So get out your seats and jump around, Jump around, jump around, jump around

Did you know that the bible actually tells us to jump around? Did you know that it was Jesus himself who said to jump around?  When was the last time you jumped around for Joy? That is what Jesus actually said was be full of cheer and jumping  around with gladness.

Wow! Now that could be life changing for us.

 So where can you find this instruction, is it in some section of Pauls epistle’s for the charismaniacs to grab a hold of and distort.. …. no!

 Is it some obscure passage in the old testament that we can ignore…..no….!

It is in fact in Matthew 5 as part of the beatitudes! The actual context is this

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

 

He actually full translation of that is be full of cheer and jump around with gladness! So when you’re persecuted for Jesus just remember, you are supposed to jump around and make a lot of noise. But what is good for the bad times is doubly so for the good time. So let’s all jump around with joy and make lots of noise on a more regular basis.

I searched and searched on youtube for a clip that would show this off by what I (that is me, Beatthedrum) think this should look like…. all I could find was this clip of when the Sunderland fans found out that the toon army were going to be playing the championship this season.. This is cheering and jumping for joy!

Ehud and Eglon… a song of Gods deliverance and errrr poo

Have you read the story of Ehud and Eglon in Judges 3? It’s a fantastic tale of how God delivers the Israelites from the hugely fat king Eglon of the Moabites.

It’s like a James Bond scene, Ehud the Judge of Israel steals into the kings chamber on the pretext of having a message for just the kings ears and when everyone leaves he stabs the fat king in the guts and as the bible puts it the sword was swallowed up by the kings fat tummy and the kings ‘dung’ came out. His attendants think that he is on the netty and don’t go in and Ehud makes is escape.

This is a fabulous story for young lads in kid’s church but I bet it is not mentioned very often; however another blogger on the New frontiers Bloggers site has written a fantastic song about it. I played it to our kids and we had renditions of it for the next 2 weeks. Especially the “Stabbed him in the belly and his poo came out” chorus line.

Listen to it here – http://www.box.net/shared/hhp4qdpnul

And notes on the song such as chords and lyrics can be found at http://youngglory.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-song-eglon-song.html

Have fun

“Squishy Squashy don’t forget to washy …..”

Parental Advice from Famous fathers – Darth Vader

Want to know how to be a good father? Well here is some advice from one of the most famous fathers of modern time – Darth Vader.

Hey its friday and after 2 weeks of serious posts I felt we needed to lighten up a bit.

Enjoy!