Temple Teens » Just Thoughts http://templeteens.com The Youth Ministry Of Temple Baptist Church Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:19:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Swagbucks = Free Amazon Gift Cards http://templeteens.com/announcements/swagbucks-free-amazon-gift-cards/ http://templeteens.com/announcements/swagbucks-free-amazon-gift-cards/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:18:42 +0000 Pete http://templeteens.com/?p=829 As I mentioned this morning in Sunday School, Swagbucks is a digital dollar that you get from using swagbucks.com to preform internet searches. For each search that you preform, you have a random chance to win swagbucks (usually you win once in the morning and once in the afternoon is what I have found). Swagbucks can be redeemed in the swagstore for all kinds of prizes but the best one has to be the $5 Amazon Gift Card. Yes, you can get free Amazon gift cards for simply searching the internet – something you already do!
Another way to win swagbucks is to use referrals. For every swagbuck that people who signed up under you referral code win, you get the same number, up to 1000. This is great if you have a bunch of friends that you can get to sign up and use swagbucks.
There is one word of caution – Swagbucks.com has to get their money from somewhere. You will notice on your search results from swagbucks.com that there are a lot more sponsored results that you would normally see on google or other search engines. This may bother some people. I find that I usually just ignore the sponsored results and look for urls that are not sponsored.
If this sounds interesting and you would like to give it a try, simply sign up for free at swagbucks.com/refer/psudlow and enjoy swagging!

]]> http://templeteens.com/announcements/swagbucks-free-amazon-gift-cards/feed/ 0 The Heavens Declare… http://templeteens.com/just-thoughts/the-heavens-declare/ http://templeteens.com/just-thoughts/the-heavens-declare/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:53:11 +0000 Pete http://templeteens.com/?p=423 I had the opportunity, this evening, to spend some times outside with Benson, our golden retriever. With nothing to do while he was “occupied”, I found myself, once again, staring at the stars. I was awestruck tonight at the brilliance of the night sky. The crisp winter air held nothing in the way of the beauty of the heavens. As I began to look for the familiar outlines I was reminded of the fact that Genesis tells us that on the fourth day of creation, God created the heavenly bodies.

What has always fascinated is the way the Bible describes it in verse 16 of chapter 1 when it says, “He made the stars also.” Five words. So much splendor and brilliance contained in just five words. God is so amazing! If He create all the stars and sum it up as just five simple words, imagine the story He can tell and the impact He can have with other 31,000+ verse in the Bible. Isn’t it about time we put down the tv remote and that magazine and picked up the greatest story ever told? Get into your Bible and let it get into you.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. ~Psalm 19:1

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