#CCPEvangelism Series:Win Some, Lose SomeActs 17:16-34

Bro. Ted MatiraApril 13, 2014

I. Alone in the University Neology

Neology – study of new things.

Enter the right gate Enter the right classroom

Rise above the norm#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Fighting to be First

“Competitiveness is natural among pre-

schoolers.” – Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D., Parents advisor and co-author of Smart

Parenting for Smart Kids

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Fighting to be First

“At age 4, they’ll compete over anything: Mine’s bigger, better, bluer.

They’re not always sure about the complexities of winning and losing, but

they do understand that winning is good, so they want to win at everything. And we, we praise them for how they play rather than for the end result.”

– Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D., Parents advisor and co-author of Smart Parenting for Smart Kids

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Fighting to be First

Competitiveness itself is not a negative trait,

But learning how to win or lose gracefully takes

practice.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Fighting to be First

Teach a kid…

That winning is about being her best possible self and that there’s always room

for improvement.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Fighting to be First

Teach a kid…

Resilience. To set them up for success because they learn that failure isn’t the end of

the world.

It’s just a chance to try again.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

II. Alone in the Battle for Truth

1. Know the audience

It takes good background check to effectively present the truth.

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

II. Alone in the Battle for Truth

2. Know the subject

It takes good product knowledge to be a good

salesman.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

II. Alone in the Battle for Truth

3. Speak fluently

Boy: Grandma, I want ‘unch’Grandma: You mean, you want lunch?

Boy: Yes, grandma I want ‘unch’.Grandma: I’m not going to give it to you

until you say it correctly. Now what do you want?

Boy: I want ‘unch’, grandma, read my ‘ips’!

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

II. Alone in the Battle for Truth

3. Speak fluently

I perceive.I passed along.

I observed.I found.

I proclaimed.This sequence of thoughts are court hearing proceedings

on trial.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

III. End Up… Never Alone

In Acts 17:34…

“But some men joined him,And believed.”

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

III. End Up… Never Alone

In Acts 17:34,

Paul won some…Paul lost some…

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

III. End Up… Never Alone

In Acts 17:34,

Some mocked him..Some asked him to give them

time to think it over again.. Yet some, believed

him..#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

III. End Up… Never Alone

Some girls marry a guy thinkingThat he will change after they get

married.Wrong!

If there is a change for the better, it sure won’t happen overnight.

Patience.. Love.. Understanding.. And faith will change a person in time. But it will take time (2 Peter 3:9).

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!

Our nation is being undermined by forces that are detrimental to our spiritual

progress and destructive to our Christian way of life:

Our moral structure is being corroded by sin.

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!

Our nation is being undermined by forces that are detrimental to our spiritual progress and

destructive to our Christian way of life:

Our politics and politicians are

corrupted.#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!Our nation is being undermined by forces that are

detrimental to our spiritual progress and destructive to our Christian way of life:

Our education is being threatened by the proponents of progressive education, with

its destructive, deceptive philosophy of humanism.

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!Our nation is being undermined by forces that are

detrimental to our spiritual progress and destructive to our Christian way of life:

Our social structure is being poisoned by crime, violence,

alcohol, drugs, homosexuality…

And new set of norms!#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!Our nation is being undermined by forces that are

detrimental to our spiritual progress and destructive to our Christian way of life..

With all of these challenges, we need to

rise up with an intentional spirit, like Paul..

#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira

Win some!

Keep our 20/20 vision [of the book of Acts],

“I did not shrink-I teach in public

And in house to house...”#CCPEvangelism Series: “Win Some, Lose Some” April 13, 2014 | Bro. Ted Matira