A bank here in New Zealand says,” THE BETTER WE KNOW YOU THE MORE WE CAN DO.”

RELATIONSHIPS are very important. The better the relationship, the better the working together. The customer needs to know the Bank and the Bank needs to know the customer. It is true, “the better we know you the more we can do.”

A portion of Scripture comes to my mind straight away. It is Philippians 3:7-11. Twice in this passage the apostle Paul talks about knowing Christ. In verse eight he says,”…. I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,….” And in verse ten his heart cry is, “I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST….” He wanted to know Christ. The better we know the Lord, the more we want to do for HIM and the more we can do for HIM. The apostle knew nothing else but the Lord Jesus Christ. His whole life was a service for the Lord after his conversion on the Damascus Road ( Acts 9:1-19; Acts 22:3-21; Acts 26:2-23; Galatians 1:11-17) and he wrote 13 letters of the New Testament.

The better we know the Lord the more we want to serve HIM as individuals.

Sometimes I am wondering why the body of Christ is so powerless. There is still a lot of activity — but most of it is powerless.

Maybe the cause is that we don’t have the desire to know the Lord better. I think we have to pray more to know the Lord better.

wd

“TASMAN Motorhomes for the GREAT ESCAPE” was written on the back of the motorhome.

Why is this longing to escape in our hearts?

“No boundaries” is also written on camper vans. We don’t seem to like boundaries either!

There must be lots of violence going on. I picked up three leaflets dealing with the subject. One is especially concerned for children. It says,” If you are in an abusive relationship, teach your child/dren to get out, get help, and call the police on 111 if things boil over.” -The next says that, “Violence happens in many ways.”- “Life doesn’t have to remain like this! Call for help.”- The next leaflet says,” Violence Free begins with me. Together we can make a difference.”

All those leaflets have 2 things in common: 1. They say: “Get help–Call for help–It is OK to ask for help.” One leaflet says that at least 5 times. 2. Two of those leaflets have more than 20 agencies listed where one can ask for help (incl. Phone numbers).

But the most important ‘agency’ is of course not listed.

When are we learning to call upon the Lord? From the Lord comes real help! Here are some Bible verses which encourage us to call upon the Lord: Isaiah 65:24; Isaiah 58:9; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:15; Jonah 2:3.

Also read the Psalms when you are discouraged . The Psalm writers are crying often to the Lord, for example Psalm 130:2.

Auf der Innenseite vom Deckel meines Logbuchs (Diary) habe ich einige stickers, die alle den Namen ‘Jesus’ enthalten. Hier habe ich sie ein bisschen geordnet.

1. JESUS liebt Dich! 2. JESUS hat die Macht, Suenden zu vergeben (Matthew 9:1-8). 3. Wir glauben an JESUS CHRISTUS. 4. Nur JESUS bringt Frieden. 5. JESUS macht frei. 6. Wer JESUS hat, der hat das Leben. 7. CHRISTUS erkennen, heisst leben. 8. Freue Dich, JESUS lebt! 9. Zuletzt siegt JESUS!.

Special Occasion!

I guess it is a letter to the editor of the Northern News where the writer says that “Education is the key to Harmony.”

I believe that the key to Harmony is the Gospel!

Yesterday I picked up a little booklet printed by the Ministry for the Environment. On the front page was written: “Preparing for and adapting to climate change. LOOK AHEAD TO THE FUTURE.”-Also a campervan comes to mind which I saw a couple of days ago. On the van was written one word:”FUTURE.”

Of course I am looking ahead to the FUTURE.

We as Christians are going to have a glorious FUTURE!***

*** There are many entries about the FUTURE on this blog. One of these days I have to collect them all and put them together in order.

wd

Yesterday was our last class of the course: FIRST STEPS TO BUSINESS (FSB) For the last 24 weeks we worked every Monday Evening through 4 Modules.

I enjoyed the course and learned a lot!