“National Hospice Awareness Week”

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

May 17-23, 2010

A free service to the community”

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“far north hospice

LIVING EVERY MOMENT”

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That and more about the free service you can find on page two of the local paper The Northland Age, Thursday, May 13, 2010.

“LIVING EVERY MOMENT”

Think about that really hard. Is that a challenge for you?

The Bible, the Word of the Living God says, that those who have received Christ, have passed from

A. DEATH (darkness)

into

B. LIFE (light) (John 5:24)

The motto of the redeemed is:

“FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST” (Philippians 1:21)

1. Romans 1:17

Living every moment by faith.

The justified “live by faith” (Romans 1:17.

2. Romans 12:1

Living every moment as a “living sacrifice”.

As priests, we present our bodies a “living sacrifice,” and thus live consecratedly.

3. Romans 14:7,8

Living every moment unto the Lord.

As the Lord’s own, we are responsible to “live unto the Lord” (Romans 14:7,8).

4. Galatians 5:25

Living every moment in the Spirit.

To “live in the Spirit” is to evidence we have life from Him.

5. Titus 2:12; First Peter 2:24

Living every moment

— self-controlled lives in this present age.

–upright lives in this present age.

— godly lives in this present age.

To “live selfcontrolled, upright, and godly” in this present age, is to prove we know the grace of God.

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Sermon Outline NT (NIV)

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

“FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS

Hebrews 4:12

Introduction:

1. living and

2. active.

3. Sharper than any double-edged sword,

a. it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit,

b. joints and marrow;

4. it judges the

a. thoughts and

b. attitudes

of the heart.”

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Pfingsten (deutsch)

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

“Mein Wunsch fuer Pfingsten fuer Sie und fuer unsere Kirche in der Schweiz ist ganz einfach: Mehr Feuer, mehr Farbe. Lassen wir den Geist in uns wirken! Wir werden das schon noch frueh genug gut schweizerisch regulieren und verwalten.” – Paul Vautier

Sermon Outline O.T. (NIV)

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

“For I resolved

to know nothing while

I was with you except

Jesus Christ and him

crucified.”

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FROM SINAI TO THE PLAINS OF MOAB

Numbers chapters 14-20

Intr.:

fell face down

A. Numbers 14:5:

MOSES and AARON

fell face down in front of the whole Israelite assembly

B. Numbers 16:4:

MOSES

he fell face down

C. Numbers 16:22:

MOSES and AARON

fell face down

D. Numbers 16:45:

MOSES and AARON

fell face down

E. Numbers 20:6:

MOSES and AARON

and fell face down

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REFUGE

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

The Women’s Refuge here in Kaitaia is not hard to find. The place is right in the middle of the town on Commerce Street.

Whenever I hear or read the word refuge, verses from the Bible come to my mind. The Lord is our refuge. He is not only the refuge for women and children, no, He is the refuge for the whole family.

Today, when I opened one of the local papers I read: ” Violence at home affects our tamariki.” ” Violence at home affects our children.”

There is also something about family violence in the latest issue of the War Cry, the magazine of the Salvation Army.

According to a study of the World Health Organization “one in three women experience physical or sexual violence from a partner in their lifetime.”

In the War Cry it says also that “Ten children are killed every year in New Zealand by a family member.”

The Lord wants to be our refuge. The Lord wants to be the refuge for the whole family. The Lord wants to be the refuge for all of us.

In Psalm 16:1 David says,”…, for in you I take refuge.” In Psalm 2:12 we read, “Blessed are all who take refuge in him.” Find a concordance and look up more verses!

Have you taken refuge in the Lord? I hope you have.

Are you living creatively for Christ in the HOME?

Billy Graham says in his Devotional Treasury “Unto the Hills”: “Living creatively for Christ in the home is the acid test for any Christian man or woman.” (page 118)

I am glad, that I have one more question to answer.

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Werner Dekarski

“CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT WORDS?”

I discovered the leaflet at the local Women’s Refuge Office here in town. It is a Literacy Aotearoa ( Choice – Change – Freedom) publication and on the front- page the reader is asked the question: “CAN YOU IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT WORDS?”

My answer is very simple: “No, I cannot.”

I love books, especially the Bible, the Word of the Living God. I am very much interested in the question and I am glad that I came across the pamphlet with the question: “Can you imagine a world without words?” Straight away it came to my mind, that the Bible says that the Lord Jesus Christ is THE WORD. Jesus, the Word! Proverbs 8:22-31; John 1:1; John 1:14. There are of course more verses.

I belong to those people, who take literacy for granted. I find it hard to believe, but it says in the flyer that “more than ONE MILLION New Zealanders have difficulty with reading, writing, using numbers, speaking and communicating effectively every day of their lives.”

LITERACY AOTERAOA ( Choice – Change – Freedom ) WANTS TO CHANGE THIS.

I have also another pamphlet here advertising “Literacy Aotearoa Certificate of Adult Literacy Tutoring – LEVEL 5.”

LITERACY IS COMMUNICATING!

The leaflet says also that Literacy helps us to “be independent, get our message across, make decisions about our life, understand our culture, understand our language, increase our knowledge, be affective at work, inspire and be inspired, choose our future and change our world.”

Literacy helps us to “inspire and be inspired.” I like that. Literacy helps us to “get our message across.” I like that even better. Why? Literacy helps me to get the message of the Bible across…. to you!

No, I cannot imagine the world without the words of the Bible. No, I cannot imagine the world without JESUS!

Visit one of the local pharmacies here in town, and you can find big posters there. On the posters we are encouraged to spread the word. It says there in big letters, “Please help us spread the word.” It continues, “Put up as many in Influenza posters as you can.”

It is all about “DON’T LET THE FLU GET YOU. Ask your doctor or nurse about influenza immunisation.” “INFLUENZA You’re never too fit to get it.

Big and small poster are available and more can be easily ordered.

“Please help us to spread the word” it says on the influenza posters.