The Tennis Missionary Daily Verse Blog

The Tennis Missionary Daily Verse Blog http://dailyverse.multiply.com/ The Verse and message was started in 1998 and sent via email by Pastor Bob Kraft to pro tour tennis players as a source of information and encouragement. The Tennis Missionary Weekly Verse Blog was started October 22, 2007. (please note that the advertising ad on the right is put on this site by Multiply.com and we no control over this. We do not endorse any ad listed.) Mon, 12 May 2008 06:11:28 -0000 Fri, 2 May 2008 15:08:53 -0000 The Tennis Missionary Daily Verse Blog http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/logo http://dailyverse.multiply.com 100 100 ENJOY LIFE WITH YOUR WIFE [AND YOUR HUSBAND], WHOM YOU LOVE <IMG class=alignleft style="WIDTH: 87px; HEIGHT: 124px" height=129 src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:YBH0lYLcA1MUCM:http://dallasweddings.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/wedding-ring.jpg" width=87 border=0>The pro tennis tour, including both men's and women's, has fewer than five players who are married and spend time traveling with their wife and children. The tennis tour ministry that I am involved with includes education of what goes into a good and meaningful, long-lasting relationship and the ability to make a commitment that includes a marriage with a spouse of the opposite sex.  Once you accept this responsibility, it is very difficult to have a solid relationship if your spouse and/or children are separated from you for long periods of time. As I Christian (or, a human being) God should be first in your life.   Then the question is, what comes second?  Your marriage or your tennis.  A person may do anything, but not all actions are good for you.(<A href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%206:12&version=31">1 Corinthians 6:12</A>)  As a Christian player, you need to know what the Bible teaches about "what a spouse is" and what each others joint responsibilities are. (<A href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20corinthians%207;&version=31;">1 Corinthians 7</A>) If it is tennis as your choice, th... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/64/ENJOY_LIFE_WITH_YOUR_WIFE_AND_YOUR_HUSBAND_WHOM_YOU_LOVE Fri, 2 May 2008 15:08:53 -0000 Weekly Verse - May 12, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBsq7woKCnwAAFxNhHw1/dailyverse.gif?et=GMeG4E4hAo1eubMDB2JQxA&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY:  (Tournaments this week: ATP - <a href="http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?ci=us-atpclick&cg=ptnm&tu=http://www.atptennis.com/en/tournaments/profile/414.asp">Hamburg</a> WTA - <a href="http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?ci=us-atpclick&cg=ptnw&tu=http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.it">Rome</a>)  Remember those in prison... as if you yourselves were suffering. - Hebrews 13:3 I've spent time praying for people under persecution in difficult nations. How about you? TUESDAY:  His (Satan) time is short. - Revelation 12:12 There's a battle going on for the soul of nations, because satan knows his time is short. WEDNESDAY:  When you do it for them you do it for Him (Jesus) too! - Matthew 25:40 Please remember to pray for those in prison as if you yourselves were suffering. THURSDAY:  From one man He (God) made every nation. - Acts 17:26 Think of the indignity of having been forced to ride in the back of a bus, drink from a separate water fountain, and refused the right to attend college because of the color of your skin! The Bible says we all came from the same family. FRIDAY:  It is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile...But God has shown me that I should not call any man im... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/63/Weekly_Verse_-_May_12_2008_ Fri, 2 May 2008 14:55:00 -0000 Finishing Strong, Retired players - French Open <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:S9k3RRY-beoGSM:http://www.tennisrackets.tv/wp-content/uploads/Image/tennisrackets/2007/may-june/wood-tennis-rackets.jpg" border="0">I just found out that several players are not going to be at the upcoming Grand Slam events after having played for more than three decades at these events, most recently in the senior and invitational doubles. They all have one thing in common each winning a Grand Slam Championship (Australian, French, Wimbledon or US Opens) and often more than one in their era.  <img class="alignright" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZSNAxo75Mfib5M:http://www.sportingcollectibles.com/Asportsmem/as11440.jpg" border="0">This is a group that would sit around and graciously include me as we talked about our families, our children, our histories and our life's journeys.  We have done this for quite a few years now at Grand Slams and I am especially fond of remembering the table in the French Open players lounge that we would sit at until 7-8pm just talking.  Some were Christians and some were not, but we always got along wonderfully.  I am so thankful that God allowed me to get to know you and it is an honor and privilege to know each of you. I will miss you guys. I will miss our companionship. I will our stori... