I am hoping soon to register for the above mentioned course.

What a bright and brilliant idea! “Lets do it Ltd.” was written on the work van I saw in Mangonui. Underneath was written: “The time is now.”

Business people know how tardy we can be when it comes to do something, even absolutely necessary things. “The time is now!”

Are there repairs to be done at your place? I am sure there are. Write them down on a list and then do them one by one. The time to do the repairs is now. Remember: “Now is the time!” Don’t procrestinate.

Now, if you neglect to do repairs on the roof  of your house it does not matter too much. You probably don’t even mind if you hear water dripping on your ceiling on a rainy day. I hate that!

But what really matters is when you neglect the Word of the Living God! There are eternal consequences.

Psalm 32:6 “Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found;…”

The Bible speaks also of a time of  favour:  Psalm 69:13; Isaiah 49:8.

And what does it say in Psalm 95:7,8? “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…”  (Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 4:7

Best of all I like what the apostle Paul says in Second Corinthians 6:2:

“For he says,

‘In the time of my favour I heard you,

and in the day of salvatian I helped you.’

I tell you,

NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD’S FAVOUR,

NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.”

Remember:

“THE TIME IS NOW!”

I am looking at a little booklet and I like the picture on the frontcover. A man is lying in a hammock and he has a laptop on his chest, not on his lap. At the top of the picture is written in big letters: “FREEDOM YEARS”.

“FREEDOM YEARS!” O, how I like that very much!

The booklet is put out by The National Bank.

In the middle of the booklet you can find important information about FREEDOM YEARS. Who is Eligible for FREEDOM YEARS? Only those who are 65 years of age and you must be a customer of The National Bank of course. Monthly account fees and all transaction fees are waived for customers.

I have said it before and am saying it again what I have heard from the pulpit one Sunday morning at the Baptist Church in Kerikeri some time ago. The man in the pulpit said: “Old age is not for sissies.”

You probably say 65 years is not old age. But remember that some people die before they reach those socalled ‘FREEDOM YEARS’.

Have a look at the diary of people who are more than sixtyfive years old. What do you find written in their diaries? “Appointment with my doctor”. Then another appointment with the specialist one week later and the following week get a bloodtest done. And so it goes on.

That are the socalled ‘Years of Freedom’.

I am so glad that my years of freedom started when I was young. I was only eighteen years of age. That’s when I found the Lord Jesus Christ or rather when he found me.

The Bible, the Word of the Living God, has a lot to say about FREEDOM!

John 8:32

Romans 8:21

Second Corinthians 3:17

Today I finished reading a book in which the author stresses the importance of the top, the leadership, of a company. He is talking about a company lacking force, brilliance and vitality. He says that lack of  force, brilliance and vitality has probably spread from the top.

The importance of  Church Leadership came to my mind again!