The Super Bowl,2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

For the very first time the Super Bowl LVI and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics took place at the same time on February 8,2022. Although the Winter Olympics started on February 3,it was still going on during the Super Bowl and ended on February 20. Following this big event, the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games took place from March 4-13. These athletes showed a display of courage and hope that extends far beyond their physical disabilities. That no matter what their circumstances may be it will not stop them from training, being athletically fit, and competing to win gold.

"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."(2Cor.12:10, KJV)

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Watch the Olympics With Spiritual Eyes

The real Olympians

Will you be watching the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the largest international sporting event in the world? They begin today and close on Sunday, August 8, 2021.

The Summer Olympics were originally scheduled to take place in 2020. but it was postponed due to the pandemic.

These games have been going on for a very long time. The ancient games go back to the eighth century B.C. in Olympia, Greece. But the ancient games ended in 393 A. D., and there were no more games until the Modern Olympics began in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

When the New Testament of the Bible was written, the Ancient Olympic Games were going on simultaneously. The Greek culture and language were dominant, and they were deeply involved in athletics.

Therefore athletic allegories referring to these Olympic games are found throughout the New Testament.

Allegories are used to get a message across in comparison to something else.

When you want to draw a picture with words or to explain something better.

It’s like using something that everyone knows or understands to help get more insight into what they don’t know or understand.

Therefore the athletic competitions by the Greek Olympians provided the perfect allegories for the endurance, longevity, and persistence needed to finish the Christian race of faith.

For example, in the New Testament book of Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1, it says:

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” (Heb.12:1,KJV).

This verse is referring to how the athletes in the ancient games looked when they were performing. If they came to the games carrying packages or layers of clothing, you would not know it.

Because they put all of that away to run the race, they did not want anything that would weigh them down. Carrying heavy packages, wearing clothes that were too bulky, and trying to run simultaneously would only cause them to get tired faster and not finish the race.

Comparing the runners to the Christian life, this verse shows us that we have to do the same thing spiritually. We must lay down the heavy burdens and sin that is surrounding us. And put away anything that hinders our faith and wears us down.

So that we can live the Christian life with consistency and steadfastness, we have to be careful that we don’t allow people, circumstances, and problems to wear us out before we finish the Christian race.

So when you are watching the Olympic games, look at it with spiritual eyes so that you can receive spiritual insights as spiritual athletes.

There are so many comparisons in the Bible to the Olympic games and the Christian life that Christians must be the Real Olympians.

The Christian Olympics Marathon

For many years it has been the Olympic Games that had the attention of the whole world for two weeks. But the corona virus pandemic came on the scene front and center which was the knock out punch postponing the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics that were supposed to begin this Friday July 24.2020 . But instead, this Friday,July 24, we are going to have a week of non stop postings on Facebook of what we envision when we watch the Olympic Games. What aspect of the games inspire you? Is it the unity of people getting together from all over the world? Does the training and discipline motivate you? What about the sports?Is there a particular sport that you can relate to?

How about the suffering?.

Let's post,have fun and there will also be Surprises and Free Giveaways.
Hopefully we will enjoy this so much that this Marathon will last to August 9, 2020 like the Olympic Games.

Start posting beginning Friday July 24-31 at https://www.facebook.com/events/1361231897414382/

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50th Anniversary of the Special Olympics

Today starts the 50 Anniversary of the Special Olympics,
Being the largest sports organization for adults and children with intellectual disabilities.They have recently concluded their Olympic Games in Seattle from July 1-6,2018.
https://www.specialolympicsusagames.org/

The 50 Anniversary celebrations takes place this week, July 17-21,2018 in Chicago.
Each day there are special events planned.https://www.specialolympics.org/50th.aspx

We can learn from them that no matter what your disability may be,you still have the ability to achieve.
 Earlier this year PyeongChang,South Korea hosted the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games from March 9-18,2018.

 Which followed the 2018 Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. These games took  place from February 9 to 25, 2018.

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                  God's Grace For The Paralympians

The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event with athletes with various ranges of disabilities, including impaired muscle power (paraplegia andquadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, post-polio syndrome, spina bifida), impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency (amputation or dysmelia), leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, are held immediately following the Olympic Games.

This year the 2016 Rio Paralympics opening ceremony began on September 8,2016 and closing ceremony on September 18,2016. And the closing ceremony was dedicated to the Iranian Para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad  who was killed while competiting.

Despite any disability,these athletes displayed miraculous talent to win the gold,silver and bronze medals.Even for those that did not win any medals.

Although Paralympic Games are separate from the Olympic Games, the Christian Olympics have no such separation. Every Christian whether they are disabled, have a sickness, a handicap, and/or any type of infirmity and weakness or have the best of health and no disabilities participate in the Christian Olympics.
In The Christian Olympics:Going for the Gold Crowns, the Apostle Paul, who compared the Christian life to the Olympic Games, had an infirmity that he called a “thorn in the flesh.” The Bible does not say what is was, but it bothered Paul enough to ask God to remove it from him three times. Though Paul’s request was not granted, God gave him something better than removing the infirmity, God gave Paul His grace to replace his weakness(2 Cor.12:9)
 This grace was God’s divine strength that enabled Paul, in spite of his infirmity, to finish his race and receive crowns of gold. Read about the different crowns that he won in The Christian Olympics:Going for the Gold Crowns by S.E.Gregg

Radio Morning Show Host Produces Audio Book

Radio Morning Show Host Produces Audio Book

Radio show host, Robert J. Shaw, produces audio book, The Christian Olympics-Going for the Gold Crowns,by S. E. Gregg.

Bobby Shaw is the co-host of the Family Friendly Morning Show, KFSH-95.9 FM,The FISH, located in Los Angeles, CA. Besides being a radio personality,he is also a voiceover artist, who studied under Nancy Wolfson, and an audio book narrator.

The Christian Olympics- Going for the Gold Crowns, by S. E. Gregg has been published in paperback,hardcover and as an ebook. The audio book narrated by Robert J. Shaw is the newest format just in time for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The Christian Olympics is the unveiling of the Bible’s comparison to the Christian race/life to the Olympics Games.

Today more than ever Christians are discouraged in their walk with God because of the multitudes of personal problems, suffering, and worldly events that have occurred. Some have given up, lost hope in their faith, and/or don’t feel that living holy lives matters anymore. But when Christians see themselves as players in an Olympic game, it gives them a new understanding and exhilaration for the Christian life, as spiritual athletes

The Christian Olympics will stir up Christians, igniting their spiritual fires to look forward to what is ahead. Readers will actually visualize themselves in a spiritual athletic competition which has never been done before in a Christian lifestyle book.

Robert J. Shaw makes the words in The Christian Olympics become alive through his narration. People can be anywhere and listen as the book is read while driving,cooking, or working out.

The audiobook for The Christian Olympics-Going for the Gold Crowns,by S. E. Gregg,is now available on Amazon.com for $14.95 but you can get it for free when you join the Audible trial by Amazon.

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A Birthday and an Anniversay All in One

Today May 15,2016 is Pentecost Sunday.
It is the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Who promised to send the Holy Spirit to dwell in believers.
When the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost, over 2000 years ago,
He baptized all believers into the body of Christ,the Church(1Cor.12:13,27)
Christians all over the world  are celebrating the birthday of the Church today.
And when the Church began so did the Christian Olympics known as the
Christian race.Making today not only the birthday of the Church but the
anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the Christian Olympics.

2014- The Year Of The Olympic Games

This has been a big year for Olympic Games.The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics from February 7-23,The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games from March 7-16 and The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games from June 14-21.But there is another one that took me by surprise,the Nanjing(People's Republic of China) 2014 Youth Olympic Games from August 16-28.The Youth Olympics originated in July of 2007. They have winter and summer games also and the first summer game was held in Singapore from August  14-26,  2010.The Youth Olympics are for ages 14-18.As you can see there is an Olympic Game for just about every group you can think of.But there is only one Christian Olympics.

THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS-EVERYONE HAS A SPECIAL TALENT

The 2014 Special Olympics USA Games will be held from June 14-21 in Princeton,NJ.
The Olympic Torch has arrived to Newark NJ,just in time for the Opening Ceremony on Sunday.
Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver,it is the largest sports organization in the world for people with intellectual disabilities.
The Special Olympics is a movement of sports training and athletic competition for those that have intellectual disabilities. Shriver believed that people with intellectual disabilities deserve the same opportunities and experiences as others.
No matter what the disability, a person still has a talent, a skill, and a gift given to him or her by God to share with the world when encouraged doing so.
 Using sports as a display of abilities brings about respect, acceptance and inclusion. Persons with disabilities benefit by seeing in themselves that they too have talents and it helps them to feel better about themselves. It also serves as a teaching tool to those who may have thought that disabled people were useless until they were afforded the opportunities to witness their grand performances.
But in the Christian Olympics, there are no differences between those that are disabled and those that are not.We are all in one big competition together.
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THE CHRISTIAN OLYMPICS: Today-The Anniversary of the Christian Olympics

THE CHRISTIAN OLYMPICS: Today-The Anniversary of the Christian Olympics

Today-The Anniversary of the Christian Olympics

The very first Olympic Game,known as the Ancient Olympics,began about 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.The Olympic Games were held every four years which is known as an Olympiad.The Games continued until it ended about 393 A.D.You can find many references of the these games in the New Testament of the Holy Bible.But did you know that there are references to these games in the Old Testament as well.
The Modern Olympic Games began in the summer of 1896 in Athens,Greece.And the Winter Olympics were added in 1924.In 1994 the Summer and Winter Olympics were no longer held in the same year,they were separated so that they could be two years apart.
A flame of fire was always lit when the Games began,but the Torch Relay was something that was added to the Modern Olympics.
Today, June 8,2014, is the Anniversary of the Christian Olympics. The Christian Olympics began with the fire that symbolized the Holy Spirit's coming. which started in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago on the Day of Pentecost(Acts 2).
And just as the athletes in the Olympics come from all over the world to one location for the Olympic Games, there was another large  gathering on the Day of Pentecost.Men out of every nation under heaven were gathered together in one place for the Opening Ceremony of the Christian Olympics.
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The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Threats

The Opening Ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics will be Friday February 7,2014.The torch relay which began on October 7,2013,has been carrying the Olympic Flame by individuals all of this time. And will reach the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi on February 7,2014. But there is somewhat of a cloud over this particular Olympics because of the specific threats that have been reported by U.S. officials.
The report states that Muslim fundamentalists and other groups in Russia and it’s regions could launch deadly attacks. Now more than ever, whenever there is a large event, security is very tight because of past bombings and violence by individuals. Everywhere you go where there is a large crowd you have to watch your back. American athletes have been told not to wear any gear with U.S.A. logos outside of the Olympic area.

It can also be dangerous to identify yourself as a Christian for fear that you will persecuted or ridiculed. This is not new for Christians in the spiritual Olympics. Christians in many countries are persecuted everyday, threatened, and killed because of their faith in Jesus Christ. But God will be greatly reward them at the Closing Ceremony  You can learn more about the Christian Olympics by reading The Christian Olympics-Going for the Gold Crowns.Amazon is selling it for only $.99.Buy Now before they raise the price.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
   by - Carroll Roberson

There is a new twelve days of Christmas by Carroll Roberson.

Have you heard the Christian version?

Here is the video with the lyrics:

 

The Torch Relay Begins Today

The Olympic Flame for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics was lit on Sunday September 29, 2013.Which took place at a Flame Lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece; where the Ancient Olympic games began over 3000 years ago. The torch relay will begin today, October 7,2013 and will carry the Olympic Flame until it reaches the Opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Sochi on February 7,2014.It has been reported that this will be the longest Torch Relay in the history of the Winter Olympics . And this is the first time for Russia to host the Winter Olympics.
But there is another Olympic flame that was ignited over 2000 years ago, that still burns today.Whose flames were lit on the day of Pentecost when the fire that represented the Holy Spirit, ignited the Christian faith in Acts chapter 2. And began the longest and most enormous competition the world has ever seen,the Christian Olympics.
The Christian Olympics: Going for the Gold Crowns ( http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Olympics-Going-Gold-Crowns-ebook/dp/B007VVTSTU/ )  by S.E.Gregg, is the unveiling of the Bible's comparison of the Christian race/life to the Olympic Games.Discover the rich metaphors of athletic competition found in the scriptures that are perfect for the endurance, longevity, and persistence needed to finish the race of faith.Readers will actually visualize themselves in a spiritual athletic competition which has never been done before in a Christian book.

