In the December 2000 Reader’s Digest – I bought it a couple of days ago at the local Salvation Army Store –  I read about the Word Power of the Reader’s Digest. On page 96 the question is asked:

“WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN  100 MILLION PEOPLE TAKE YOUR WORD FOR SOMETHING?”

Over 100 Million people around the world read and TRUST the Reader’s Digest.

THE BIBLE

How many people worldwide are taking the Bible, the Word of the Living God for what it really is: THE WORD OF GOD?

How many people are reading the Bible?

How many people are trusting the WORD OF GOD?

I was really struck by something I read in the December  2000 issue of  the Reader’s Digest. On page 40 it says:

“Their message was always the same: you can do it, too.”

You have probably noticed by now that the message on this blog is also almost always the same:

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I think the greatest thing for me to say – together with many others –  is also this:

“Jesus loves me! This I know,

For the Bible tells me so;…..”

That is the first line of a song. You find the song in  The Song Book of The Salvation Army. In the table of contents you find it under:  “The Young Soldier.” It has three verses and is written by Anna B. Warner.

SWEET DREAMS was written on the wall of the bedroom. It looked like it. The letters were fancy and the frame looked like a piece of art.

But unfortunately many people can’t sleep. Some time ago I read about the sleep service. The sleep service can help. We are encouraged, to book our appointment. There is a post called “CAN’T SLEEP?” on this blog. Filed under : Diary on March 5th, 2008.

On a bed is written “It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do.”

Proverbs 3:24

“..; when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12

“The sleep of the laborer is sweet,..”

The fight against climate change is on. We can support the fight by turning our lights off from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday, 28 March 2009. Earth hour is at that time.

Isaiah 51:6;  Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35

This is what I read in “Coffee News”  Vol 96:3:

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.”

at  Coopers Beach / Doubtless Bay (Northland)

Friday 1st May – Sunday 3rd May 2009

Speaker: NETTIE HOLM

Job 14:1,2

“MAN BORN OF WOMAN IS OF FEW

DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE. HE

SPRINGS UP LIKE A FLOWER AND

WITHERS AWAY; LIKE A FLEETING

SHADOW, HE DOES NOT ENDURE.”

Reader’s Digest, December 2000, page 13

Bouncing Back

How you handle adversity in the workplace has much more impact on your career than how you handle the good stuff. When pessimistic people run into obstacles in the workplace, in relationships or in sports, they give up. When optimistic people encounter obstacles, they try harder.

The people who know how to overcome adversity are the ones who rise to the top of the organisation. – Martin Seligman, quoted by HEATH ROW in Fast Company

I saw the article called “Know where you stand” in the “Franchise New Zealand” magazine and it was all about “Buying a Franchise”. (Volume 17 Issue 4) It was about borrowing money as well.

Straight away I was awake! Of course, it is very important to know where we stand. “Know where you stand” was written without an exclamation mark in the article. But I would like to make exclamation marks behind the headline. It is very important to know where we stand with our finances.

But it is even more important to know where we stand with our creator, the God of the universe. As we are born we stand condemned before God. Only as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are we no longer condemned. John 3:18

Believers are standing on the rock. They have a firm place to stand on. They have been lifted out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. Psalm 40:2.

Once we know where we stand with God, we also know where we stand with our finances. Or better we should know where we stand with our finances. The Bible says in Romans 13:8: “Let no debt remain outstanding,….”

In fact, the article in the “Franchise New Zealand” magazine says also that , the less debt we have, the better we are off.