“PREPARATION IS EVERYTHING”

“Preparation is Everything” I read on the poster displayed at the veterinary surgery in town. The poster advertises products for the farmer to be prepared…….

I surely like that: “Preparation is everything.”

Are you prepared? Are you prepared for ETERNITY?

“A Powerful Preacher” is the title of the booklet in my hand right now. What is the name of the powerful preacher? His name is DEATH!

Eternal Life-Life | Condemned-Death

We are on the wrong side. We are condemned. DEATH comes as the end.

On the other side is Life, Eternal Life.

HOW CAN WE CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE?

We must hear the word of the Lord Jesus Christ. We must believe in God, the Father.

John 5:24

“WOULD YOU BE FREE FROM YOUR BURDEN OF SIN?”

“Would you be free from your burden of sin? There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;…”

The hymn POWER IN THE BLOOD is by L. E. Jones and is based on the verse in  Revelation 12:11, where it says: ” They overcame him by the blood  of the lamb.”

I could hear the words of that GOSPEL hymn very clearly while walking from the local supermarket across the car park towards the main road of Kaitaia, tears coming to my eyes.

A group of young people from the SAVIOURLIFE  CHURCH in KAITAIA where standing at the main entrance of the supermarket singing and giving out tracts inviting the people to come to church on Sunday.

SAVIOURLIFE CHURCH: 47 Church Road

NAU MAI HAERE MAI

WELCOME TO CHURCH

Saturday : 7.00pm Youth

Sunday Services: 8.00am Prayer Book Holy Communion, 9.30am Informal Communion Service & Kid’s Church, 7.00pm Sunday @ 7

Monday: 6.00pm Youth

Romans 10:9

“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.”

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Near the Post Office here in Kaitaia the Brethren were proclaiming the GOOD NEWS! I obtained from them a little booklet called “A POWERFUL PREACHER”, meaning  DEATH!

“LOVE YOUR STUFF”

“Love your stuff”.

That’s how the STATE INSURANCE newsletter “Stateside” (your State update| 2010 issue three) begins.

State Insurance conducted also a survey, asking the customers:  WHAT ARE YOUR THREE FAVOURITE THINGS?

Do you want to know the top three things? Here they are:

1. Photographs

2. Pets (That is not our pet!)


3. Family.”

Love your stuff!

What does the BIBLE, the Word of the Living God say?

First John 2:15:

“Do not love the world or anything in it.  If anyone…”

Mark 12:28-31

Please read the verse!



NO SMOKE DAY COMING MONDAY!


NO SMOKE DAY

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1. Notice in supermarket:

“SMOKING KILLS”

2. Written on packet of cigarettes I picked up on my walk:

“Tobacco smoke is poisonous”

“He paihana te auahi hika”

“Smoking exposes you to poisonous chemicals that cause cancer, heart disease, and death.”

— “Smoking exposes you to more than 40 harmful chemicals.”

— “These chemicals damage blood vessels, body cells and the immune system.”

— “QUIT NOW to reduce your risk of chronic illness or premature death.”

3. The BIBLE:

First Corinthians 3:16,17 – Please read!

First Corinthians 6:19 – Please read!


WHAT COMPANY DO YOU KEEP?

“Tell me what company you keep and I’ll tell you what you are.” – Miguel de Cervantes

“Hold a true friend with both your hands.” – Nigerian Proverb

John 15:15

“……, I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIENDS,….”

SHIPS

“THERE ARE BIG SHIPS AND SMALL SHIPS.  BUT THE BEST SHIP OF ALL IS FRIENDSHIP.” – Author Unknown

“Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.” – Henry Wadsworth

Who is your friend?