Another second-hand book bought for a Dollar

A certain group of people were looking for a handbook that teaches us how to get along with other people. They came to the conclusion that nothing had ever been written on the subject. (I am reading that in the book How to win friends and influence people, written by Dale Carnegie.)

Why were they looking for a guide book like that? They found out in a survey that people were interested in two things, namely:

A. Health and

B. THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO GET ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

Is there really no handbook on the all-important subject of getting along with other people?

What about the Bible, “THE BOOK OF BOOKS”?

And please remember that the Bible is the oldest book in existence.

The crime rates are in the news at the present time. (The Northland Age, Tuesday, April 12, 2016 – “Believe it – or not,” page 4)

What can we do, to bring the crime rates down?

Three things are mentioned:

a. We must lower the unemployment levels. Too many people are out of work.

b. We must find an answer to drug and alcohol abuse that works.

c. We must “avoid the worst effects of the curse of social welfare.”

I believe that the crime rates really would fall, if we would come back to the living God as a nation.

THE CROSS

“The king replied,

Second Kings 6:27,28

Intr.:

‘If the LORD does not help you, where can I get help for you?

A.  From the threshing floor?

B.  From the winepress?’

End:

Then he asked her, ‘What’s the matter?'”

One more flower

“‘Don’t be afraid,’ the prophet answered. ‘Those who are with us are more than those  who are with them.'” – Second Kings 6:16

Es ist nicht bekannt, wer zum ersten Mal gesagt hat:

“WER HEUTE DEN KOPF IN DEN SAND STECKT, KNIRSCHT MORGEN MIT DEN ZAEHNEN.”

Da sind Leute, die stecken den Kopf in den Sand, wenn es sich um das Evangelium handelt.

Wenn wir das Evangelium hoeren, wird von uns eine Entscheidung verlangt. Entweder sagen wir ja oder wir sagen nein. So wie wir sind, koennen wir nicht in das Himmelreich kommen.

Es hilft uns auch nichts, wenn wir in einem christlichen Elternhaus gross geworden sind. Dadurch haben wir nicht das EWIGE LEBEN.

Wir muessen persoenlich glauben und dem Herrn Jesus nachfolgen.

Die Bibel spricht auch an verschiedenen Stellen vom Zaehneknirschen. Wir wollen sehen, was wir im Matthaeusevangelium im achten Kapitel im zwoelften vers lesen. Dort steht: “‘…; aber die Soehne des Reiches werden in die Finsternis draussen hinausgestossen werden; dort wird lautes Weinen und Zaehneknirschen sein.'” (Menge – Uebersetzung). Wir wollen auch beachten, wer das sagt.

Die folgenden Stellen sprechen auch von Zaehneknirschen: Matthaeus 13, 42.50; 22,13; 24,51; 25,30 und Lukas 13,28.

To win a copy of Love to a Whore’s Daughter, tell us how God has healed an aspect of your life.

I believe with Ralph Martin who writes in his book Hungry for God that it is a myth, that  a child lacking a good earthly father can never hope to understand what having God as Father means.

We hear that sometimes.

Fleeing from the Russians during the Second World War from the east to the west of Germany, losing not only our home, but also losing my father (I was too little to remember anything of my father), God became my Father and heaven my home.

But I surely can understand what it means  to have God as my Father. I don’t even know if my earthly father was a good father.

Heart

HAND

“Soldiers that carry their lives in their hands, should carry the grace of God in their hearts.” – Richard Baxter