Long ago I heard a sermon and the preacher said,” Most of our problems can only be understood in the light of eternity.”
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Long ago I heard a sermon and the preacher said,” Most of our problems can only be understood in the light of eternity.”
Please let me know what you think about that!
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Commitment and Priority
An advertisement here in my hand cut out just now from a newspaper gives the name of a lady and then it says,” for all your Real Estate needs.” It also says,”You will be my first priority.” And it goes on,”My promise to you is commitment.”— Those two words are very important to make progress in the business world. As you can see business people know that.
What is our business? I am asking myself that question.
Am I doing business for the LORD? Can I say to the Lord,” You will be my first priority?” Can I say to the Lord,”My promise to you is commitment.” Is it easy to keep promises?
Loyalty is another word business people are familiar with. “Would you like a loyalty card?” I was asked today when I received the cup of coffee I had ordered.—Are we loyal (faithful) in our relationships? Are we loyal (faithful) in our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ?
wd
Today is the 9th of August 07 and the following notice is in ‘The Northland Age’ (circulation: 7 800) under Religious Notices:
The Bible says: First John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
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The advertisement will be repeated on August 16th under Religious Notices.
Beim Suchen eines bestimmten Bibelverses war ich, als mein Blick auf den folgenden Vers im Roemerbrief fiel. Dort heisst es in Roemer Kapitel 13 in Vers 14 wie folgt und ich lese nach der Uebersetzung von Hermann Menge: “……; nein, ziehet den Herrn Jesus Christus an und seid dem Fleisch (= dem Leib) nicht so zu Diensten, dass boese Begierden dadurch erregt werden!” (Romans 13:14)
Dieser Vers erinnerte mich wieder an Thailand, wo ich von Weihnachten 1966 bis Weihnachten 1979 dreizehn Jahre als Missionar gearbeitet habe mit einer Missionsgesellschaft. Zwar war das da, was man das “Golden Triangle” (Goldene Dreieck) nannte, also im Nordwesten des Landes. Dort arbeitete unsere Missionsgesellschaft in drei Provinzen, in TAK (Tak bedeutet dem Licht ausgeszetzt) , Kamphengphet und Sukhothai. Tak heisst ‘dem Licht ausgesetzt’. Das kann man auf zwei Weisen deuten: Einmal ist es dort sehr heiss. Das Licht der Sonne scheint auf die Stadt. Auf der anderen Seite ist die Stadt jetzt auch seit laengerer Zeit dem Licht des Evangeliums ausgesetzt. Lasst uns noch einmal an den Vers in der Bibel denken, wo unser Herr und Heiland Jesus Christus sagt: (John 8:12) “Ich bin das Licht der Welt.”
Nur einen Lichtstrahl will ich hier kurz scheinen lassen: Wie schon gesagt, unsere Missionsgesellschaft arbeitete in drei Provinzen von Thailand. Sie sind oben mit Namen genannt. Nun gab es in der Provinz TAK eine oder ich glaube sogar mehrere Frauen, die sehr besorgt waren um die jungen Menschen. So hatten wir dann fuer einige Jahre in regelmaessigen Abstaenden besondere Versammlungen. Die waren dann in TAK und die Christen und alle, die wollten, kamen dann aus den drei Provinzen zusammen und wir hatten gesegnete Zeiten. Bekannte Thai Redner kamen auch immer gerne, um uns mit dem Wort des Herrn zu dienen.
Was ich nun berichte, trug sich auch in der Provinz TAK zu. Tak liegt am sogenannten Meabing (das ist ein Fluss) und in TAK ist auch die bekannte Bruecke, die nach einem frueheren Regierenden benannt ist. Nun berichte ich eigentlich von der schoensten Zeit meines Lebens. Mein Freund und Mitarbeiter war zu der Zeit Stan Leader aus England und wir verliessen auf dem Motorrad fahrend unsere Haeuser in Tak, bis wir an die besagte Bruecke kamen. Dann ging es ueber die Bruecke und dann links ab eine kleine Strasse auf der anderen Seite des Flusses Bing entlang und dann besuchten wir die Menschen in ihren Haeusern.
Fortsetzung folgt!
Closing Date : 10 August 2007
Prize Giving: 28 September 2007
I have sent in several stories!
1-4//7-9//14,15, 17//35-37//40,41
Wer willig ist, das Porto zu bezahlen, kann die Buecher umsonst haben!
Sie sind so gut wie neu. wd
Even the 12 items or less checkout had trouble getting people through today and while waiting I got talking to a young man beside me whose face was familiar to me from the time we came here about 2 years ago. We recognized each other and and I said sorry for getting him into trouble with the manager of the shop at that time. He was a checkout operator at that time, but now he trained to be an accountant.
First of all he did not remember the incident. He said that it was alright, when he remembered. I said,” It was especially bad for me because I am a Christian, read the Bible and want to follow the Lord. But at that time I was not well at all.” But he had forgiven me. I asked him after that,” Are you believing anything at all?” His reply was,” I was a Mormon, but now I am going to the Union Church. A very nice young man indeed.
I believe that the Lord led me to meet him there at that time.
I was actually going to do some other business first, but the LORD led me to go at that time to Pac’nSave!
wd
I am in a big bookshop and above the bookshelves filled with the books for sale I see several posters with the following words on them “Fiction Authors A to Z Fiction” And above is written “I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.” Montisquieu
I have experienced that myself also especially with books I was really interested in. I know the authors of a number of books personally and I am especially interested in the books they have written.
That is just at the moment the case because I am reading a book written by a lady who lives here in the same town where I live. In that book she relates her experiences she has had as a missionary in Africa. In fact she has been working there on that continent for many years and in two countries. Very interesting reading indeed.
The best book however to read when one is distressed is the Bible , the Word of the Living God. There is power in the Word of God. There are so many precious promises in the Bible. Of course you can only understand the Bible properly when you know the author personally, namely the Holy Spirit.
There is one promise in the Bible that deals with distress and this promise is also widely known. It is a portion of the Word of God in the book of Philippians. The apostle Paul is writing to the Christians in the town of Philippi in his letter in chapter four in verse 6: Philippians 4:6 ( press on the verse)
What a wonderful promise!
wd
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Hoping to start a course called FIRST STEPS TO BUSINESS on 13. 08 this year.
4 Modules
1. Taking the First Steps
2. The Planning Toolkit
3. Crunching the numbers
4. Marketing Matters
IGNITE seems to be also an important word in the business world. I saw it at FARMERS and the FSB Course is also using it:
“To Ignite the Entrepreneurial Mind”
Kia Hiikaka Mai te Hinengaro Paakikhi
wd