HOME IS WHERE YOUR STORY BEGINS.

While my father was fighting in the war, my mother was fleeing with her two little children from the east to the west.

My father did not come back from the war and my mother landed herself in one small room under the attic of a farm house in the north of Germany near the danish border.

BUT the Bible was in our HOME and my mother was a praying woman!

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?

The magazine called “TRAVEL” (Tuesday,  March 8, 2011) has a picture of an elephant on the front page with two people on the elephant holding on to an umbrella and underneath it says:

“PILOTLESS JUMBO

An elephant ride in Thailand turns lively when the mahout disappears.”

That reminds me of a song from the time I learned english in Germany. I remember only this line and I hope the line is correct:

“IF YOU WANT A PILOT, SIGNAL THEN TO JESUS.”

THERE ARE LOTS OF PILOTLESS PEOPLE AROUND!

I have seen Lifestyle insurance advertised. You probably too.

We can also learn more about sustainable lifestyles. There are Sustainable Living Courses we can attend.

There is a Lifestyle newspaper for the 50+ called “OLDER AND BOLDER”.

The last Lausanne Congress was in Cape Town in 2010.

In the report I am reading about holy lifestyles.

“A Nairobi pastor, Calisto Odede, reminded us of the work of the Holy Spirit in the East African revival where the key phrase from that time was “walking in the light”. He challenged the church to a revival of holy lifestyles, charging us  that “we must be different because we are different.”

I am reading also in the report that one theme of the  Congress was a “call to the church to a restoration of Biblical  living;  to personal and organizational holiness”.

We are challenged to concentrate and focus on a holy lifestyle.

Our lifestyle must be influenced by the Bible.

LIFE STYLE the particular attitudes, habits, or behaviour  associated with an individual or group. (Collins Concise Dictionary)

Read what the Bible teaches  about attitudes, habits and behaviour:

Attitudes: Ephesians 4:23; Philippians 2:5. First Peter 4:1; Hebrews 4:12.

Habits:  First Timothy 5:13;  Hebrews 10:25

Behaviour: First Peter 3:1; First Peter 3:16. Romans 13:13

Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17

“‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.'”

“Do any of these individuals let doubt stand in their way or let fear curb their spirit? No way. Not for a split second.”

That is only a very short paragraph from “Mind over Matter” written by the editorial team of the magazine called THE RED BULLETIN (February 2011).

I am wide awake when I am reading about doubt and fear.

Two of the individuals and inspirational figures mentioned are Dan Atherton and  Conner Coffin. Dan Atherton is a “star of the world downhill mountain bike scene”. Conner Coffin is “just 18 and busy building a rep for surfing waves that scare rivals back to their beach huts”.

Inspirational figures!

I am challenged and that is good.

As a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ let I doubt stand in my way? Let I  fear curb my spirit? Can I say, “No way?’ Can I say, “Not for a split second?”

The BIBLE has a lot to say about doubt and fear.

Jude, the brother of Jesus says that we should be merciful with the doubters. James, also a brother of Jesus, says that the doubter is like a wave of the sea. When the Lord appears to his disciples he asks them, “Why do doubts rise in your minds?” When Jesus appears to Thomas he says, “Stop doubting and believe.”

The prophet Isaiah says again and again, “Do not fear.” In Matthew chapter ten the Lord sends out the Twelve and says “Do not be afraid.”

WHERE ARE THE SPIRITUAL INSPIRATIONAL FIGURES?

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Bibleverses:

Jude 22; James 1:6; Luke 24:38; John 20:27/ Isaiah 41:10,13; Matthew 10:26,28,31

“Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.” – Gail Pool

Isaiah 58:11

“The LORD will guide you always;……..”