BTLN UPDATE

Congrats Luke! First Btln 3739 career Helmet for Luke! Luke is the second grade seven this year to win the Helmet! Tristan started in the middle for Bulldog and he started by taking out Maxwell, GeRRald, Austin and Nate. After taking out the favourites for Winston, T-Square took the rest of the bigger guys out leaving the grade sevens. Luke survived the last round winning his first Helmet!

This week we played Stickball 2.0 for the second time ever. In the first inning Ben's team made it look easy scoring seven runs and jumping out to an early lead. Zach's team struggled early only scoring two runs total in the first two innings.  GeRRald's team was close after the second and Zach's team had a fourth inning rally but ultimately it was Jake's team lead by T-Square that would take the win!

Stickball final scores 

Jake's Team - 14

Ben's Team - 12

Zach's Team - 11

GeRRald's Team - 7 

This week we looked at Daniel as we continued our series "The History of the World" or "His Story".

(Daniel 6:1-28)

Daniel 6:1-5  It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”

Daniel sets himself so far apart from the rest of the leaders in Darius' kingdom that Darius put him in charge of the whole kingdom! Because Daniel also did his best to follow God, God used Daniel to influence King Darius who was the most powerful man in the world!

Daniel 6:25-27  Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations and men of every language throughout the land: “May you prosper greatly! “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end. He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”

Looking back at some of the stories we have looked at this year it is interesting to see that God was able to take men that were in jail, were exiles and sentenced to death and put them into positions of influence. What else did these men have in common? They were all doing there best to serve God! God is looking for men that are willing to serve him like Daniel, Joseph, Moses, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego! God also has a plan for your life! If you are willing to serve God with your whole heart he will use you in some amazing ways just like he did with Daniel!

Daniel 4:17 “‘The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men.’

Next week is the 18th Btln 3739 Ping Pong Tourney!

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