Monthly Archives: October 2012
“COMMUNICATION”
“COMMUNICATION”
Seven times I find the word “communication(s), communicate(s), communicating” in the letter to the PROBUS friends written by the present chairman (2012-13). (Magazine active, Issue 54, Spring 2012, Your Official New Zealand Probus Magazine)
It is pointed out how important communication is and many ways are suggested how “to communicate about PROBUS to the wider community.”
I hope that you have heard about the PROBUS Clubs.
What an encouragement that was for me to communicate the GOSPEL. What an encouragement that was for me preach, to make known the GOSPEL.
In Mark 16:15 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL CREATION.” In First Corinthians 9:16 the apostle Paul says, “Woe to me if I do not preach the GOSPEL!” That’s why he was able to say to Timothy, “Preach the Word, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction.”
Yesterday I talked to two Germans and today with two more Germans here in Kaitaia. I am from Germany. We are not only talking about general things, but my main purpose is to communicate the GOSPEL, to tell them what the Lord has done for me and that everyone who believes will be saved. I am also thankful to the Lord when they accept my business cards at the end of the conversation. From now on I will always have some of the cards in my pocket. The business cards are homemade.
And what a joy it is when I find out that I am talking to believers in the Lord Jesus Christ!
That actually happened today!
Sermon Outline – OT – NIV
“but those
Isaiah 40:31
Intr.:
who hope in the LORD
1. will renew their strength.
2. They will soar on wings like eagles;
3. they will run and not grow weary,
4. they will walk and not faint.”
End:
Quote
“Treue in Kleinigkeiten is keine Kleinigkeit.” – Mutter Teresa
Golden Nugget
“When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.” – Acts 13:48
Violence towards Children in New Zealand
“New Zealanders have an unenviable reputation as being amongst the worst abusers of children, … ” – Mike Sabin MP ( The Northland Age, Thursday, October 18, 2012 )
The government is taking action. Last week the government released the White Paper on vulnerable children.
The White paper aims to protect children. The White Paper is for children.
When I read about the White Paper for children, a whole book came to my mind. That book is not only for the children, but also for parents and every citizen of New Zealand, and every person in this world.
THAT BOOK IS THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD.
This is what I would do if I had the money:
I would have the TEN COMMANDMENTS on the TV maybe twentyfour times a day until everyone could say them without reading them.
Here they are:
1. “You shall have no other gods before me.”
2. “You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”
3. “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, …”
4. “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.”
5. “Honor your father and your mother, … ”
6. “You shall not murder.”
7. “You shall not commit adultery.”
8. “You shall not steal.”
9. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
10. “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Of course, a campaign like that must be powered by prayer!
” … LIVING SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE …”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life …” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech.
I am reading that quote by Steve Jobs in the book STEVE JOBS The man who thought different by Karen Blumenthal (A Biography).
I have been thinking a lot about ” … LIVING SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE …” ever since I read those words for the first time and I have also looked those words up on the internet.
I have come to the conclusion – and put me right, if I am wrong – that it is a different way of saying: Don’t follow someone else.
BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I FOLLOW THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!
Listen to what the apostle Paul says in First Corinthians 11:1 “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”
Read also Matthew 4:19; Matthew 8:22; John 21:19; Philippians 3:17 and Second Thessalonians 3:9.
Golden Nugget
“WITH MANY OTHER WORDS HE WARNED THEM; AND HE PLEADED WITH THEM, ‘SAVE YOURSELVES FROM THIS CORRUPT GENERATION.'” – Acts 2:40