“I BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE AS THEY THINK. THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN THE NEXT DECADE WILL MOLD IRREVOCABLY THE DIRECTION OF OUR CULTURE … AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.” – Francis A. Schaeffer
Monthly Archives: August 2017
GOLDEN NUGGET
“‘SALVATION IS FOUND IN NO ONE ELSE, FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN TO MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED.'” – Acts 4:12
FATHER’S DAY 2017
FATHER’S DAY
SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2017
SEEN TODAY ON A GARMENT:
“FATHER
A MAN WHO HAS FAMILY PHOTOS IN HIS WALLET WHERE HIS MONEY USED TO BE.”
This is about distances
CARING
FAR NORTH DAFFODIL DAY 2017
FAR NORTH DAFFODIL DAY
25TH AUGUST 2017
WE ARE ASKED TO HELP SUPPORT THE 1 IN 3 NEW ZEALANDERS AFFECTED BY CANCER THIS DAFFODIL DAY.
TYRANNY OF CIRCUMSTANCES
I am coming again across the tyranny of circumstances in my reading. How am I reacting to circumstances? Is my reaction negative or is my reaction positive?
We cannot stop the mind and the heart from thinking about the circumstances which tyrannize us. Are you having sleepless nights? (Philippians 4:6,7)
To ourselves we are talking. I don’t need to tell you that. You know that from your own experience. We are doing that all the time. Mental chatter is going on continuously. Not only the mind, but also he heart is outside our control.
The negative reaction to tyrannizing circumstances is to think, “This is too much for me to handle.” The positive reaction, the biblical reaction is to say, “I don’t understand what is happening to me, but only good for me will come out of this experience.
Romans 8:28:
“AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, …”
Sermon Outline – NT – NIV
“But he [Thomas]
John 20:25
Intr.:
said to them, ‘Unless I
- see the nail marks in his hands and
- put my finger where the nails were, and
- put my hand into his side,
End:
I will not believe it.'”