I am walking almost every day, but I still have to find out how many miles I walk in one day.
HARAKEKE – FLAX
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Please Remember!
“People would enjoy life more if, once they got what they wanted, they could remember how much they wanted it.”
I am reading that in the publication called COFFEE NEWS, (Vol 145:2) and I am inspired.
For myself, I am saying that a little bit different:
I WOULD ENJOY MY LIFE MORE
If I could remember how much I wanted …
1. … freedom from the constant claim of obligation. I have now that freedom. I am of the opinion that people who are free from the constant claim of obligation achieve more. Please let me know your opinion! Obligations include also deadlines. There is no doubt about that.
2. … my own roof over my head. Since I retired I have my own roof over my head. But in Germany, where I come from, and in Thailand where I worked as a missionary, and also here in New Zealand while working as a missionary (United Maori Mission, short UMM), I lived in houses belonging to other people.
I don’t need to tell you that it is quite hazardous to live in a rented house. The owner can come any time and tell you that he wants his place back.
I LOVE MY MOTORBIKE – SUZUKI SJ50QT
3. … my own vehicle here in New Zealand. While working as missionaries in Kaikohe / NZ the United Maori Mission supplied us with a car. I have never been fond of cars, but I love motorbikes. Now I have a motorbike.
4. … to reach my retirement age. You think that is crazy? I am now retired.
5. … to write a book. What a goal! I have written for Christian magazines but I don’t think I will ever write a book.
And I would have never thought that what I write now would appear on the Internet. Not long now and my cursor goes to ‘publish’ and you know what happens. I don’t need to tell you. Much better than writing a book!
(I got the five things)
The answer is not only to remember, but to be thankful!
I was born in Germany and remember the saying:
“LOBEN ZIEHT NACH OBEN, DANKEN SCHUETZT VOR WANKEN.”
In English: “Praise pulls you upwards and being thankful protects you from tumbling.”
Book Tozer
HARAKEKE – FLAX
“The primary work of the Holy Spirit is to restore the lost soul to intimate fellowship with God through the washing of regeneration.” – A. W. Tozer
I finished reading the book:
POWER BOOKS
RENEWED
DAY BY DAY
A DAILY DEVOTIONAL
BY A. W. TOZER
COMPILED BY G. B. SMITH
Please read it if you can get hold of it!
Sermon Outline – OT – NIV
JOSIAH
Second Kings 23:25
“Neither before nor after JOSIAH was there a king like him
Intr.:
who turned to the LORD as he did –
1. with all his heart and
2. with all his soul and
3. with all his strength,
End:
in accordance with all the Law of Moses.”
“A LAMP” and “A LIGHT”
“YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT FOR MY PATH.” – Psalm 119:105
“My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.
“A LAMP TO MY FEET”
1. When you walk, they will guide you;
2. when you sleep, they will watch over you;
3. when you awake, they will speak to you.
For these commandments are a lamp, this teaching is a light, …” – Proverbs 6:20-23
AM I FOOLISH?
YESTERDAY I WENT TO CHURCH TO LISTEN TO A SERMON.
I am reading that it is well known that the hearer of a sermon only remembers 10 per cent of what he has heard by the time he leaves the church or the meeting room. (90 per cent is forgotten.)
What am I doing with the ten per cent I remember? Do I put the 10 per cent into practice or don’t I put the ten per cent into practice?
And I really hope I have not forgotten 90 per cent of the sermon I heard yesterday. Or have I?
The Lord Jesus Christ says we are like a foolish man if we don’t put His words into practice! You can read that in the Bible in Matthew 7:26
ONE OF THE CHURCHES
“Sieg…”
HARAKEKE – FLAX
“Sieg liegt nicht im Versuchen, sondern im Vertrauen.” – Corrie ten Boom
Golden Nugget
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