no matter what we’re going through, who is hurting us, what we think isn’t fair how good or bad school is going, God loves us, and wants to bring us out of it. As paul says in Romans 8:28

And we know that in all things God works for the good of
those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. - Awesome!

Joseph interpets dreams and the impaled baker!

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Abraham brings about the story of God starting to establish his covenant and a chosen people. Originally this was the nation of Israel (another name of Abraham’s grandson Jacob), but extends to us as “sons of Abraham” through faith in Jesus.

Picture coming soon…

A few generations after Adam, comes Noah and the flood, and no one says this better than Morgan Freeman:

I’m going to start doing this the week after we discuss a topic, but for now I just have to catch up. This will help us see how all the stories fit together.

So our first story was that of Adam and Eve, with the key that through adam sin and death entered the world, but that Christ is the new Adam, in which forgiveness and life is avaliable to all.

12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. 13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. 14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. 15 But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ. 16 And the result of God’s gracious gift is very different from the result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation, but God’s free gift leads to our being made right with God, even though we are guilty of many sins. 17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.

18 Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. 19 Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.
Romans 5:12-20