just watched it. great and inspiring movie. catch if u can. dvd is available frm riverside resource.

the football coach has lost every single game in 6 yrs, his house and car is in a mess, and has been trying unsuccessfully for yrs to start a family. reaching a crisis pt, and almost getting fired, he decides to get serious abt his faith, and challenges his players to do the same.

frm then on, miracle after miracle came abt. they won evry single game in God's name, taking the state championship title. he was blessed with a new car thru one of his player's rich dad, and his wife finally got pregnant.

i noe it doesnt sound so great when i explain it like tt. im not a literary writer. go watch it urself.

aniwae, the pt of the movie is to have faith in God, even when things are impossible. like for example, in the finals, when the opposing team was twice their size (rmb, american football is a rough game), and had thrice as many players so they could replace their tired players continuously, and when they had four seconds left, the kicker, whose best kick was 35 yards, miraculously goes over the bar frm 51 yards, narrowly winning the game.

i think its impt to rmb tt even when things r going horribly wrong and seem impossible to turn around, God is the God of the impossible. we must have faith in God, and only then will God bless us. not the other way round.

"Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." - Hebrews 11:1

there's no pt waiting for God to do smth, then have faith in Him. hope for it, ask God for it, and be sure that you will receive (Matt 7:7-8). see without believing, and u will be truly blessed (John 20:29). tt's faith.

faith is when rain doesnt exist, u live in the middle of the desert, and God tells you it will rain, and the rain will flood the earth, so build a boat on top of the mountain, and collect animals frm all over the world. and for a hundred yrs, it didnt rain. for a hundred yrs, noah preached the gospel, didnt save a single person. yet he still trusted God. tts faith.

faith is when God tells u to leave ur family and frens behind, and go out into an unknown part of the world, and wondered around for years before reaching the land tt God chose for u. yet abraham nvr doubted God. tts faith.

faith is when u see a revelation frm God, showing someone whos abt to do God's will, and u save his life at the risk of ur own. because of what his parents had done, Moses lived to lead his people out of egypt. tts faith.

faith is when u see God as the King of kings and fear not the earthly king, leaving the country. when u stand with the sea in front of u, a grumbling crowd behind u, and the strongest army in the world chasing them not far behind, and trusting God to show u the way. when u head out across the desert, not noeing where to find food or water. yet moses trusted God. tts faith.

faith is when u see a strong city with fearsome warriors, well trained and experienced, and decide to attack and capture it, with a grp of slaves and desert nomads. without any strategies or fighting, joshua did exactly as God instructed, believing tt God had delivered jericho into his hands. tts faith.

faith is when u see a 3 meter tall giant in front of u, and ur country's army hiding behind u, and u step forward, with just a sling and 5 pebbles. david nvr doubted God to defeat goliath. tts faith.

faith is when u see waves crashing, and a fierce thunderstorm, and u step out of the alr shaking and rocking boat into the sea, nvr doubting Jesus to walk on top of the water. tts faith.

faith is when u see a man fall out of a third story window and die, but instead simply hug him and say tt hes alive, then walk away. paul nvr doubted God's resurrecting power. tts faith.

can u imagine what it takes to have tt kind of faith? when i pray, one of the things i ask God is to increase my faith to the nxt lvl. currently reading acts, learning abt the miracles performed by the christians. dont think tt only Jesus performed miracles, but God's power thru His ppl is in no way less. tts the kind of faith i want to have.

It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. - Arnold Toynbee

i think tt the biggest mistake we can make is to limit God. what isnt possible, for someone who made the earth, the plants, the animals, the planets, the stars and the rest of the galaxies and the other galaxies and humans in less than a wk? for someone who died then came back to life? for someone whos clothes healed paralysed or incurable ppl? for the last, the were cured because they believed. each time someone asks Jesus for healing, He replies, "Go, your faith has made you well." do you want God to do something? it is ur faith tt will accomplish it. with faith, there's nth u can't do, and without it, there's nth u can do.

face ur difficulties, ur problems, ur impossibilities. rite now, im staring at my own impossibilities in life, lyk passing chi, o-lvl results, dream jc, and other visions and dreams i've held onto for yrs. my dream of seeing children serving the Lord in the w&m ministry, i've been waiting and committing myself to it since i was p5. tts 6 yrs, and its onli recently tt i've even begun to see anth close to what my dream is. even then, its still a far way off. i ask myself, how many times has my faith wavered in the 5 yrs of seemingly useless toil? many times. im human, and my faith isnt perfect, not close. but i keep returning to it. even if it takes anth 6 yrs, or anth 6 yrs after tt, im not going to lose faith. i received this dream, affirmed by aunty winnie (then my pastor) and am absolutely sure tt it came frm God. many ppl have told me its impossible, its too difficult, there're too many obstacles, the ppl r not willing, they're too young, there's no one to lead them and train them, but yet, there's no way i'll abandon it, or throw it aside. i will see it thru. will my faith waver? will my strength weaken? will i stumble or veer of the path? yes! definitely! but i noe each time i return, my faith will be stronger than ever, and God will strengthen me more than ever before, and i'll be further down the path hand in hand with God than ever before.

ok i noe this is a long post, but i guess i rly blogged my heart out on this one. if u care, pls read thru it. i wud rly appreciate it.