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/62/Finishing_Strong_Retired_players_-_French_Open Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:59:01 -0000 Weekly Verse - May 5, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBakCgoKCnwAABuJy@I1/dailyverse.gif?et=hPPvC49gryHS%2Cdzdp%2CikyA&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY: (Tournaments this week: ATP - <a target="_blank" href="http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?ci=us-atpclick&cg=ptnm&tu=http://www.internazionalibnlditalia.it/1/default.asp">Rome</a>, WTA - <a target="_blank" href="http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/b?ci=us-atpclick&cg=ptnw&tu=http://www.german-open.org">Berlin</a>) I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ. - Philippians 4:13 Pray and praise God till every door is opened!  Give it all you’ve got and keep pressing on! TUESDAY:  Set at liberty them that are bound. - Luke 4:18 Bound by what? By past mistakes, by wrong teaching, by physical, emotional, or mental handicaps. I don’t care how bad your past may have been; your future is worth believing in and fighting for. WEDNESDAY:  The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children, you are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. -  Psalm 115:12-15 God had given you everything you have, and make sure you share it generously. THURSDAY:  You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion. - 2 Corinthians 9:11 The Bible teaches that God wants to put us in to a position to help. So please, let’s get rid of our uneasiness when it comes to the subject o... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/61/Weekly_Verse_-_May_5_2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:52:08 -0000 A Champions credentials. Your request. <IMG class=alignleft src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:pRT9z9Dp8lh7aM:http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/70/sportsfx0.jpg" border=0>Four ways that a person who is not a pro tennis player in an actual tournament gets in to the area where the players relax and prepare for matches.  1.  Be a former Champion of the tournament.  2.  Be a guest of a player playing or guest of a former champion.  3.  Coach a player.  4. Tournament guest VIP. <IMG class=alignright src="http://www.vkm.org/images/credentials.jpg" border=0>I really respect that a player playing has achieved the designation of worlds top level.  Certainly such a player is special and should be treated by all as such.  As a Pastor and a friend working with numerous players, I really am so thankful to God for that opportunity to help.  God also allows a Pastor to be respected and assisted. Please contact me if you are a player, former champion or an administrator would like to assist in any way for the French, Queens, Wimbledon, US, Hopman Cup, Sydney and Australian. http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/60/A_Champions_credentials._Your_request. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:36:48 -0000 Daily Verse - April 28, 2008 <IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBYAkQoKCnwAABWfTY01/dailyverse.gif?et=LJjMmc%2CwdVmovHQy2juJLw&nmid=" border=0>MONDAY:  Everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.  - Matthew 7:7 So many times we lose, when we could have won, because we were afraid to keep asking, to keep seeking, and to keep knocking. We just stood back and let somebody else take the risk and get the reward. TUESDAY:  I will rise and go to my Father. - Luke 15:18 God will go to great lengths to help you, but He can do nothing for you if you just lie there! WEDNESDAY:  We are God's...no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. - 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 When a child's adult role models let them down, point your children to Jesus. Tell them how He handled life, and what He had to say about the problems they'll face. THURSDAY:  For this reason was I (Jesus) born. - John18:37 Teach a child that they too were born for a special purpose and if they'll just walk with the Lord, He'll reveal it to them. That's success; anything ... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/59/Daily_Verse_-_April_28_2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:52:29 -0000 Weekly Verse - April 21, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAsl6QoKCnwAAGkZk@w1/dailyverse.gif?et=aGCBebwUZOZGEw3ny7v%2CBg&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY:  There is no other God who is able to deliver in this way. - Daniel 3:29 That's what the world is waiting for; somebody who'll 'put everything on the line,' and let the world see God's power. The question is - are you that person? TUESDAY:  Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?' Jesus answered, 'I tell you , not seven times, but seventy-seven times.'  - Matthew 18:21-22 Always allow others room to turn around. Everybody deserves a chance to change, so allow them to do so. When the pressure's on, things come to the surface in all of us and it's so easy to say the wrong thing, arrive at the wrong conclusion and make the wrong decision. Don't force others to live by their past, while you expect yours to be forgiven and forgotten. WEDNESDAY:   Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. - Matthew 5:7 When it comes to relationships, everybody makes m... