Monthly Archives: November 2008

I HAVE THE MESSAGE FOR CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR (2009) COMBINED

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The word FUTURE has been staring at me from everywhere during this year. That’s the reason why you find so many posts about the FUTURE on this blog.

But what about the FUTURE?

Only the Lord Jesus Christ is the answer to that question. He says so himself in Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

What a verse. I can only marvel. The Lord is the beginning, the end, he is, he was, he is the ALMIGHTY, he is coming…..!

He came as a Saviour. We are reading about that in Luke 2:11 “Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you, he is Christ, the Lord.”

But he is coming again for a second time as judge. Are you looking forward to His Second Coming? I do, because he is my Saviour and not my judge.

Soon we will be reading something like this in the newspapers, “We don’t know what the FUTURE has in store for us!” Or something like this,” The FUTURE is dark before us.”

I say, “No, that is not true. The FUTURE is certainly not dark before me. I have a living Saviour and I am praising him.”

Pastor W. Busch was a youth pastor in Essen (Germany) and he celebrated the New Year’s eve with hundreds of young men. (Weigle Haus) Many of the young people played the trumpet and at midnight they went into the open air and played a hymn to the praise of God. (Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich! Herr, wir preisen Deine Staerke!) Soon the fire crackers stopped and it became very quiet and the people were listening.

How good it is to start the New Year with the PRAISE OF GOD. May it continue all year long!

Werner Dekarski

I SAW IT ON HIS FACE…..

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Today – 24. 11. 08 – I spotted four Germans in town and when I got talking to one of them about spiritual things his face lit up (a big smile) and then I knew that he was a ‘real Christian’, born from above. What a joy to meet him!

Forgot to give him my name – card. Had it actually on me.

I talked to more people today, but I don’t want to record everything!

wd

I READ ALSO QUITE A BIT ABOUT TALKING

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People really think that listening is more important than speaking.

This is what I came across today in a smaller publication:

“PEOPLE WHO SPEAK MORE THAN THEY LISTEN SHOULD CONSIDER HOW PECULIAR THEY WOULD LOOK IF THEY HAD TWO MOUTHS AND ONE EAR.”

THE BIBLE:

James 1:19

James 1:26

First Peter 3:10

Psalm 34:13

Proverbs 13:3

Proverbs 21:23

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THE WRITING ON THE DOOR:

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First Corinthians 15:26

“THE LAST ENEMY TO BE DESTROYED IS DEATH.”

I talked to a German tourist today (He told me,” I have met you before here in NZ.”) and in the course of our conversation I mentioned the writing on the door: “CLOSED DUE TO BEREAVEMENT.”

We talked about a number of things – but it came to light that people have the idea that they have to EARN their SALVATION. I told him of course that Salvation is FREE. Not only the Catholics are thinking that Salvation can be earned, but the Protestants are also forgetting, that Martin Luther ‘discovered’ again the old biblical truth that justification is by FAITH alone.

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.” ( Ephesians 2:8,9)

The German tourist is a Protestant.

wd

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