The ‘mortgagelink’ office here in town advertises: Would you like to wipe clean your slate? We can help ‘refinance’ today.

May be there is something in it to borrow a big sum of money at a cost in order to pay all your small debts. But that is not for me. ( Romans 13:8) A bank here puts it a bit different. They have a picture of a hammock with one end of the hammock frayed. It says: Tie up your loose ends and relax. (You can relax with a processing fee of almost $ 200,00 and a special rate of almost 15% pa.)

But that does not mean of course that we have wiped our slates clean. YOU GET THE POINT!

It is very unfortunate to have a slate with financial debts. We do not need to have it. But there is another slate- and we all have that slate- where all the other things are written, things we have done wrong. How do we deal with that slate? The Bible talks about that slate in Colossians 2:13,14. (The written code is cancelled and nailed to the cross!)

Soon this year will come to an end and we will be making the socalled New Year’s resolutions. We want to do better next year. But it does not work.

Only God can wipe our slates clean. Only God can give us a new start. Only He can give us a new life. But we must confess our sins. First John 1:9

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Under Government legislation 2005. You now must produce photo I.D.

Sorry! NO other I.D. accepted.

I READ THAT TODAY HERE IN ONE OF THE SHOPS!

John 3:3 The New Birth! NO other I.D. accepted to enter The Kingdom of God!

What is the best make-up you can wear?

The best make-up you can wear is your SMILE!

IT WORKS AND DOES NOT COST A CENT!

A SMILE is a curve that puts a lot of things straight.

And if you see somebody without a SMILE, give him one of yours.

I was sitting on my chair when I saw a book on the coffee table. When I picked it up I read on the back cover: “But these strange ashes, Lord, this nothingness, this baffling sense of loss?—- Amy Carmichel

May be it was one year ago when I was sitting on the same chair and may be I said it even out loud in a very depressing voice: ‘Ashes, nothing left but ashes.’ That means everything is burned up.– May be YOU have never come to that point in your Christian Life.

But I remembered straight away what a sign writer wrote :”GOD’S GREATEST PLEASURE IS MAKING MIRACLES FROM THE DUST OF DESPAIR!

John 12:24

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The phrase “AT THE END OF THE DAY” is still very much alive. Automatically I counted it today eleven times while listening to a business tax workshop. If somebody would have told me that when I woke up this morning I would not have believed it.

I always say: “At the end of the day…. WHAT?

For full story go to BE ENCOURAGED FIRST STORY!

FEAR: Isaiah 43:1

– for I have redeemed you

– I have called you by NAME

– You are mine

What more do we want?

Is that not enough?

ANXIETY: Philippians 4:4-6

ANGER: Ephesians 4:26

STRESS: A house hunter says:” It was stressful because you have to put your faith in other people, people you might not know very well.”

When you put your faith in God stress goes. Acts 16:31

DEPRESSION: Today in the news (Voice of Germany) 450 Million people suffering worldwide from depression. They probably don’t have any HOPE!

The Bible says a lot about the hope Christians have. Romans 8:24,25

Click on Bible Verses!

Romans 1:20

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Remember your Creator…… Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

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