Facing the Giants movie review:
In fact, I remember a long time ago in the college English audio-visual class, the teacher showed it to us, but I didn't believe in Jesus at that time, and I didn't know the content of the movie except that football players in cumbersome equipment were running around on the field, pulling out of a clump. There is no other impression of nutritional content. Rewatching the film this time, there are some scenes that deeply moved me.
Scenario 1: The coach covers one player's eyes and makes him carry another player for training.
Here, my great feeling is that breakthroughs always happen unknowingly. In the film, Taylor blindfolds the team members, but this simple act contains deep wisdom. We always limit ourselves based on our past experience or in some environments. We think our ability is only 50 meters, but we know unseen potential can be multiplied. I think what the coach does is to take the inherent limitations of the players on himself. Under the encouragement of the coach again and again, he has completed the distance that he could not reach in the past. Not only are the teammates' onlookers very surprised, but even he himself is very surprised. I think the real breakthrough is that I will feel unbelievable.
Scene 2: The Disabled Dad David struggles to get up at home.
David's father is a person with positive thoughts in his heart, but he himself is in a state of illness. I think what he holds in his heart is incompatible with his current situation, and it is far from it. What I have in mind here is that faith without works is dead. But David did not let his external disability continue to bite back on his confidence. Instead, the strength of his inner confidence was so great that he wanted to break the external bondage. So we saw him try to stand up again and again. I think the process of his attempts must be full of contradictions. The battle between the spirit and the flesh is very fierce. This time he temporarily failed.
The God-directed story has a happy ending, and in the end, on the field, the power of love in David's father's heart: to encourage his son to kick the ball an incredible distance. He said that he would stand up for his son. A miracle happened at that moment. The power of love was amazing. I was very touched!
What I want to add here is that it is love, not one's own power, that can truly change a person. The power of man is unimaginably small, while the power of Christ is unimaginably great. Jesus didn't just talk about truth; he preached the truth of power and power, and more importantly, he did it himself. The resurrection from the dead embodied what he said, just like the Bible said: "You will show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith through my deeds." I think that faith that is invisible is manifested through corresponding deeds. That is true faith, and only then can it be powerful enough to inspire others. Jesus is a powerful proof of truth, who verified his words with his own death and resurrection.
I think one of the reasons some people can't accept others' comfort when they are in pain is that the person who comforts them is not qualified to comfort them. Because he has no experience, he can't really understand the feelings of the person involved, but Jesus even experienced the taste of death. He is the most qualified and most able to comfort us, and that comfort is not to temporarily calm our mood, but directly to the depressed person, so that he can be refreshed and have a new life.
Scene 3: A word from David's father encouraging his son
David's father played an active role, and his words were always sincere and full of wisdom. When encouraging my son once, he said a sentence that also inspired me very much: "David,if you accept failure, you will fail." Yes, what kind of belief we hold in our hearts is very important, right True beliefs lead to healthy outcomes; false beliefs lead to destruction. The belief that David held in his heart did not match the work of the cross accomplished by Christ. Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, conquered death and disease, and broken the curse. Anyone who believes in him can die with him and die with him. This resurrection ability will be reflected in all levels of human life. The most fundamental transformation is the breakthrough of thinking. There will be no more restrictions in his thinking, and he will not easily say "impossible," because a How can someone who believes in the resurrection believe that something less than victory over death is impossible? This is ridiculous logic.
The fourth scene: The wife, who has been unable to conceive, finally gives a moving confession to God with a turning point.
Taylor's wife was unable to have children for several years because of her husband's reasons, but at a later stage, she often felt nauseated and wanted to vomit. The past experience made her not have any expectations for the pregnancy, but then she went to the hospital for a checkup, and sure enough, the checkup The result is still no pregnancy. She left the hospital and was sitting by the car. She sighed to the heavens: "Lord, I still love you." A wonderful thing happened. The nurse who reported it to her suddenly found out that the report was not from Taylor's wife. The real report showed that she was pregnant, so the nurse ran out of the hospital with the report to show her. She was very excited. It is difficult to control. Here I think, yes, no matter how hopeless the reality may seem, when we choose to continue to believe, the turning point will come.
Scenario 5: Taylor's team repeatedly asks the players in the room after the win, "What else is there that God can't do?"
This is one of my favorite episodes. When Taylor beats a team with more people than they have, what is something God can't do with Taylor's team? He asks them one by one. Yes, the answer is "nothing". If God If there is something he can't do, then he is not qualified to be God, or he is a fake. When we are in the procession of Jesus, we are always outnumbered by the enemy! Hallelujah.
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