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“Live each day like it’s your last. One day you’ll get it right.”

In Philippians 1:21 the Apostle Paul says, “For to me, to live is Christ, …”

He explains also what he means by that. It means fruitful labour while he is still on this earth. Paul’s Ministry is to the Believers and the Unbelievers.

A.  Here in Philippians chapter one we read about the Ministry to the Believers: He wants them to progress and have joy in  the faith.

B.  In the book of Acts we read about his Ministry to the Unbelievers: There we find the happenings on his three Missionary Journeys.

a. The first journey you find in chapters 13+14.

b. The second journey is described in chapters 15:35 – 18:22.

c.  About the third journey we read in chapters 18:23 – 21:14.

If we are living for the Lord Jesus Christ each day like it is our last, we are getting it right every day.

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“I don’t think about dying. It’s the last thing I want to do,” is written on the bookmark.

Let me tell you about a man who did think about dying.

He even said that dying for him is gain.

Even more. He said that he desired to depart.

Why did he say all that? He had several reasons:

He expected that he would not be ashamed, but that he would have enough courage so that Christ would be exalted in his body, no matter what happened (Death or Life).

He knew that for him to live is Christ.

He knew that it was far better to be with the Lord Jesus Christ.

The man I am talking about is the Apostle Paul. Please read the first chapter of his letter to the Philippians.

It does not matter whether you are thinking about dying or not, it is the last thing you will do. The Bible says, “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment …” (Hebrews 9:27)

Paihia

Paihia (At the filleting bench)

Paihia

Paihia and Russell in the Bay of Islands.

“I talk to people everywhere I go and they make comments like, ‘you are an evangelist.’ My response? ‘No, I just love Jesus,'” writes Todd White in the article called “Possessed by Love.” (The NZ Baptist Magazine, v. 131, no. 4)

My destination yesterday was Russell in the Bay of Islands. Before 1844 Russell was called Kororareka. Captain Cook counted 144 magnificent islands.

The legend of Kororareka:

Korora is in Maori the blue penguin and reka is sweet. “Ka reka te korora,” said a Mari chief after drinking the broth of a penguin. He was wounded in a battle.

Arriving in Paihia I had to jump  on a passenger ferry to Russell, because there is quite a bit of water between the two places. A return ticket is $12.00.

The highlight of the trip was actually meeting a German again in Paihia and talking to him again about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Russell

Russell

Russell