Monthly Archives: September 2009
DO YOU WANT TO BE STRONG? “…., in quietness… is your strength,….” (Isaiah 30:15)
One of the sayings they have in Germany goes like this: “Sie muss immer das letzte Wort haben.”
The meaning in the english language is something like this: “She must always have the last word or the last say.”
That is not my problem! Or is it? To a certain degree we all have the problem of wanting to have the last word.
That’s why I picked up my Bible today and read again the verse in Isaiah 30:15. There it says: “…, in quietness …. is your strength, ….”
Those words in Isaiah 30:15 “…., in quietness ….is your strength,…” have always been a blessing to me, but I remember a time in my life many years ago when those words were a special blessing.
The WORD OF GOD is a sword, a hammer, a seed, a mirror, a fire, a lamp and food.
There are Bible verses for those symbols. Please make an effort to find them!
Another sermon outline with seven points.
I noticed that some people don’t need an outline for their sermons. They are difficult to listen to.
Please remember Isaiah 30:15 “….., in quietness …. is your strength.”
“…, for he is praying.” (Acts 9:11)
In Acts chapter nine we are reading about the conversion of Saul (Paul). In Acts 9:11 it says about him: “for he is praying.”
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How did I find out that those four people I had never met before were brothers in Christ? (We are actually living in the same town) I heard them and saw them praying!
Not long ago I attended two different meetings. Although both meetings had nothing to do with the church and religion I remember the prayer at the end of one meeting. At the second meeting the prayer was at the beginning.
I talked to the men who prayed privately and found out that we do have the same Father, the Lord Jesus Christ.
On another occasion recently I saw two men praying very seriously in a restaurant for quite some time. Others saw them too. When I talked to them I was glad to meet two more brothers in Christ.
One of them asked me if I had a word for them. “Rejoice in the Lord always.” came to me straight away. Philippians 4:4
Those four brothers in Christ are going to four different churches, but they are praying to the same Father in heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ.
TAUSEND FEHLER
DER WEG ZUR CHRISTILICHEN REIFE IST MIT TAUSEND FEHLERN GEPFLASTERT.
Gordon MacDonald
“When will you die?”
“Google” helped me this morning to find out the current local time in Bristol/England. I am intending to contact somebody there on Skype in the near future.
When I got to the page where it says that they are eleven hours behind us, I saw the following question written at the top: “When will you die?” A very good question. I think so.
That question is of interest to all of us. It said there also “Take the Death Quiz.” – There were also the appropiate pictures, as you can well imagine. – I did not take the Death Quiz, but I spread a lot of my study books out around me on the floor in front of my chair. It is a very good idea to do that on a rainy day. (It is raining today in Kaitaia!)
No need to tell you that the BIBLE, the Word of the Living God, is my main study book.
I don’t know how thorough my study was this morning, but the Bible says this: “No man has power over the wind to contain it; so no one has power over the day of his death.” Ecclesiastes 8:8
In Psalm 31:15 David says:
“MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS.”
What more do we want?
GOLDEN NUGGETS:
“Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies.”
Psalm 5:8
“I will sing of your love and justice.”
Psalm 101:1
DRIVEN TO ACTION OR TO OBTAIN A POSITION?
Please read the following two posts on this blog:
1. “Leadership is action, not position.”
2. “Being local it’s what drives us.”
ARE WE DRIVEN TO ACTION OR TO OBTAIN A POSITION?
Today and Tomorrow!
“Go for it today for tomorrow is promised to no one.” – Lore
I am on my way home from 
the last day of “Adult Learners’ Week” and the above comes to my mind. I am taking a little piece of paper out of my pocket to read again: “Go for it today for tomorrow is promised to no one.” As I mulled this over I am really moved. Are you also moved?
There was a beautiful board at “Adult Lerners’ Week.” Anybody was encouraged to write something on the board. I found that inspirational thought about TODAY and TOMORROW written on the board and copied it down.
“Adult Learners’ Week” had to do with education. Yes, go for education today……….. for tomorow is promised to no one.
Do you know why I am so moved by “for tomorrow is promised to no one?’
A tract written by Billy Graham comes to my mind. The tract is called: “Are you ready to meet God?”
Are you ready to meet God? If you are not sure read more posts on this blog!