SPIRITUAL FITNESS

Fall is now here and it is a most beautiful season. With the Fall flowers blooming, and the leaves changing colors and falling from the trees. Another sign that it is fall is that summer is over and everyone is back to their normal routine. For some it is the beginning of a new year for the start of school and for others it is back to work.   

This fall many of the topics for newspapers, magazines, talk radio, and other media has to do with losing weight, eating healthy, and exercising. These topics bring loads of advertisements for such things as diet books, diet foods and loads of weight loss products, whole food products, along with exercising equipment to keep in shape.

All of this to help us to live and eat healthier so that we can be physically fit.

 But what about our spiritual fitness? We are not just physical beings.We are spiritual  beings as well and need to address the needs of our spiritual nature.

To be spiritually fit we have to feed our spiritual nature with spiritual food and do spiritual exercises. Spiritual fitness also involves spiritual training and spiritual discipline.

As we take care of the physical, let us not forget the spiritual as well. One of our spiritual exercises is walking by faith. Unlike physical walking where we can see where we are going, spiritual walking is by faith and not by sight.(2 Cor.5:7). Walking by faith is believing God’s promises will be fulfilled even when we can’t see them. With the gloomy situation that the world is in today, we need spiritual fitness more now then we ever did before. Having a healthy spiritual life will also help us with our physical fitness.  

My book: The Christian Olympics: Going for the Gold Crowns, can help you to become spiritually fit. You will discover other spiritual exercises that are beneficial to your spiritual life. In times like these we cannot survive without spiritual fitness. Get On Your Mark, Get Set, And LET’S GET SPIRITUALLY FIT this Fall !!!

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Is The Good Wife Really The 'Good' Wife ?

Often now more than ever before, a scandal will break out in the news about a  public figure that has been unfaithful to his wife.Not only are they unfaithful but some of the sexual  behavior can be very bizarre.But the wives of these men of notoriety,from Pastors to Politicians, literally stand by them when their indiscretions  are exposed to the public.

And when they stand by their husbands they are called the 'Good' wife. But is she really a 'Good' wife because she stands by him? If she left him would she still be considered the 'Good' wife? 

Pentecost-The Anniversary of the Longest Running Marathon

May 19, 2013 is the 50th day after Easter, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This 50^th day is known as the Day of Pentecost. On the 40^th day after Jesus Christ’s resurrection, He ascended back to heaven to sit on the right hand of God. But before Jesus left, He told His apostles that He would send the promise of His Father and to wait in Jerusalem until they are “…endued with power from on high”(Luke 24:49).On the 10^th day, which was the 50 day after Jesus’ resurrection, about 120 followers of Jesus were praying and waiting in  an upper room. When suddenly there was a sound of a rushing mighty wind from heaven that filled the house. And there appeared tongues of fire that sat on each of them and they were filled with the Holy Spirit of God and began to speak in different languages. On that day there were people from every nation under heaven. And they were able to hear in their own languages the wonderful works of God.

This was a promise that was fulfilled and the followers of Jesus were obedient. They waited to be filled with the Holy Spirit who empowered them to speak in languages that they had never known before. Which teaches us that it is impossible to do God’s work without the power of the Holy Spirit and the obedience that goes along with it. About three thousand souls became Christians that day which was the beginning of the Church and the Christian Marathon (Acts 2:1-47). This was also the beginning of the ministry of Holy Spirit that was sent from heaven to earth(John 16:7-11). On the Day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit baptized all of the followers of Jesus Christ into the body of Christ known as the Church. Today when someone receives Jesus Christ as their Saviour, immediately the Holy Spirit indwells the believer and baptizes them into the body of Christ(1Corinthians 12:13). And become a runner in the Christian Marathon.

The Christian Marathon which began with the mighty power of the Holy Spirit over 2000 years ago is still empowering us today. Giving us the supernatural abilities to use our spiritual gifts as we run in the spiritual marathon. As we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, the anniversary of the Christian Marathon, let us reflect back to its beginning. Everyday, every hour, every minute and every second someone is joining the Christian Marathon. Are you in the Christian Marathon?  How long have you been running in the spiritual race?  

                                                                                                                                                                                         

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