“When guests stay too long, treat them like the rest of the family. If they don’t leave then, they never will.” – Martin Ragaway, American screenwriter
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Sermon Outline NT (NIV)
“For I resolved to know nothing
while I was with
you
except Jesus Christ and
him crucified.”
First Corinthians 2:2
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BUT THE WISDOM
James 3:17
Intr.:
that comes from heaven is first of all:
1. pure;
2. then peace-loving,
3. considerate,
4. submissive,
5. full of mercy and
6. good fruit,
7. impartial and
8. sincere.”
End:
I am not a Vegetarian
“George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) on being asked why he was a vegetarian:
‘Oh, come! That boot is on the other leg. Why should you call me to account for eating decently? If a battened on the scorched corpses of animals, you might well ask me why I did that.'” – Vegetarian Living Vol. 62 No.3
Christmas 2010
“Over a recent Christmas , New Zealanders bought goods and services worth over $20 billion
on their credit cards and paid a mind – boggling $540 million of interest at an average interest rate of around 18%” – NZ Baptist (magazine) October 2010, page 5
“Our Family……”
“Our family was so poor we used to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken and lick other people’s fingers.” – Lenny Banks, American humorist
Conquering Ourselves.
“It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
My Pulpit is the World – 3. 11. 2010
It was a privilege to sit today with three young Germans from Berlin in a restaurant and tell them about my belief in the Lord Jesus Christ. The three young fellows are over here in New Zealand for three weeks to support the German rowers at Lake Karapiro.
I told them of course what Angelika Merkel said about preaching the GOSPEL in GERMNAY again. Angelika Merkel said: “Let us talk again about Christianity! Let us proclaim the GOSPEL with a joyful heart! How often are we doing that?”
Read also the post ‘Angelika Merkel: Calling to proclaim the GOOD NEWS again in Germany!’
“My Doctor says I have 30 years….”
“‘My Doctor says I have 30 years to live………
…….my Advisor says I have 20 years to live'”.
You cannot miss seeing the big advertisement in the local paper today. (Northern News, November 3, 2010, page 7.) It is all about “Successful Investing For A New Decade”.
We read what the Doctor says. We read what the Advisor says.
But what does the Bible, the Word of the Living God say?
Proverbs 27:1 “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
Psalm 90:10 “The length of our days is seventy years- or eighty, if we have the strength;…..”
Ecclesiastes 8:8 “….; so no one has power over the day of his death.”
The BIBLE says also in Romans 6:23
“FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH,
BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.”
“The wages of sin is death”. That is the first part of the verse.
DEATH is a powerful preacher. We cannot get away from death. Every day we are reading about death in the papers. Just now I am looking a the “Death Notices Index”.
“The gift of God is eternal life.” That is the second part of the verse.
How do I like that. I like to receive gifts. I think everybody does. The gift of eternal life is through Christ Jesus our Lord. Praise the Lord for the gift of eternal life!
I have received the gift. I have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ many years ago. I know that I am saved. Acts 16:31 I trust in the Lord Jesus Christ now. John 14:1
In the same paper mentioned above I am also reading about relationships. A Far North District Council Councillor is writing about relationships: “…..the most important relationship any politician can have is that with the people they represent.”
I write that the most important relationship anybody can and must have is the relationship with the Living God. Praise God for the relationship with HIM!
In the paper mentioned at the beginning is also a St John advertisement. It says “Only St John medical alarms connect directly to St John and are installed by uniformed St John Staff.” The ad starts with “YOU CAN TRUST ST JOHN”.
In John 14:1 the Lord Jesus Christ comforts us with these words: “Trust in God; Trust also in me.”
Have you trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you believed in the Lord Jesus Christ?
There is another ad in the paper mentioned already several time. In very big letters it says:
“GET YOUR FUTURE STARTED!”
Yes, get your FUTURE started by believing and trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ!