Brad,
They used Brett as an illustration again today, 
referring to him as, "iron Man," but I figured 
that passing it along would just be pushing it.  GRIN!
Kathy



At 04:01 PM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
>Kathy,
>
>I don't know, anyone with a name like Favre, who 
>can toss out the ABC's and English language and 
>then in turn get an entire hemisphere or better 
>to pronounce his name Farve, could do most 
>anything including make touchdowns count with God *grin*.
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>At 08:40 AM 10/11/2007, you wrote:
>>Okay, Guys, admittedly, I don't really have a 
>>good reason for passing this devotional along, 
>>except that it talks about somebody that, you 
>>know I like.    Brad, you especially will get a 
>>kick out of this, since you mentioned these records in a recent posting.
>>Blessings,
>>Kathy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Making Points With God
>>by Jon Walker
>>
>>“For no one can ever be made right in God's 
>>sight by doing what his law commands. For the 
>>more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't
>>obeying it. But now God has shown us a 
>>different way of being right in his sight—not 
>>by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures long
>>ago.” (Romans 3:20-21 NLT)
>>
>>Brett Favre, the lion-hearted quarterback for 
>>the Green Bay Packers, is one of my favorite 
>>players in the National Football League. He’s courageous and
>>tough-minded, showing a rare grace under 
>>pressure, yet his boyish enthusiasm for the 
>>game is infectious as he celebrates each Packer success.
>>
>>A couple of Sundays ago (Sept. 30), Brett threw 
>>a pass that set a new record: the most 
>>touchdown passes by an NFL quarterback ­ 421.
>>
>>Although the Pack was playing in Minnesota, the 
>>officials temporarily stopped the game in order 
>>to honor Brett’s achievement. And Brett, in his customary
>>humility, later said he was more interested in 
>>a team win than an individual record.
>>
>>In surprising contrast, the very next week 
>>(Oct. 8) Brett tied another record: the most 
>>interceptions thrown by an NFL quarterback ­ 277. This game also
>>was stopped after this record was achieved, but 
>>only because the interception ended the 
>>Packer’s last-second attempt to win the game.
>>
>>The most touchdown passes and the most 
>>interceptions! It reminds me that there was a 
>>time when Babe Ruth, the baseball player who was one of the greatest
>>hitters in the game, owned two records 
>>simultaneously: the most home runs hit in a 
>>career as well as the most strike-outs in a career.
>>
>>Here’s the thing: We tend to think of life as a 
>>balance sheet that we’ll eventually present to 
>>God. As long as the number of our touchdown passes exceed
>>the number of our interceptions, then we’re 
>>cool with God, right? To echo the Apostle Paul, God forbid this to be true!
>>
>>“For no one can ever be made right in God's 
>>sight by doing what his law commands. For the 
>>more we know God's law, the clearer it becomes that we aren't
>>obeying it.” (Romans 3:20 NLT)
>>
>>In other words, we can never be made right by 
>>throwing touchdown passes ­ because the more we 
>>learn about the Law, the more obvious it is we can never throw
>>enough touchdown passes to make things right with God.
>>
>>“But now God has shown us a different way of 
>>being right in his sight—not by obeying the law 
>>but by the way promised in the Scriptures long ago.” (Romans
>>3:21 NLT)
>>
>>In his own geek-Greek way, Paul is saying we 
>>should forget the balance sheet ­ ignore the 
>>scoreboard, give up on tracking good and bad statistics. Listen,
>>there is good news! There’s another way to get 
>>right in God’s sight, and it has nothing to do 
>>with your own achievements. It’s based on a promise made
>>by God long ago ­ a promise is fulfilled through Jesus Christ.
>>
>>Can I get an amen?
>>
>>We are saved by grace and not through faith. It 
>>is a gift from God, not by our own works, so 
>>that none of us can boast of the ability to tip the balance
>>sheet in our own favor. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
>>
>>No doubt you’ve heard this over and over again, 
>>including many times in these devotionals. Yet 
>>many of us still live as if we get right in God’s sight by
>>what we do ­ by our works, our achievements, the records we set.
>>
>>We do this because it is, as Paul says, an 
>>offense to think of the Gospel as so simple 
>>and, therefore, it becomes a stumbling block to our pride. Getting
>>right in God’s sight by what we do appeals to 
>>our human pride, or as the poet-king James 
>>would say, it appeals to our “flesh.”
>>
>>It makes us feel good, as if we’re doing 
>>something to earn our way into heaven. If we 
>>cling to the idea that we can, even in some small way, contribute
>>toward our salvation, then we also can cling to 
>>the idea that maybe we’re not that bad ­ maybe 
>>we aren’t included in the “all” of “all have sinned and
>>fall short of God’s glory.”
>>
>>Put that behind you and get on with the truth: 
>>You, my friend, can never be made right in 
>>God's sight by doing what is right ­ because the closer you get
>>to God, the more you’ll realize you’re not even 
>>close to getting it right (see Isaiah 6 and Romans 3:20).
>>
>>The one thing you can do is to move in loving 
>>obedience to your gracious heavenly Father, 
>>doing and saying whatever he tells you to do and say; allowing
>>your life to be energized by God’s Spirit within you.
>>
>>What now?
>>
>>· “Balance sheet” fear ­ Good news! You are 
>>free to follow the Father instead of living in 
>>“balance sheet” fear. You can be who you were meant to be and
>>you can live how you were meant to live. You 
>>don’t have to be good enough ­ you just have to 
>>trust in the redemptive power of Christ’s resurrection from
>>the dead. And you don’t have to fear if you 
>>hold both the record for most touchdown passes 
>>and the record for most interceptions ­ love God and live accordingly!
>>
>>· Record of faith ­ A record of your faith in 
>>Jesus is more important than any record of your 
>>wrongs or resume of your achievements. If you haven’t already
>>done this, set a spiritual marker as a reminder 
>>that you have received Jesus Christ as your 
>>Lord and Savior. Write it down ­ or establish some other kind
>>of tangible memorial for this event ­ and every 
>>time the devil tells you you’ll never be good 
>>enough for God, or that you’re so good you can remain independent
>>of God, take him to that marker and remind him 
>>that you are right in God’s sight because of Jesus.
>>
>>· Big play ­ Next time you’re watching a 
>>sporting event and one of the players makes the 
>>big play, turn to the person next to you and say, “That was a great
>>play, but it won’t make him right in God’s sight.”
>>
>>· Huge error ­ Likewise, next time you’re 
>>watching a sporting event and one of the 
>>players makes a huge erro, turn to the person next to you and say, “That
>>was a huge error, but the good news is it won’t 
>>keep him from getting right in God’s sight.”
>>
>>· Pray for others ­ Ask God to show you who to 
>>pray for, related to getting right in God’s 
>>sight. It may be a non-believer or someone who believes but struggles
>>in this area. Pray that this person will know 
>>God’s “different way of being right in his 
>>sight—not by obeying the law but by the way promised in the Scriptures
>>long ago (Romans 3:21 NLT) And pray that Brett 
>>Favre and his family will come to know this 
>>truth, so that when he retires from football he can spend the
>>rest of his life preaching how to be right in God’s sight.
>>
>>© 2007 Jon Walker. All rights reserved.
>>
>>Jon Walker is a pastor-advocate living in 
>>Tennessee and the former pastor of communications at Saddleback Church.
>>
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