“FOOD & WINE TRAIL”

“Have your say on alcohol law reform” says the pamphlet produced by the Salvation Army. It is “A guide to understanding and making a submission to the Government’s proposed Alcohol Law Reform Bill.”

On the front page you can see lots of images. People are holding up posters. This is written on the posters: “It’s time for DRASTIC CHANGE / Ease up on the drink / DON’T ADVERTISE ALCOHOL ON MY SCHOOL BUS!!!”

Many start with: “ALCOHOL LAW REFORM NOW”; for example: “Increase treatment Services /  INCREASE PRICE / RAISE PURCHASE AGE.” There are two posters saying “RAISE PURCHASE AGE”.

“Have your say on alcohol law reform.” I WILL! On page two of the pamphlet I read “Changing laws and changing our drinking culture”.

When will our drinking culture change? When will people stop drinking?

When the GOSPEL is preached in the power of the Holy Spirit. I remember Billy Graham saying that the communicating agent of the GOSPEL is the Holy Spirit. We must pray for people to come out of darkness into light, from death into life. And our praying must be guided by the Holy Spirit.

In Romans 1:16 Paul says:  “I am not ashamed of the GOSPEL, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”

Read also Romans 1:17

“Make your best business decision. Ever.”

“Make your best business decision. Ever.” That’s what The University of Auckland Business School advertisement says. Four courses are advertised and people are encouraged to apply. There are also images. One is of a present student and one of a former student. The students writing briefly how beneficial the studies are.

I want to urge you to make your best life decision. Ever. Why? Because your best life decision affects your business decision and all your other decisions.

The best decision you can ever make is to follow the Lord Jesus Christ! Are you familiar with the hymn “I have decided to follow Jesus?”  The hymn has four verses and here is the first verse:

“I have decided to follow Jesus,

I have decided to follow Jesus,

I have decided to follow Jesus;

No turning back.”

I* have decided to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. I was eighteen years of age when I made the decision. That was more than 50 years ago. Praise the name of the Lord for his guidance.

For a good number of years I was a missionary with WEC INTERNATIONAL in Thailand. There is the saying “Join WEC INTERNATIONAL and you see the world” among the WEC missionaries. That’s what happened to me.

Praise the Lord also for all the others all over the world who are following the Lord Jesus Christ!

*John 6:37; John 6:44; John 6:65

John 6:44

“‘NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS THE FATHER WHO SENT ME DRAWS HIM, AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY.'”