“Praise for…”

“Praise for (Name of book).”

I read that yesterday in the evening when I picked up a new Christian book to read.

And how surprised I was when I read the names of over ten people including what they were doing listed on the first to pages of the book with praises for the volume.

Some of the praises were quite long.

I have really only praise for one book and that is the BIBLE.

I say with David who says in Psalm 56:4:

“IN GOD, WHOSE WORD I PRAISE, IN GOD I TRUST; I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT CAN MORTAL MAN DO TO ME?”

The Open Bible

AT THE BEACH

“Have faith in yourself,” “Believe in yourself” and “Have faith in your abilities,” we read again and again, for examples in quotes. I read just now two “Quotable Quotes” and both encourage me to have faith in myself.

The Lord Jesus Christ says in John 14:1:

“Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me.'” (New Testament in Contemporary English – CEV).

Can I encourage you to have faith in God and in the Lord Jesus Christ?

“that’s life!” magazine, January 6, 2014

Reading the above makes me really think and I am challenged!

Thinking about the above just now, three places are coming to my mind:

1.  The place where we live,

2.  the place where we work and

3.  the place where we worship. (Church)

AT THE BEACH

“Whether it’s a scrap of paper, a locked journal or a glowing computer screen, if there is a nagging worry that won’t go away, write about it. After all, who better to share your problems with than a blank page,” writes Kelly Surtees in the magazine called WellBeing Issue 134.

Those words surely have the power to inspire and to motivate me.

Here is my story:

I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. In my teens I came out of darkness into light and since then the BIBLE is no longer a book like any other books. For me the BIBLE is alive.

In his letter to the Christians in Philippi the apostle Paul is writing:

“DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING; INSTEAD, PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING. TELL GOD WHAT YOU NEED, AND THANK HIM FOR ALL HE HAS DONE.” – Philippians 4:6

Please find a BIBLE and read the whole of chapter four, or better still the whole letter. There are only four chapters.

I am sharing my nagging problems with the Living God as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ do worldwide. I have done that already for  more than fifty years. God is my heavenly Father!

Sunflower

“This I call to mind and therefore I have hope.” – Lamentations 3:21

Sunflower

“Those he justified, he also glorified.” – Romans 8:30