A couple of days ago I asked somebody,” Do you know such and such a person in your area?” The answer,” My wife knows about that person, but she does not know her.”
I am sure, most of the people in New Zealand know about the Lord Jesus Christ. But do they know Him? Do they know HIM as their personal Saviour?
Guest Speakers are Russell Embling and Dean Vivian.
Day Visitors are also welcome and maybe I manage to get there as a Day Visitor.
I am sitting on the bench in front of the Warehouse in Kaitaia drinking from my water bottle. It is a hot afternoon. After a short while an elderly Maori lady is joining me on the bench. We have never met before.
But after talking about the weather and the Easter decorations in the Warehouse, we are talking about the real meaning of Easter.
And believe it or not. She is also a believer in the Lord and knows the workers belonging to the UMM. (United Maori Mission) We used to be workers with UMM in Kaikohe.
And one of her brothers is a preacher of the Gospel. I know him. So far as I remember he used to be the guest speaker some years ago at an Easter Camp of the United Maori Mission.
A student at a Bible College was interviewed and asked, “What is your motivation to graduate from this College?” Answer,” What is written on a banner in our Chapel: ‘ON FIRE FOR THE KING WITH A PASSION FOR THE LOST.'”
They want us to imagine our retirement. They want us to imagine the freedom. They want to help us plan our future. They have experts planning for us. They have expert advice. They want us to ensure our financial freedom. They want us to follow our own rules. They do not want us playing by anyone else’ s rules when we are retired.
Who? The Investment Advisors.
But can we write our own rules? No! Why not? Because we are dependent beings.
One man prayed,”Lord, I am standing on your promises!” But there was also a man in the meeting who owned the shoe shop in town and he was probably fed up with people who did not pay their bills. And he prayed,” No, Lord, that man is not standing on the promises of God. He is standing in shoes he has not paid for.”
What a message!
