“The kind of evangelicalism which concentrates exclusively on saving individual souls is not true evangelicalism. It is not evangelical because it is not biblical.

It forgets that God did not create souls but body-souls called human beings, who are also social beings, and that he cares about their bodies and their society as well as about their relationship with himself and their eternal destiny.

So true Christian love will care for people as people, and will seek to serve them, neglecting neither the soul for the body nor the body for the soul.”

John Stott

“GOD IS THE GREAT UNRECOGNISED WHOM MOST MEN LOOK AT WITHOUT SEEING.”

Harry Dean

“Genuine holiness will find its expression in unrewarded service to the last, the least and the lost.”

Frederick Coutts

…when I opened the local paper his morning and  saw one of my pictures in the  paper. Must be picture number three, if I am not mistaken.

Here it is:

this is our

PLACE

Boats in  safe harbour at Mill Bay, viewed from Mangonui’s heritage trail. Photo : Werner Dekarski. (Readers are invited to submit photos depicting the Far North’s special qualities. Send to editor@northlandage.co.nz or PO Box 45 Kaitaia.)

An urgent call for leadership. Everywhere – also in the churches!

What is causing the water shortage we are having at the present time here in the north of our beautiful country New Zealand? Especially in KAITAIA?

Is it the drought? Or is it the total mismanagement  of the water supply in KAITAIA. It is not the drought. It is the mismanagement of the water supply in KAITAIA.

The paper says: ” IT’S DOWN TO THE COUNCIL.”

We want to improve and grow our community. In order to do that we need  VISION and COMMITMENT

Where is the leadership and the representation that delivers VISION and LEADERSHIP?

THERE IS AN URGENT CALL FOR LEADERSHIP EVERYWHERE – ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCHES!

Read on this blog:

‘Jehoshaphat, the leader of his people.’ Second Chronicles 20 (RSV)

We are taking so much for granted. Let us be more thankful to the Lord!

Psalm 7:17

“I WILL GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD…”

Colossians 2:7

“….., AND OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS.”

Colossians 3:15

“AND BE THANKFUL.”

Hebrews 12:28

“…, LET US BE THANKFUL,….”

We are running out of water here in  KAITAIA.

I am reading my Bible from cover to cover and this is what I read this morning:

Deuteronomy 11:13-14

“So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today –

to love the Lord your God and

to serve him

with all your heart and

with all your soul –

then I will send RAIN on your land….”