“You can have peace in your heart with little if you are in the will of God; but you can be miserable with much if you are out of His will.” – Billy Graham
Monthly Archives: June 2015
“PRE – MARITAL SEX”
“Is pre -marital sex still a sin?” is the title of the article I found in the news magazine called INVESTIGATE HERS (April / May 2014). I borrowed the magazine from our local library last Monday.
“Yes,” is the answer.
The Poster
Not long ago I came across the poster above.
I am not quite sure now, but I must have picked up the poster together with other information material at the TE Hiku Youth Expo 2015 here in Kaitaia.
The answer in the article is not on “yes,” but it says there also that “sexual activity of any kind outside of marriage is considered sinful.”
We need more articles like that in our magazines.
WHAT A CHALLENGE
“How many days in my life have a failed already?” I am asking myself now seriously.
June 23, 2015
On this date, I picked up the book DAILY READINGS from the Works of Martyn Lloyd-Jones. The Reading on that day challenges me deeply.
I am reading there about four things God has given us:
GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF LIFE. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF FOOD. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE GIFT OF EXISTENCE. GOD HAS GIVEN US THE MARVEL AND WONDER OF THE BODY.
Think thank God for the daily bread
“There should never be a day in our lives when we fail to thank God for …” those four things, writes Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and what a challenge that is for me.
But how do we learn to thank God?
I remember a “Think Safety” sticker on my motorbike some time ago and I wondered a bit why it was there, but the message is very obvious: “THINK SAFETY.”
THINK thank God for the gift of life. THINK thank God for the gift of food. THINK thank God for the gift of existence. THINK thank God for the marvel and wonder of the body.
THINK! THINK! THINK!
How many days in my life have I failed already to be thankful for those four things and just taken them for granted?
In future I want to THINK thank God for everything and especially for the four things mentioned.
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Hearts
“OUR HEARTS ARE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY FIND REST IN THEE.” – Augustine
CONFIDENCE
About “confidence” I am reading on the last page of the book Stonewalled by Sharyl Attkisson.
Confidence in the news media is mentioned. Confidence in TV news is mentioned. Confidence in the Internet is mentioned.
Everybody agrees on the following says a Gallup poll (June 2014):
Confidence in the news media is lower than ever. Confidence in TV news is lower than the confidence in the Internet. That means that there is more confidence in the Internet than in the TV news.
The author of Stonewalled says also that we must do our own research, that we must consult those we trust, that we must make up our own mind and that we must think for ourselves.
I have confidence and trust in the Bible. Why? The answer is that the Bible IS the Word of God (it does not contain the Word of God) and that it says in Matthew 24:35:
“HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NEVER PASS AWAY.”
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“Wer Dampf ablaesst, vernebelt sich selbst.” – Markus Waesch
Golden Nugget
Another beautiful flower
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” – First John 3:18
Sermon Outline – NT – NIV
The Cross
“BUT THE DAY OF THE LORD
Second Peter 3:10,11
Intr.:
WILL COME LIKE A THIEF.
1. THE HEAVENS WILL DISAPPEAR WITH A ROAR;
2. THE ELEMENTS WILL BE DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND
3. THE EARTH AND EVERYTHING IN IT WILL BE LAID BARE.
End:
SINCE EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED IN THIS WAY, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE OUGHT YOU TO BE?”