Proverbs 15:19
“……., but the path of the upright is a highway.”
Monthly Archives: November 2009
“Follow the Leader” or On Saturday is Market Day in Kaitaia
I looked at the back of a car and saw “FOLLOW THE LEADER” written above the number plate in quite big letters.
Who is your leader? My leader is the Lord Jesus Christ. I am following him already for many years.
In Matthew 4:19, my leader, the Lord Jesus Christ says, ” ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said,…………………………’and I will make you fishers of men.’ “
It ‘just happened’ that all of a sudden on the marketplace I heard an elderly couple conversing in the German language.
We got talking of course, and in the course of our conversation I mentioned also, what I had read on the back of the car and that I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We talked for quite some time. I told him what was on my heart and he told be what he thought…….
Pray for the couple!
CHRISTMAS BEGAN IN THE HEART OF GOD
MY BOOKS!
I have a good number of books. In fact we have a lot of books in our home. At certain times there are books all over the place.
When I am working on something, I am taking books from the bookcase and don’t put them back where they belong – because I want to get on with my job.
As you can well imagine, after a number of days there are books all over the place, as mentioned before. And not only in one room.
It is time to put them back in order again!
Fortunately I have made a list of all my books long ago. All my books are listed according to authors. The list is neatly written and kept in a folder.
The list has helped me just now to put many, many books back, where they belong and things look a little bit tidier now. The list saves also lots of time of course.
While I was getting order in my bookcase again, using the above mentioned list of authors as my guide, I was thinking about another guide for our whole life. It is not only a list, it is a whole book, the Bible, the Word of the Living God.
“It is a library of 66 books. The Old Testament contains 39 books and the New Testament contains 27, altogether 66 books,” I used to tell the children when teaching the Bible in the schools.
If you want order in your life, you must have the Bible as your guide.
Did you ever learn the ten commandments off by heart? They are recorded in the second book of the Bible, called Exodus, Exodus 20:1-17. Exodus means “exit or “departure.”
Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol….”
Exodus 20:7 “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord…”
Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day…”
Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your mother,…”
Exodus 20:13 “You shall not murder.”
Exodus 20:14 “You shall not commit adultery.”
Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”
Exodus 20:16 ” You shall not give false testimony…”
Exodus 20:17
“You shall not covet your neighbours house. You shall not covet your neighbours wife,….”
There is POWER in the WORD OF GOD and I believe that if we would have the commandments every two hours on TV, it would change our whole nation!
Weihnachten am anderen Ende der Welt (Neuseeland)
FORGIVENESS!!
This morning I walked in beautiful sunshine along the busy mainstreet of Kaitaia, when I saw a car to my right with ‘Forgiven’ written on the back window in fancy writing. When the driver of the car left the vehicle and closed the door, I went up to her and mentioned the word “forgiven” on the back window of the car.
We got talking and it was good to hear that she knows that the Lord Jesus Christ has forgiven her sins.
I told her that only recently in my quiet time I read in a devotional book about forgiveness. ( Charles H. Spurgeon: Morning and Evening)
Spurgeon is writing about Ephesians 1:7 “The forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace” and in his opening sentence he says, “Could there be a sweeter word in any language than the word “forgiveness”, when it sounds in a guilty sinner’s ear, like the silver notes of jubilee to the captive Israelite?”
I was wearing the cap with “Jesus is Lord” written on it, but she did not notice it. Only when I told her about it she read what was written on the cap.
I remember one sentence very well from many years ago. It was during our preparation time for the mission field at the German headquarters in Eppstein near Frankfurt. It must have been before Christmas and we had to make Christmas presents. One candidate wrote on the present he made: MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN!
Not long ago our pastor said in his sermon on Sunday morning how glad he is when he is getting out of bed in the morning that he knows that his sins are forgiven.
I remember also the evangelist Billy Graham saying in his sermon that the people need to hear about forgiveness from the pulpits.
I know First John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” off by heart and say the words quite often to myself.
And we know when we have done things we should not have done and when we have thought things we should not have thought.
It is good to say then: “Lord, I ask your forgiveness, Lord, forgive me.”
How many Things are happening the Moment a Sinner accepts Christ?
38 things
WHO CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION?
1. In relation to God the Father? (12)
2. In relation to God the Son? (14)
3. In relation to God the Holy Spirit? (6)
4. In relation to sin? (3)
5. In relation to satan? (2)
6. In relation others? (1)
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Alban Douglas: “One hundred Bible Lessons.”
JESUS IS LORD!
I could not see one cloud in the sky when I walked today on Commerce Street – main Street of Kaitaia – from one end of the town to the other – with my new cap.
On the back is written
Psalm 107:2
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