Encouragement!

I am sure we need to encourage each other more.

I was encouraged when I received a magazine a couple of days ago . One of my articles with pictures was on page 8 of the publication. It was all about the Anzac Day in Kaitaia last year.

The article was also in the newsletter of my home church in Bottrop (Baptisten)and in the publication of the Bible College in Germany I went to. (Bibelschule Brake and the publication is called ‘forum’.)

FRIENDSHIP

At the end of last year  I mentioned that one word is standing out all over the place – the word FUTURE! People are concerned about the FUTURE. And we should be concerned.

But there is also another word I come across quite frequently – the word FRIENDSHIP. It seems that people are crying out for real friends.

I like to relax with… COFFEE NEWS. Today I am reading there under the  heading ” On the Lighter Side” “One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.”

I like to tell you about my friend, the Lord Jesus Christ. In His Word to me the Lord Jesus Christ says, “….I have called you friends, …..”

Please read the verses 13-15 in the  15th chapter of the Gospel of John. John 15:13-15.

Are you longing for a real friendship?  Come to the Lord Jesus Christ. He will be your loyal friend.

In the last century there used to live a man called Joseph Scriven (1819-1886)  who gave us the beautiful hymn about HIS loyal Friend, the Lord Jesus. The song “What a friend we have in Jesus…” is sung by christian people all over the wide world.

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Ferocious Wolves, Savage Wolves!

Not only ferocious and savage wolves are mentioned in the Bible, but other animals as well, namely sheep, snakes and doves. Read about them in Matthew 10:16 ” I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and innocent  as doves.” Also Luke 10:3! Lambs are mentioned in Luke 10:3.

Acts 20:29 says, ” I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.”  Read also Acts 20:30, 31 and notice the tears of the apostle Paul.

And listen now to the words of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” Matthew 7:15

The Collins Concise Dictionary says that “a malicious person in a harmless or  benevolent disguise  is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

At the Hairdresser’s Establishment (My Pulpit is the World)

Many men and women are already  in the salon waiting, waiting, waiting…. Another elderly man is entering the salon slowly, occupying the empty seat beside me  and straight away we are starting to talk. We have never met before.p1050499

In the course of our interesting conversation we are  also talking about spiritual things and I am also asking him,  “Are you interested in computers?”  “No”, is the answer.

At the end of our pleasant conversation I must sadly admit that he is more interested in computers than in spiritual things. But that is probably my fault.

I know his address and I will send him one of the leaflets I have written. The leaflet explains how to come as a sinner to the Lord Jesus Christ. The title is ‘At the end of the day’  from the series LESSONS FROM DAILY LIVING.

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The TONGUE

James 3:4

“Or take ships as an example. Althoug they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.”

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James 3:5

“Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.”

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