Author: Dave Miers

During this World Cup I have been very disciplined in getting up to watch the soccer at 5am in the morning… hits has been particularly impressive on the nights where I’ve watched a game the night before (therefore getting 3 hours sleep!). This morning was difficult to get up… yet I still did.

Statement: we make time for what’s important.

I am convinced that reading the Bible is of infinite more worth than watching a football match… yet my discipline in getting up to read the Bible is lacking. Are you ever like this?? You make time for the menial (soccer, The Simpsons, cleaning your teeth) but neglect that which is more important…

Last night at growth group we again prayed for a group at the World Cup (as well as Botswana and a family from church going there for a couple of years). This week’s group: GROUP G. We prayed for SPAIN that the gospel would go forth in the midst of rampant secularism and also for a missionary family that we know of. For the UKRAINE we prayed for CCX (their ifes group) and that uni students would continue to be trained to lead that country into truth. TUNISIA has only 200 or so Christians! We prayed that God would sustain them, that they’d be able to keep meeting with one another, and that God would give them boldness to reach out to family and friends. SAUDI ARABIA is a significant country in the Islamic world. We prayed that the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection would bring about massive change to the country.

giddy up!

We had REVIVE on the Poddy on Friday night. They were pretty cool guests and this was a pretty cool episode. Find out about it here… download it directly here… or subscribe with iTunes here…
Grace out.

Better Reception
I’ve been watching SBS on a below perfect reception. A friend helped me last night to set up the TV so it has the second best possible reception (being there is probably #1)

The Timing
I like the fact that the games are on at 11pm, 2am & 5am. Althought it means I have less sleep, it doesn’t interfere with anything else! It would be difficult to get out of a scripture class to watch a football match… but when the only sacrifice is sleep I can go without for a few weeks.

African (& Asian?) Goalkeepers
For the last 4 World Cups I’ve noticed that goalkeepers from Africa (and maybe Asia?) more often than not wear long goal keeping pants. The South American and European keepers wear shorts.

This Post
I’ve watched at least one match each night. I wrote this in the early hours of Saturday morning… but fell asleep and didn’t ever post it… so here it is… (posted 5:58am Sunday morning during half-timeUSA vs Italy game… 2nd half has just started and a 3 player has just been sent off… now USA 9 players vs Italy 10 score 1-1.)

First and foremost the Bible is about God. Last term we studied 1 Samuel at night church and one of the things we spoke about often in growth group was how the Bible is primarily about God and not us. It changes the way that you read the Bible. Rather than looking for how a particular passage applies to ME, I’m firstly reading it to understand more about God: who he is and what he has done. Of course the Bible applies to us in many ways but if we read the Bible without any regard for the Author then we become the centre of the universe rather than Jesus.

I’m speaking at Christian school chapel service tomorrow. It’s a talk from our youth group camp last holidays entitled: IT’S NOT ABOUT ME – TURNING FROM THE IDOL OF SELF. I’m humbled to reflect over the material once again.

This is my next-door-neighbour’s cat Lilly. I hate cats… but I’m in love with Lilly! I’ve decided that she is my Guardian Angel-cat. There will be times when I won’t see her for weeks and then she will appear at a time when I’m pretty down. She calms me down and relaxes me.