Church Bell

Not long ago I picked up a “Connection Card” at one of our Churches.

On the small card are several boxes that can be ticked. “Information about becoming a Christian” is one of the boxes that can be ticked. I am especially interested in that box.

How do I become a Christian? How do I become a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ?

We go of course to the Scriptures for an answer and there it says in Acts 16:31:

“BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS AND YOU WILL BE SAVED – YOU AND YOUR HOUSEHOLD.” 

We must believe, we must trust, we must depend on God the Father, on God the Son and on God the Holy Spirit. We must believe in the triune God.

I TRUST IN GOD THE FATHER

and believe that he has chosen me before the foundation of the world. We find that in  Ephesians 1:4.

I TRUST IN GOD THE SON.

I trust in Him to take away my sins, to adorn me with His righteousness and to be my intercessor.

I TRUST IN GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.

I trust him to dwell in me. 1 Corinthians 6:19, “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?”

“ON WHOM ARE YOU DEPENDING?” That is the question we find in Isaiah 36:5.

The sad thing is that many people have a connection with a church, but they are lacking the connection with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Harakeke (Flax)

World Mental Health Day, Tuesday, October 10, 2017.

New Zealand has a mental health crisis. What is the answer?

Help was not there. The right type of help was not available. They were not ‘bad enough’ to qualify for help.

That are the three things many people with mental health problems and addiction problems did say, when they needed help. (Mental health problems and addiction problems are closely related.)

I am reading that in the WAR CRY 07 October 2017.

We find the answer in the Scriptures, the Bible.

In Isaiah 58:9 we read:

“THEN YOU WILL CALL, AND THE LORD WILL ANSWER; …” 

(Psalm 91:15; Isaiah 65:24; Jeremiah 33:3)

HELP is promised by the LORD!