THE CROSS
“And Samuel said to the whole house of Israel,
First Samuel 7:3,4
Intr.:
‘If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts,
HEART
a. then rid yourselves of the foreign gods
b. and the Ashtoreths
c. and commit yourselves to the LORD
d. and serve him only,
End:
and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'”
“According to the teaching of the Scripture every single Christian is a saint.” – D. M. Lloyd – Jones
“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today.” – Anonymous
About “the importance of eating breakfast,” I am reading in one of our local papers today under “Your health”. (Northern News, December 9, 2015)
“Evidence suggests eating a nourishing breakfast is one of the best habits you can adopt to improve your health and wellness.”
Breakfast for me
But we don’t only have a body, we have a soul as well. Just as important it is to feed our body in the morning, so it is important to feed our soul in the morning.
That’s why it is important to read the BIBLE before we leave our home in the morning and start praying and continue to pray all day long, whenever we feel the need to do so.
I did not only read the Bible this morning, but I read also the page for yesterday instead of today – my mistake – in a Devotional Treasury.
In the Bible I read this morning chapter 4 and chapter 5 of First Samuel in the Old Testament. In those chapters the Philistines capture the ark, Eli dies, and we are told about the ark in Ashdod and Ekron.
The Devotional Treasury I am reading is called MORNING AND EVENING by C. H. Spurgeon.
From Bible school I remember once a guest speaker saying to us students that a hunter picks up his rifle before he goes hunting and not when he comes back.
SNAIL MAIL
Who is answering the mail?
SNAIL MAIL
Snail – mail is the conventional postal system, opposed to e – mail.
E – MAIL
Email is the transmission of messages from one computer terminal to another. Today we are sending more messages by email than by conventional post.
KNEE – MAIL
Kneeling before the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer.
Snail – mail is answered by humans and E – mail is answered by humans, but Knee – m@il is answered by the Lord Jesus Christ.
NZ Christmas Stamps 2015
“Darum ist dies Gebet Hiskias ein koenigliches Gebet, weil es Gottes Ehre im Auge hat.” – Wilhelm Busch
Rocks of Families.
When the question was asked, “Who is the Kiwi you most admire?” the Rock of the family was mentioned. Reasons why that member of the family is called the rock of the family were also given.
Between Kerikeri and Kaitaia
The question, “Who is the Kiwi you most admire?” is one of the questions asked in the regular feature in one of our local newspapers, the NORTHERN NEWS, called “LOOK WHO’S TALKING?”
Other questions are: “What do you like best about the Far North?” “What do you like least and how can we fix it?” And there are more questions of course.
This morning I remembered the rock of our family. The rock is no longer with us. Maybe that’s why I remembered.
I guess many reasons could be given why he was the rock of the Family, but I believe that there is one main reason:
He could say with David, “The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.” Psalm 18:2
Luke 2:38
“She [Anna] came along just as Simeon was talking with Mary and Joseph, and she began praising God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting expectantly for God to rescue Jerusalem.”
Happy Finders.
How do we recognize a person who has found the Lord?
First of all:
ANNA GAVE PRAISE TO GOD.
Secondly:
ANNA SPOKE ABOUT THE CHILD TO ALL WHO WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REDEMPTION OF JERUSALEM.
Does our life also have the marks of a happy finder?