Annie's Super Bowl Page

Annie's Super Bowl Page

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New England Patriots vs New York Giants
41st Superbowl XLII will be played on
~Sunday February 3rd, 2008
in Phoenix, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium~
Superbowl will be covered on FOX
Kick Off time is APPROX 6:18PM ET
~"Normally" the Super Bowl is played on the last Sunday in January or 1st Sunday in February~

The Cute Football Blinkies above are from:
Julie's Country Creations in the Linkware Blinkies Section

"He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country:
there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall
be the shame of thy lord's house."
~Isaiah 22:18~

Are You Looking for Super Bowl Games?
Super Bowl Word Game by my son Jake:
Jake's Super Bowl Scramble Page
Jakes Super Bowl Scramble Answers Page

As a Christian, every part of our life should reflect the light from our relationship with the Lord and leave a shadow. You don't have to be a Pastor or Missionary to share your faith with others. Use the game as an opportunity to fellowship with church members or neighbors. Sports can be a wonderful opportunity to share your faith with others. If you are with believers then you can share what the Lord is doing in your life and answers to prayer.

Jesus admonished us to be the "light of the world" and not to "hide our light under a barrel". We are also to be "salt" of the world. Salt is for seasoning. Some people don't use salt and others tend to over-salt. Unfortunately some people won't even taste the food before they salt and pepper it. A little here and a little there to taste is much better then dumping the whole salt shaker on someone's head. If you are living your life with the Lord in control then people will see that there is something different about you. They will be drawn like magnets and hopefully you won't repel them by what you say. The Lord makes the 'divine appointments' for you and will help you with just the right words to share.

This year as you are watching the Super Bowl use it as an opportunity to pray for the athletes. If you prefer you can use silent prayer and it will work just the same as spoken prayer. Whether you are in a room full of people or alone you can still pray for the players and no one will be the wiser. Pray for their Salvation, their relationship with the Lord, their health & safety, their marriages, kids and families. You can also do the same for everyone in the room with you and even for yourself. We all need prayer. Someone was asked if they could pray for them and the reply was:
"I need the prayer and you need the practice."

Enjoy the Game and don't eat too much!!!!!

Here is one of my related links for you to check out:
Visit: Annie's Bee an Internet Missionary Page.

Christian Sports Related Links:
6 NFL Super Bowl veterans
Peggie's Place offers some related pages:
Bible Booster: Football Frenzy!
Words from the Well: A Block, a Tackle 'n a Touchdown!
The SPORTS page at Peggie's Place
Motor City Super Bowl gives players & coaches faith platform
Super Bowl- You can do more than just watch it
Super Bowl Watch Party Playbook - Detroit Edition
Gratefulness to Reggie White graces Super Bowl luncheon

Sports Ministries:
Athletes in Action
The Goal.com
Sports Spectrum
BP Sports
Link Players International
Campus Crusade for Christ

Start a Sports Ministry in your Church:
Sports Ministry Outreach - is a great site with help & advice
to use sports to reach the kids in your church or
use it as an outreach opportunity

Sports Devotionals:
Daily Devotionals - Christians in Sports

Athlete Testimonies:
Don't miss the: NFL - Football: Christian Athletes
Christian Sports Minute Athletes Testimonies
Chaplain is fan of Steelers who live out their faith
Chaplain glad men of faith who wear Seahawks’ jerseys
Seahawks quarterback leads team to Super Bowl & beyond
Super Bowl players tell the world’s media of their faith

Football Links:
Football Plays
NFL
Playoff Schedule
The Official Super Bowl Site
NFL Football Facts Page
Sports Crafts Page
Yahoo.com News Football Section

What does the Bible say about Sports & Games?

Nave's Topical Bible - Games
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Games
Smith's Bible Dictionary - Games

There are 5 Bible Verses with the word "SPORT" in them.
With 4 different uses and meanings.

There is 1 Bible verse with the word "BALL" in it.

There are 4 Bible Verses with the word "RACE" in them.
Nave's Topical Bible - Race
Smith's Bible Dictionary - Race

The words game, games, athlete and sports are not in the Bible.

We know from the old familiar Bible Stories that Dice and Gambling took place at the time of Jesus because the soldiers rolled dice (lots) to see who would get the clothes of Jesus after the crucifixion.

History of Football:
Source: Compton's Encyclopedia

"Many football historians place the origin of football in rugby, which began entirely by chance in 1823 at the famous Rugby boys' school in England. But at the time American students at Princeton University were already playing a game they called "ballown," in which they used their fists, and later their feet, to advance the ball. The freshman and sophomore classes at Harvard competed in a type of football game on the first Monday of each school year--called Bloody Monday because the game was so rough. Organized football began earlier in high schools than in colleges, with games on the Boston Common starting in about 1860. A 17-year-old student organized the Oneida Football Club of Boston, which played between 1862 and 1865.

Colleges began to organize football games after the American Civil War ended in 1865. The so-called Princeton rules were established in 1867, with 25 players on each team. The first football was patented that year. Rutgers College also established football rules in 1867, and its location a short distance from Princeton led the two schools into what has been called the first intercollegiate football game. It was played on Nov. 6, 1869, at Rutgers, but the game was actually more like soccer. Rutgers won that historic game, 6 goals to 4. For the next few years some colleges continued to play the soccer-type game.

In 1871 Harvard students began playing the so-called "Boston Game," which included elements of rugby (the player could pick up the ball and, if pursued, run with it) and soccer (kicking a round ball was still essential). Two years later representatives of Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers, and Yale met in New York City to formulate the first intercollegiate football rules for the soccer-style game. (Harvard chose not to attend because its playing rules were different.)

Next McGill University of Montreal challenged Harvard to a series of games. The schools played two games at Harvard in the spring of 1874--the first with Harvard rules, and the second with Canadian rugby rules, using the egg-shaped ball. After the McGill games Harvard challenged Yale to a football game that was played under mixed soccer and rugby rules in November 1875. In 1876 Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia established the Intercollegiate Football Association, which set the size of the field at 140 by 70 yards and the number of players on a team at 15.

The evolution from the rugby-style game to what became the modern game of American football began under the direction of Walter Camp, the Yale coach who is known as the Father of American Football. Yale had not officially joined the association until 1879 because it was holding out for 11-man teams. Led by Camp, the rules committee soon cut the number of players per side from 15 to 11. The committee also cut the size of the field to 110 by 53 yards. In addition, Camp instituted a type of scrimmage in which a player snapped the ball back by kicking it to the quarterback. In 1882 Camp also introduced the system of downs. (At first, a team had three downs to advance the ball 5 yards or give up possession; the number of yards was changed to 10 in 1906, and the fourth down was added in 1912.) Tackling below the waist was legalized in 1888. Professional football began in 1895, in Latrobe, Pa., after the Intercollegiate Football Association was disbanded in a shambles.

Within a decade concern about the increasing brutality of the game led some colleges to ban football. Mass plays, involving such formations as the flying wedge, had seriously injured nearly 180 players, including 18 who were killed. In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt called on Harvard, Princeton, and Yale to help save the sport. Representatives of 13 Eastern schools met at year-end and agreed on reforms. At a second meeting, attended by more than 60 schools, the group appointed a seven-member Football Rules Committee and set up the Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which five years later became the NCAA.

The new rules makers revolutionized football by legalizing the forward pass, which resulted in a more open style of play. They also prohibited all the rough mass plays, and teammates were prohibited from locking arms to clear a path for their ballcarrier. To further minimize mayhem, they reduced the length of the game from 70 to 60 minutes and established the neutral zone, which separates the teams by the length of the ball before each play begins."
~From Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia~