Today, (29. 11. 08) I witnessed an Open Air Meeting in Kaitaia. And that was not the first time, that I saw somebody preaching at that corner. Needless to say, I went to talk to the preacher!
Monthly Archives: November 2008
The Love of Christ
Second Corinthians 5:14,20
“FOR CHRIST’S LOVE COMPELS US……..WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST’S BEHALF: BE RECONCILED TO GOD.”
IS CHRIST’S LOVE REALLY COMPELLING US?
I REMEMBER………..
This is what they said about a well known pastor in Germany:
“HE IS ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE LORD JESUS!”
What are people saying about ME? What are they saying about YOU?
Is it a ‘no win’ situation?
We were sitting around the kitchen table and in the course of our conversation I said something like this, “You cannot win, either people feel sorry for you or they envy you. Successful people are envied and non-achievers are pitied.” Nobody said anything contrary to that. So it is probably true.
And………. we are all on the same boat.
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 4:4 (easy to remember)
“And I saw that all labour and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbour. This too is meaningless, a chasing after wind.”
More about talking:
C. H. Spurgeon (I hope the name is familiar) says in one of his books:
“WE MAY JUDGE THE SECRETS OF THE SOUL BY THEIR MANIFESTATION
IN THE MAN’S CONVERSATION.”
GOLDEN NUGGET
First John 5:12
“HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE; HE WHO DOES NO HAVE THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE LIFE.”
Do you have the SON OF GOD?
Waiting in a long line at the Post Office- Personal Evangelism
“Gifts, family and meals, was the answer I received when I asked a young lady with a baby girl in her arms what she was looking forward to at Christmas time.
We were standing in a long line at the Post office to be served. I started with pointing to the Christmas cards and said,” There it says ‘Share the Joy’.”
Our short conversation finished about like this,” God gave us the greatest gift in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord died for our sins. Now we can have peace with God and enter heaven.”
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COMMITMENT!
Today I received a letter from an Evangelist in Germany. We used to evangelize together in the north of Germany near the danish border.
The letter encouraged me greatly!
He writes about two things:
Firstly he says that he is praying for us every day!
Secondly he says that he is reading through the Bible once a year and that he has done that already for more than forty years!
He belongs to the Brethren Church.
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