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/58/Weekly_Verse_-_April_21_2008 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:06:07 -0000 French Open, Wimbledon, US Open outreach <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:h8vRMOWhdkDEGM:http://www.jbriankelly.com/arc-de-triomphe.JPG" border="0">French Open: * <Fans, Players, Coaches>  Fan outreach is planned for Saturday, May 31st and June 6th during the tournament with several Parisian churches at Porte d'Auteuil metro stop. Google <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+133+route+de+la+Reine+%C3%A0+Boulogne-Billancourt,+Paris,+France&jsv=107&sll=38.20518,-91.07875&sspn=0.008195,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=48.847625,2.254837&spn=0.006863,0.020084&t=h&z=16">Map</a> here.   This is the third year that this has taken place.  Everyone is welcome to join in as the fans are spoken to on their walk to the tournament.  No tournament tickets are required, just your willingness to speak to others about Christ.   See Photos from 2007 <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/tennisministry/Missionfrance/photo#5177535690911190674">here</a>. * <Fans, Paris Residents, Players, Coaches>  Reverend Bob Kraft gives a June 1st message at <a href="http://www.ccpj.fr/">Communaute Chretieanne du Point du Jour Church</a>; a short ten minute walk from the tournament site.  Google <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=+133+route+de+la+Reine+%C3%A0+Boulogne-Billancourt,+Paris,+France&jsv=107&sll=38.20518,-91.07875&sspn=0.008195,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=48.840204,2.256145&spn=0.054909,0.160675&z=13&iwloc=addr">Map</a> here. * <Players, Coaches>  Interested players at the tournament will receive a free <a href="http://www.churchsupplier.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/wwjd.html">WWJD bracelet</a>.  * <Fans, Players, Coaches>  May 24th <a href="http://www.gmfj.org/pages/home.htm">'March for Jesus</a>' takes place in the Paris city centre.  This involves thousands... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/57/French_Open_Wimbledon_US_Open_outreach Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:37:59 -0000 Commitment - are you going in circles? <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:mFWcFf4x3x0kbM:http://www.timeout" border="0">If I could pick one word to describe commitment, I'd pick the word: alone.  No other person can make YOUR commitment for you, except YOU.  No parent, no coach, no mentor. It can be a lonely road, especially without the presence of God. Friends fall away.  Co-workers come and go.  But you remain the same...committed to YOUR cause.  You believe, others doubt.  You work, others play.  You cry, others laugh. You sacrifice and others reap. In the Bible it states in the Old Testament that Daniel dined and prayed alone. Elijah sacrificed and witnessed alone.  Jeremiah prophesied and wept alone.  David went out to meet Goliath alone.  And in the New Testament, Paul said, "all men forsook me...Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthened me. (2 Timothy 4:16-17).  When God decides to deal with you, He'll get you alone.  In the Old Testament, Jacob was "LEFT".  "And Jacob was left alone." (Genesis 32:24). My six ye... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/56/Commitment_-_are_you_going_in_circles Tue, 8 Apr 2008 06:17:07 -0000 Weekly Verse April 14, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-sMdAoKCnwAAHOpb8k1/dailyverse.gif?et=LrCGQ%2BYwzCj0bkss2MOogQ&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY:  Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:2 You'll never be more like Jesus than when you accept people as they are, refusing to give up on them because you know what God's grace can do in their lives. TUESDAY:  For you shall forget your misery; you shall remember it as waters that pass away. And your life shall be clearer than the noonday...You shall lie down and none shall make you afraid. - Job 11:16-19 Can the pain of the past ever be forgotten? Yes! You can take the misery out of the memory, like you'd pull the stinger out of an insect bite, then healing will begin immediately. WEDNESDAY:  Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. - Psalm 30:5 Rise up and take authority over every memory that keeps you linked to the past. Let the peace and the anointing of God heal the scars, break the chains that bind you and set you totally free. THURSDAY:  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdo... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/55/Weekly_Verse_April_14_2008 Tue, 8 Apr 2008 06:11:14 -0000 Smashing. - The Love of Christ. <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:mtAnc7t9rp2pQM:http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Coulter/Stunts/scans/stunts13.jpg" border="0">I often tell others on the tennis tour, that we have a lot more in common as human beings than we have differences. Nothing brings me greater sadness than to see a person who criticizes another harshly, accusatively, and threateningly.  It is just not necessary.  I became a follower of Christ because I saw kind people who were Christians not doing that.  I am 'right' and 'you are wrong' mentality goes no where except towards tearing down. But this is not the same thing as 'the Bible is right and I/you are wrong.  If tearing down is the action of a Christian why would anyone want to be a Christian, but on the other-hand if building up is the action of a Christian, many want to believe. Care for other people and be kind to them.  The Bible states: "(Jesus  speaking)  A new command I give you: Love one another.  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one a... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/54/Smashing._-_The_Love_of_Christ. Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:07:30 -0000 Weekly Verse April 7, 2008 <IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-I43QoKCnwAAAZV8y81/dailyverse.gif?et=ZDbBkyic0rfyuj2BSJb2UQ&nmid=" border=0>MONDAY:  For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for My (Christ) sake, he is the one who will save it. - Luke 9:24 The only safe place to be today is in His will! TUESDAY:  But I know, that even now, what so ever you ask of God, God will give it to you. - John 11:22 God has the power to raise you up again. You may have been married and divorced; be struggling with habits; be living in a prison or a penthouse; be black or white, gay or straight; it doesn't matter. All you have to do is open your heart to Jesus today. WEDNESDAY:  I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection. - John 11:24 you need to know your rights, your privileges and your authority in Christ - right now. When you do, your life will change radically. THURSDAY:  And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. - Hebrews 10:24 All around you today are people with genuine needs, who feel unloved and unwanted. Share with them what you'v... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/53/Weekly_Verse_April_7_2008 Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:00:54 -0000 "Does it make sense to believe in miracles?" <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:jNXVEviSnNk8jM:http://greglee.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/miracles.gif" border="0">I have often prayed with tennis players and their families.  I go to a <a href="http://www.elimchurch.org/questcms/main/main.php">church</a> that believes in miracles and prays as if they believe "<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=19&verse=26&version=31&context=verse">that all things are possible with God</a>".  I can think back to instances of my own prayers for others such as knowing the person had cancer and then passed away within a year; passing away suddenly within a few months from cancer; undergoing chemotherapy for cancer; and another in the later stages of <a href="http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_ABOUT_what_is_ms">Multiple Sclerosis</a>. But on the other hand, my own mother was healed of cancer and a lifelong illness after our prayer together and that is the greatest miracle that I personally know first hand. What I do know about miracles is that I have met thousands of people that have been totally and significantly changed as the person accepted 'Christ' as their personal Saviour.  I have experienced many events in my life that I know were miracles to me personally.  Several times I have gone to a Grand Slam tennis event and could hardly walk for... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/52/Does_it_make_sense_to_believe_in_miracles_ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:05:44 -0000 Weekly Verse - March 31, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R@kENwoKCnwAAEYozyI1/dailyverse.gif?et=1ADEgC8URtfLKlM0%2BH2x8A&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY:  For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again. - Proverbs 24:16 Failure is not final.  Turn failure into your teacher and your greatest defeats into learning experiences. TUESDAY:  The steps of a good man are directed by the Lord. He delights in each step they take. If they fall it isn't fatal, for the Lord holds them with his hand. - Psalm 37:23,24 Some of the world's greatest successes were once labelled failures.  The only 'up and down' that you should know is getting down to pray, then getting up in the strength of the Lord to go out and win. WEDNESDAY:  He (God) hath sent Me (Christ) to heal the brokenhearted...to set at liberty them that are bruised. - Luke 4:18 in the Bible, Tamar was King David's daughter. She was also a rape victim. If you're like her, Jesus said He came to heal the brokenhearted and to set at liberty them that are bruised.  Through His (Christ's) blood, you'll recover the loss you've suffered at the hands o... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Weekly_Verse_-_March_31_2008 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:55:33 -0000 Amazing Grace History/"Amazing Grace" By Wintley Phipps The most watched Gospel video on Youtube. http://dailyverse.multiply.com/video/item/78/Amazing_Grace_HistoryAmazing_Grace_By_Wintley_Phipps Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:41:58 -0000 Defining moments in ones life. <IMG class=alignleft src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Hx5UhReRY28-ZM:http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/09/19/suicide_6697.jpg" border=0>All athletes go through issues in their lives, as all others do.  Issues such as suicidal thoughts, eating disorders, alcohol and drug abuse, addictions such as gambling or sexual promiscuity, the breakdown of close family relationships and divorce are just a few areas that the youth of today face in increasing measure. These are what I call defining moments in a person's life.  