“WAITING IS OUR DESTINY. AS CREATURES WHO CANNOT BY THEMSELVES BRING ABOUT WHAT THEY HOPE FOR, WE WAIT IN THE DARKNESS FOR A FLAME WE CANNOT LIGHT. WE WAIT IN FEAR FOR A HAPPY ENDING WE CANNOT WRITE. WE WAIT FOR A ‘NOT YET’ THAT FEELS LIKE A ‘NOT EVER’. WAITING IS THE HARDEST WORK OF HOPE.” – Lew Smedes
Monthly Archives: October 2018
Golden Nugget
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Sunflowers are very popular.
“THE TWO OF THEM, SENT ON THEIR WAY BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WENT DOWN TO SELEUCIA AND SAILED FROM THERE TO CYPRUS.” – Acts 13:4
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“DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE, AND GIVE THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO YOU, KNOWING THAT EVERY STEP FORWARD IS A STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER THAN YOUR CURRENT SITUATION.” – Brian Tracy
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“CHAMPIONS KEEP PLAYING UNTIL THEY GET IT RIGHT.” – Billie Jean King
Golden Nugget
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Who knows the name of this flower? I don’t!
“WHEN THE GENTILES HEARD THIS, THEY WERE GLAD AND HONORED THE WORD OF THE LORD; AND ALL WHO WERE APPOINTED FOR ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED.” – Acts 13:48
I don’t know the Name of this Plant
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Who knows the name of this plant? I ask, because I don’t.
“YOU ARE LOVED”
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SEEN TODAY: On the way from Kaitaia to Ahipara, in the Far North of New Zealand.
CONNECT
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“There are hundreds of ways to connect – either with friends you know, or those you don’t know yet,” it says in a Mental Health Awareness Week article. The week runs in New Zealand from 8-14 October.
To nurture our HEALTH by applying the Five Ways to Wellbeing encourages us the Mental Health Foundation.
Connections
One of the ways is “connect”. When thinking about connecting not only my connections with my friends come to my mind, but also my connection with the Living God comes to my mind straight away.
Billy Graham says, “Prayer combined with Bible study makes for a HEALTHY Christian life.”
A. PRAYER
When to pray:
- Always (Luke 18:1).
- In the morning (Psalm 5:3).
- At noon and in the evening (Psalm 55:7).
- Daily (Psalm 86:3).
- Day and night (Psalm 88:1).
B. BIBLE STUDY
It is good to have a goal, when reading the Bible. Read the Bible from cover to cover each day a chapter or more, and try to read the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation in one year. Read also Expositions of books of the Bible by renowned Bible teachers.
There is no need to tell you that my connection with the Lord Jesus Christ is more important to me than my connection with my friends. But it is a great joy to be connected with friends who are also connected with the Lord Jesus Christ.