“It has been discovered that frogs know where they will land before they leap.”

“TRUE STORIES OF GREAT ESCAPES”

I don’t know why I went back to get the book, but I did.

It was Saturday market in front of The Warehouse here in Kaitaia last week, when I saw the Reader’s Digest book with the title  “True Stories of Great Escape.”  I was sort of interested, but when the lady wanted  $ 2.00 for the second-hand book, I said that I would pay 50 cents. She was adamant that it was $ 2.00 and I walked away. But after walking a short distance I went back and bought the book for $ 2.00.

Now I know why I went back to buy the book:

I am reading now the story in the book called “THE SMALL WOMAN” by Alan Burgess. It is a missionary story and tells the story of Gladys Aylward, who worked as a missionary in China. I love to read missionary stories.

All the hymns mentioned are in this book

“Stand for something,” encourages me the election flyer, I found not long ago in our letterbox. (This year is election year in New Zealand.)

I stand up for the Lord Jesus Christ as James Montgomery tells us to do in his hymn, “Stand up and bless the Lord.”

Philip P. Bliss and Lindsay Smith are the authors of the hymn, “Standing by a purpose true, Following God’s command, …” We find  the commands of God in the Bible.

Here are some of them:

“‘YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.'” – Exodus 20:13

‘”YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.'” – Exodus 20:14

“‘YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.'” – Exodus 20:15

You find The Ten Commandments in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus at the beginning of chapter twenty.

I like to sing the hymn, “Standing on the promises of Christ my king, …” The author is R. Kelso Carter.

Here are some powerful promises from the Word of God:

“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” – First John 3:8

“They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony.” – Revelation 12:11

Do you know the hymn, “Stand up, stand up for Jesus! You soldiers of the cross?” The author is  George Duffield. Come on, let us do it and not only sing about it.

And let us remember, “If we don’t stand for something we’ll fall for anything!”

“TRUE STORIES OF GREAT ESCAPES”

FROM THE BOOK:

A major in the British Army had a crumpled piece of paper in his pocket.

I don’t think he believed in the promise of the Lord in James 4:2, where it says:

“YOU DO NOT HAVE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT ASK GOD.”

The crumpled paper in his pocket was a telegram from the War Office and it said that the whole nation is praying for the army. He rather wanted something else.

“Save water this summer”

“On that day

living water will flow out from Jerusalem,

half to the eastern sea and

half to the western sea,

in summer and

in winter.”

– Zechariah 14:8

Today at the beach and it is WINTER.

CABLE BAY – Northland / New Zealand

CABLE BAY – Northland / New Zealand

TAIPA – Northland / New Zealand

TAIPA – Northland / New Zealand

“The real-life epics of men and women whose password was courage, and who gambled everything for freedom – or death,” is written on the front cover of the book I picked up at the market yesterday. It is a Reader’s Digest book called TRUE STORIES OF GREAT ESCAPE. 

In the Bible we are reading about the COURAGE of the following people:

1.  ASA – Second Chronicles 15:8

Asa, the king of Judah, took courage to do a number of things:

a. The removal of idols.

b. The repairing of the altar of the Lord.

c. The assembling of the people.

2. EZRA – Ezra 7:28

Ezra took courage and gathered the leaders from Israel in Babylon, Jewish exiles, to go up with him to Jerusalem. He was a priest and a scribe and king Artaxerxes authorized him to do so.

3. DAVID – Second Samuel 7:27 and First Chronicles 17:25

David has found courage to offer a prayer.

He was a king and a psalmist. David killed Goliath.

4. PETER AND JOHN – Acts 4:13

Here we are reading about the courage of Peter and John. They had the courage to testify in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Read the beginning of Acts chapter four, where you also find that Peter and John spent one night in prison. They were both apostles.

I pray that my password is also COURAGE, and that I will have the courage especially to pray and to be a witness for the Lord Jesus Christ.