THE CROSS

“MAY I NEVER BOAST EXCEPT IN THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THROUGH WHICH THE WORLD HAS BEEN CRUCIFIED TO ME, AND I TO THE WORLD.” – Galatians 6:14

“New Zealand does not yet have a ‘system of care,'” it says in the article “Family violence: New Zealand’s dirty little secret.” (Future New Zealand – November 10, 2016, magazine.)

Reading that reminds me of the verse in the Bible, where it says:

“CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.”  (First Peter 5:7)

“Will the new Ministry of Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki, be enough to overturn this country’s  plague of child abuse?” That is the question in the FUTURE NEW ZEALAND – November 10, 2016 magazine.

“FAMILY VIOLENCE”

It says there also that Family violence is the “dirty little secret” of New Zealand, and if we don’t do something about family violence and child abuse it will grow.

I don’t know if the new Ministry of Vulnerable Children will overturn the plague of child abuse and family violence, but I do know that the old Ministry of the Word of God will.

Please read Romans 1:16. In Second Corinthians 5:17 it says:

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

US $24.99 is written on the back of the The Life Application Study Bible, New International Version edition, which I have here before me.

The Bible has not been in my possession for a long time. I am picking it up quite a bit to study it. In order to make reading easier, I am not only using my glasses, but also our magnifying glass, which we picked up second – hand some time ago.

The magnifying glass is a real help to read The Life Application Study Bible

I notice also that the Bible has more than 2368 pages, is quite heavy, and that I am as yet not really familiar with the book.

Only yesterday I found out that the cost of the Life Application Study Bible here in New Zealand is NZ $35.14. I bought the Bible and another book for about one Dollar – if I remember correctly – from a beach bookstall second – hand. (Really good condition and nothing written in it, not even a name.)

THE CROSS

“Finally, brothers,

Second Corinthians 13:11

Intr.:

good-by.

1.  Aim for perfection,
2. listen to my appeal,
3. be of one mind,
4. live in peace.

End:

And the God of love and peace will be with you.”

One ore flower

“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen. masquerading as apostles of Christ.” – Second Corinthians 11:13

Eyes

“For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men.” – Second Corinthians 8:21