“Consider Jesus. Know Jesus. Learn what kind of person it is you say you trust and love and worship. Soak in the shadow of Jesus. Saturate your soul with the ways of Jesus. Watch Him. Listen to Him…. Let Him overwhelm you with the way He is.” – John Piper
No, I am not ready to chat housing.
But I am always ready to chat HOPE!
I did that not long ago at New Lynn Mall in Auckland, on my way from New Lynn Mall to Nikau Street in Auckland, and today here in Kaitaia in a restaurant. My pulpit is the world.
Do you want to know why I am always ready to tell people about the HOPE I have?
Here is the answer:
“AND IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU ABOUT YOUR CHRISTIAN HOPE, ALWAYS BE READY TO EXPLAIN IT.” – First Peter 3:15
Read about our “Resurrection Hope” in the Bible, the Word of the Living God (First Corinthians 15:17,18).
Christ has risen:
1. Our faith is not futile.
2. We are no longer in our sins.
3. Those who have fallen asleep in Christ are also not lost.
In his book “UNTO THE HILLS” Billy Graham is writing:
“In a network television program Malcolm Muggeridge reflected that a true Christian ‘is longing for the termination of life in time as one longs for the end of a long and arduous threeweek sea voyage when one is in the last three days. I look forward to the time when my life will partake of eternity with near irrepressible eagerness.'”
“I don’t appreciate neat, tidy and superficial references to suffering that seem to say,
“Consider Jesus. Know Jesus. Learn what kind of person it is you say you trust and love and worship. Soak in the shadow of Jesus. Saturate your soul with the ways of Jesus. Watch Him. Listen to Him…. Let Him overwhelm you with the way He is.” – John Piper
“Help me to be willing to give you my little pinic, and witness the miracle of a multitude fed.” – Olivia Swansbury
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