Issues such as these are destructive and can be fatal; they need to be dealt with before a person can start to move forward in life.  Once acknowledged and discussed, the healing process can begin.  For an athlete, these issues impact the ability to have sustainable peak performance in sports.  It is often overlooked that the emotional makeup of a person is part of what makes them human beings with feelings. Sport psychologists tend to focus on achieving peak performances totally related to sports activities.  Psychologists tend to focus on mental and emotional issues unrelated to sp... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/49/Defining_moments_in_ones_life. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:02:54 -0000 Weekly Verse - March 24, 2008 <img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R@CrLAoKCnwAAETpKpI1/dailyverse.gif?et=myENNPPckgwcZkoUUSaxeg&nmid=" border="0">MONDAY:  Your (God's) people shall be willing in the day of Your power. - Psalm 110:3 When God is truly at work in your life, you'll find yourself willing to go and willing to give more than ever. It won't be a struggle, it'll be a delight. TUESDAY:  And Moses spoke to all the congregation...saying...Take from among you an offering to the Lord: who is of a willing heart let him bring it...and they came. - Exodus 35:4,5,21 At the building of the tabernacle, the people brought so much that Moses had to tell them to stop. WEDNESDAY:  Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. - Matthew 7:7 I wonder how many problems you have given up on just because somebody told you, "There's no solution"? THURSDAY:  I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. - Philippians 4:13 The important thing to remember is that when you fail - 'fail forward.'FRIDAY:  A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word ... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/48/Weekly_Verse_-_March_24_2008 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:52:51 -0000 Celebrating our 10,000th site visitor. <img class="alignleft" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:wtpbxjTAT33joM:http://www.nimbus.info/i/image_library/visitor_growth_graph.jpg" border="0">I am so thankful to the precious souls who have visited the websites.   And I am thankful to the partners who have helped out throughout the years.  Now would be a good time for us all to take a look and celebrate together. On March 11th, 2008 the website (<a href="http://www.tennisministry.org/" eudora="autourl">www.tennisministry.org</a>) passed its 10,000th individual site visitor since October 26, 2006. The site was set up in 1998 and a visitor counter began in 2006. The top ten nations/cities with the number of individuals reading the site... Nations - USA: 4,776; China 1,910; United Kingdom 513; Australia 394; India 242; France 208; Canada 193; Cote D'Ivoire 134; Philippines 92 Cities - Hong Kong 845; Beijing 388; Washington DC 168; Los Angles 63; Houston 61; London 60; Sydney 58; New York 40; Paris, Hyderabad 39 each The 10/40 countries... China 1,910; India 242, Pakistan 90; Thailand 22; Israel 17; Malta 15; United Arab Emirates 14; Turkey 11; Iran, Vietnam 9 each; Saudi Arabia, Senegal 8 each; Indonesia 7; Cyprus 6; Oman,... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/47/Celebrating_our_10000th_site_visitor. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:23:55 -0000 Weekly Verse - March 17, 2008 <a href="http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R9jCSgoKCnwAAEaEEMQ1/dailyverse.gif?et=faJ5qJAnkvVGn80Bk2xofA&nmid=" border="0">Read the Verse archive click here.</a> MONDAY:  Able to do exceeding abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us. - Ephesians 3:20 Ask God to give you a vision of who you are. Then ask Him to show you who He is. TUESDAY:  Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you. - Genesis 13:14-15 If you can 'see it' God will give it to you. He didn't say it would be easy or cheap, but if you're willing to pay the price, it can be yours! WEDNESDAY:  But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself.  - Acts 20:24 Why do some people with huge problems whistle through life, while others with smaller problems are constantly in despair? Because your problem is not your problem - your attitude is! THURSDAY:  We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck d... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/46/Weekly_Verse_-_March_17_2008 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:01:56 -0000 Walk in my shoes. - Step 3 <IMG class=alignleft src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ORwl79RgCPnBaM:http://www.prairieisland.org/Moccasins.gif&nmid=84141710" border=0>The others that we meet do not have the same background as ourselves.  Many pro tour tennis players are from the countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Latvia, Belarus, Slovakia, China, Czech Republic, Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, India, Morocco, South Africa, Colombia, Brazil, Chile and on and on..).  They are not just people who have a different story but a unique culture, language and family situation.  