I am having a newspaper magazine in front of me. The article is all about happiness. Lots of headlines with the word happy and happiness. I think I have counted those two words 13 times.  – I have also read somewhere else about happiness. –

But at the end of the newspaper magazine article is  a picture, a male and a female holding hands and walking together under trees and about underneath the picture it says: “MAKE STRONG PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS YOUR PRIORITY.”  It seems to be all about relationships. That of course took really my attention. Somewhere else I read this,” And one of the the most important ingredients of a balanced life is having someone to love and love you.”

Apparently in the year 2000 50 books were published on Happiness. In the year 2008 4000 books were published on the topic. What an increase!

Are people getting desperate for STRONG RELATIONSHIPS?

Our prayer should be: Lord, make people desperate for a realationship with you!

Isaiah 46:4

“EVEN TO YOUR OLD AGE AND GRAY HAIRS I AM HE,

I AM HE

WHO WILL SUSTAIN YOU.

I HAVE MADE YOU

AND I WILL CARRY YOU;

I WILL SUSTAIN YOU

AND I WILL RESCUE YOU.”

I was sitting on the bench in front of the Warehouse drinking a bottle of water and talking to a really nice young man about the BIBLE and the LORD JESUS CHRIST. He listened with interest to what I was saying. I could see it on his friendly face.

And then it happened:

A book from my library came to my mind. It is only a slender volume, not very many pages. The title is “My pulpit is the world.” (translated) It is written by F. Meisinger* and it is a Personal Evangelism treasury. It says inside the book twentysecond impression 2002. Unfortunately I don’t know when it was first published. More than 100 000 copies of the book have been sold already.

My pulpit is also the WORLD. This time the bench in front of the Warehouse. I don’t even need to stand upright, I can even drink my water from my bottle  while talking as I did today on this very very hot day.

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*Friedrich Meisinger: MEINE KANZEL IST DIE WELT – KAWOHL – VERLAG

When I saw “The rise of female clergy in New Zealand” written on the front page of the Newspaper Magazine “Canvas”, (Weekend Herald February 7, 2009) I bought the whole paper immediately.

I have always been interested in the subject of  “Female clergy.”

What does the Bible say? Let me know what you think!

Even born again Bible Teachers, who are reading the same Bible and are taught by the same Holy Spirit are having different opinions on this subject. That’s what I have found out already.  How is that possible?

Comments please!

Usually I don’t go so far along Commerce Street in Kaitaia – but today I did. By doing so, I discovered the new meeting place of  the “Virtue Christian Centre.” Mitre 10 used to be there some time ago, in the middle of town, so to speak.

I understand, that the first service is there tomorrow at 10 am.

As you may know, theological virtues are faith, hope and charity (love). First Corinthians 13:13. Easy to remember.

“AND NOW THESE  THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.”