Kenny Hibbard

If you are not a fan of the National Football League…then you might not know that QB Tim Tebow was traded today to the New York Jets. The former Denver Broncos QB was traded because the Broncos signed Peyton Manning as their new QB!

Leave it up to GOD to strategically place one of the most popular and publicly devoted Christians in the largest city in American and the media capital of the WORLD! I am not sure why this humble, but, incredibly competitive kid from Jacksonville Florida……has caught the world by storm because of his Christian values.  He is loved and hated by many because of his faith.  However, I do know that over the last few years millions of people have searched the web to find out about his faith. Open expressions of prayer (Tebowing) got people talking about their own faith or lack thereof. Moreover, millions of dollars have been funneled to Christian orphanages, hospitals and schools in third world countries directly because of Tim Tebow’s public Christian passion and purposeful mission that only uses football as a platform.

Are you a little skeptical?  Not sure god really cares about the publicity of QB…..

If you don’t think God can strategically guide a person with this much positive Christian influence and place them in highly influential position…..then you should go read the story of Esther, Moses, Joesph, David and other biblical characters.  He did it then, has done it forever………..and could be doing it again.

What does this say about Denver?

Probably nothing.... However, this Sunday we will be continuing our Game Of Thrones message series and will look at peculiar story from the life of David….. Here is a little fun clip from this coming Sunday:

1 Samuel 26:9-11

⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless? ¹⁰ As surely as the LORD lives,” he said, “the LORD himself will strike him; either his time will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. ¹¹ But the LORD forbid that I should lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed!

What an amazing thing to see RIGHT NOW on our church campus: 25 kids, 3rd – 5th grade, getting ready to have a short Bible Devotion and then go running. This new group is being led by Clint Newton and Renee Murphy! This is a creative ministry that starts kids off slow and according to their personal ability…but challenges them to be able to run/walk a complete 5k by the end of the spring!

They will be training their physical bodies while they train their spiritual body too! This group is designed to get kids off the couch and away from the TV and Computer!  We want to get them outside having fun while growing in their faith and being more physically fit!

I love this about Team Church! We minister to adults, teenagers and kids and help them grow in their faith in very creative ways! We believe that church is more than just a weekend experience! Being fully-devoted to God is an everyday deal! Moreover, leading all people to full-devotion means we have ministries that are more than just weekend services. This is never more true than when we are trying to lead kids and teenagers!

Great Job….”Kids On The Run!”

1 Samuel 8

¹ As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. ² Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba. ³ But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.

⁴ Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. ⁵ “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

⁶ Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the LORD for guidance. ⁷ “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer. ⁸ Ever since I brought them from Egypt they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment. ⁹ Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”

¹⁰ So Samuel passed on the LORD’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king. ¹¹ “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots. ¹² Some will be generals and captains in his army, some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment. ¹³ The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him. ¹⁴ He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials. ¹⁵ He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants. ¹⁶ He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle and donkeys for his own use. ¹⁷ He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves. ¹⁸ When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”

¹⁹ But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. ²⁰ “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”

²¹ So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said, ²² and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.

This will be a series like never before! See you Sunday!