Congrats Nate! This is the second Helmet of the Btln Season for Nate!(And the third of Nate's Btln career!)
This week was Mike Night at Battalion! Mike is always fun but this week it was amazing! (It was Bent's first time playing Mike with four teams!) Three of the four teams took turns with the lead throughout the night. Bent's team came up empty the first two rounds falling behind early. Zach opened up a big lead early but was eventually caught by Jake's team. The surprise? Bent's team battled back from a double digit deficit to finish second!
Mike Final Scores
Jake's Team - 36
Bent's Team - 35
Jason's Team - 30
Zach's Team - 30
This week Zach (Btln 3739 Sarge 12) took the lead in the Bible Study! We looked at Joshua and the crossing of the Jordan in our continuing series "The History of the World" or "His Story".
(Joshua 3:1-17)
Zach talked about how the Israelites were commanded to follow the Ark of the Covenant which was the symbol of God's presence among them. They were supposed to follow the Ark but were supposed to keep their distance (1000 feet) to show that they respected God's Holiness.
Joshua 3:1-4 Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. After three days the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about a thousand yards between you and the ark; do not go near it.”
We should also respect God's holiness, but God does not ask us to keep our distance anymore!
Hebrews 4:14-16 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Zach told us that we need to follow God like the Israeliters followed the Ark into the Jordan river. We need to follow God because like the Israelites we don't know which way to go without God's direction!
Zach also told us that we need to put others first just like the priests who waited in the middle of the Jordan for the entire Israelite Nation to cross.
Joshua 3:17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
One passage that Zach shared wraps up this weeks study.
Matthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
This week we also had the draw for the iPod! There were about seven or eight guys that saw 71,000 visitor's here on the blog. All the names went into the draw and Rik Brown was our winner! Congrats Rik!
Next week is the 18th Battalion 3739 Olympics! Make sure that you are early!
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