There is an old American Indian saying, "Before I judge a man, let me first walk a mile in his moccasins (shoes)." Many players have come through some very difficult circumstances to get to where they are (the top of the tennis world).  Can you imagine getting to the top any profession with little or no support from others except your parents.  This includes but is not limited to:  Finances - to travel (and yes, they were often hungry), visas (to this day, they have difficulty with traveling and perhaps even have to p... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/45/Walk_in_my_shoes._-_Step_3 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:44:45 -0000 Daily Verse - March 3, 2008 <IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.dailyverse.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R8eIFwoKCnwAABV-XH41/dailyverse.gif?et=HbBGtfIbpukQ7oiJoYquuw&nmid=" border=0>MONDAY:  A very present help. - Psalm 46:1 There's only one way to overcome your past: learn from it. Let the very thing that others thought would destroy you, develop you into the person God has called you to be. TUESDAY:  There is an appointed time for everything. - Ecclesiastes 3:1 Time management is not hyperventilating with calendars and stopwatches. It's learning how precious one hour is. WEDNESDAY:  My (Christ) yoke is easy. - Matthew 11:30 You always have enough time to do all that God wants you to do. If you don't, you're involved in things He never gave you to do. Get rid of them! THURSDAY:  Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I (God) am doing a new thing! - Isaiah 43:18-19 It's dangerous to assume that you'll keep getting from life only what you've got before. God has wonderful ways of giving back purpose and meaning to our lives when we've lost it. FRIDAY:  Allow me not to leave you or to return from following after you: for were you g... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/journal/item/44/Daily_Verse_-_March_3_2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:12:45 -0000 The Vice of Gambling Excerpts from Tom Streeter sermon, Pastor of Zionsville Fellowship, Zionsville, Indiana: At the end of this excerpt is the play or download link: All civilized societies have considered gambling a vice. Vice stands opposite of virtue. The Bible promotes the virtues of industry, thrift, wise investment and patience. All of which are undermined by the vice of gambling. They are replaced by what the Bible says are deadly sins of greed, lust, sloth and immediate gratification. Not only is gambling a practice considered a practice opposite of Biblical teaching. Ancient philosophers and teachers have warned that is has damaging effects at both the community and individual levels. And modern studies on the gaming industry show that this is exactly true. Domestic abuse, bankruptcy, divorce, alcoholism, community breakdown, increased poverty, addiction. All can be linked to gambling. Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his own property. Crimes are those a... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/music/item/9/The_Vice_of_Gambling Wed, 9 Jan 2008 06:53:24 -0000 MUSIC: Don Mohn -"God Will Make A Way" (lyrics) God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength For each new day He will make a way He will make a way By a roadway in the wilderness You lead me And rivers in the desert will I see Heaven and earth will fade But His Word will still remain He will do something new http://dailyverse.multiply.com/video/item/77/MUSIC_Don_Mohn_-God_Will_Make_A_Way_lyrics Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:18:54 -0000 MUSIC: Don Moen - "Give Thanks" (lyrics) Give thanks with A greatful heart Give thanks to the Holy One Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ His Son And now let the weak Say I am strong Let the poor Say I am rich Because of what the Lord has done for http://dailyverse.multiply.com/video/item/76/MUSIC_Don_Moen_-_Give_Thanks_lyrics Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:15:06 -0000 MUSIC: Matt Redman - "Blessed be the Name" (lyrics) Blessed Be Your Name In the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed Be Your name When I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed Be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's 'all as it should be' Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Bles... http://dailyverse.multiply.com/video/item/75/MUSIC_Matt_Redman_-_Blessed_be_the_Name_lyrics Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:10:04 -0000 MUSIC: Michael Card - "Joy In The Journey" (lyrics) There is a joy in the journey There's a light we can love on the way There is a wonder and wildness to life And freedom for those who obey And all those who seek it shall find it A pardon for all who believe Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind To all who've been born in the Spirit And who share incarnation with Him Who belong to eternity stranded in time And weary of struggling with sin Forget not the hope that's before you And never stop counting the cost Remember the hopelessness when you were lost There is a joy in the journey There's a light we can love on the way There is a wonder and wildness to life And freedom for those who obey And freedom for those who http://dailyverse.multiply.com/video/item/74/MUSIC_Michael_Card_-_Joy_In_The_Journey_lyrics Mon, 3 Dec 2007 04:03:44 -0000