Monthly Archives: November 2012

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IMG 0228 150x150“When the sun goes below the horizon he is not set; the heavens glow for a full hour after his departure. And when a good and great man sets, the sky of this world is luminous long after he is out of sight. Such a man cannot die out of this world. When he goes he leaves behind him much of himself. Being dead, he speaks.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“This is our Place”

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Readers are invited to submit photos depicting the Far North’s special qualities. Send to editor@northlandage.co.nz or PO Box 45, Kaitaia.

I submitted this photo:

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“Hold the chips: Mangonui’s famous fish and chip shop seems to be the place to go when one can’t be bothered diving for one’s lunch.” (The Northland Age, Thursday, November 15, 2012)

“Town & Country Food coming here soon!”

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The rain made me look for shelter.

When I found shelter, I stopped walking, stood still and looked around. And then I saw the message written at the top of the building on the other side of  Commerce Street:

“Town & Country Food coming here soon! BAKERY – CAFE – ROASTS – WRAPS & MORE.”

It is so easy to miss things by just walking on the street!

While I was standing there under my shelter in front of the pharmacy I was reminded of my reading of the Bible, the word of God.

It is so easy to miss the message the Lord has for us by just reading.

We must stand still and look up.

If we do not do it the Lord is very likely to send us adverse circumstances to get our attention. He loves us! 

Remember the rain that made me stand still and look around to see things! 

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

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P1060838 150x150“You must teach what is in  accord with sound doctrine.

Titus 2:1-5; Titus 2:15

Intr.:

Teach

A.  the older men

1.  to be temperate,

2.  worthy of respect,

3.  self-controlled, and

4.  sound

a.  in faith,

b.  in love and

c.  in endurance.

Likewise, teach

B.  the older women

1.  to be reverent in the way they live, not

2.  to be slanderers or

3.  addicted to much wine, but

4.  to teach what is good.

5.  Then they can train the younger women

a.  to love their husbands and

b.  children,

c.  to be self-controlled and

d.  pure,

e.  to be busy at home,

f.  to be kind, and

g. to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”

End:

“These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.” 

“Family is life’s greatest gift.”

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“FAMILY IS LIFE’S GREATEST GIFT.”

Look into one of the shop windows here in Kaitaia at the present time, and you can see those words neatly framed.

I cannot agree with what I am reading there.

But I agree with what Alban Douglas says. He says that CHRIST is the greatest gift.

“Next to the gift of Christ and the Holy Spirit, the Bible is the third greatest gift.” (ONE HUNDRED BIBLE LESSONS by Alban Douglas, page 88)

The Lord Jesus Christ did a work for us. He was sent of God to do so.P1230226

In the Gospel of John we read 43 times that he was ‘sent’. In John’s Gospel we find also the purpose  why he was sent. Read John 20:31. There it says,

“But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”

As the Messiah he has-

1.  He died for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8)

2.  He was raised from the dead for us. (Romans 6:9)

3.  The Lord Jesus Christ lives in us. (Galatians 2:20)

4.  He has redeemed us from the curse of the law. (Galatians 3:13)

5.  He brings us near to God. (Ephesians 2:13)

6.  The Lord Jesus Christ strengthens us. (Philippians 4:13)

7.  The Lord is the object for our concentration in life. (Philippians 4:13)

But of course, people who have accepted the greatest gift, the Lord Jesus Christ, have the greatest life, and that includes the FAMILY.

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IMG 0228 150x150“BETEN HEISST NICHT, DINGE VON GOTT BEKOMMEN. DAS IST NUR DER ERSTE ANFANG; BETEN HEISST, IN UEBEREINSTIMMUNG MIT GOTT ZU KOMMEN.” – OSWALD CHAMBERS