Closing Date : 10 August 2007
Prize Giving: 28 September 2007
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Author Archives: Werner Dekarski
Gesammelte Werke Karl Mays
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Wer willig ist, das Porto zu bezahlen, kann die Buecher umsonst haben!
Sie sind so gut wie neu. wd
At the Pac’nSave checkout today–7.8.07
Even the 12 items or less checkout had trouble getting people through today and while waiting I got talking to a young man beside me whose face was familiar to me from the time we came here about 2 years ago. We recognized each other and and I said sorry for getting him into trouble with the manager of the shop at that time. He was a checkout operator at that time, but now he trained to be an accountant.
First of all he did not remember the incident. He said that it was alright, when he remembered. I said,” It was especially bad for me because I am a Christian, read the Bible and want to follow the Lord. But at that time I was not well at all.” But he had forgiven me. I asked him after that,” Are you believing anything at all?” His reply was,” I was a Mormon, but now I am going to the Union Church. A very nice young man indeed.
I believe that the Lord led me to meet him there at that time.
I was actually going to do some other business first, but the LORD led me to go at that time to Pac’nSave!
wd
Are you distressed?
I am in a big bookshop and above the bookshelves filled with the books for sale I see several posters with the following words on them “Fiction Authors A to Z Fiction” And above is written “I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.” Montisquieu
I have experienced that myself also especially with books I was really interested in. I know the authors of a number of books personally and I am especially interested in the books they have written.
That is just at the moment the case because I am reading a book written by a lady who lives here in the same town where I live. In that book she relates her experiences she has had as a missionary in Africa. In fact she has been working there on that continent for many years and in two countries. Very interesting reading indeed.
The best book however to read when one is distressed is the Bible , the Word of the Living God. There is power in the Word of God. There are so many precious promises in the Bible. Of course you can only understand the Bible properly when you know the author personally, namely the Holy Spirit.
There is one promise in the Bible that deals with distress and this promise is also widely known. It is a portion of the Word of God in the book of Philippians. The apostle Paul is writing to the Christians in the town of Philippi in his letter in chapter four in verse 6: Philippians 4:6 ( press on the verse)
What a wonderful promise!
wd
05. 08. 2007
Emails with a message:
gods4u@xtra.co.nz
live4ever4jesus@netscape.net
Hoping to start a course called FIRST STEPS TO BUSINESS on 13. 08 this year.
4 Modules
1. Taking the First Steps
2. The Planning Toolkit
3. Crunching the numbers
4. Marketing Matters
IGNITE seems to be also an important word in the business world. I saw it at FARMERS and the FSB Course is also using it:
“To Ignite the Entrepreneurial Mind”
Kia Hiikaka Mai te Hinengaro Paakikhi
wd
04. 08. 07
Thinking of advertising? I am thinking of advertising!
Six Newspapers in Northland:
Northern News: 12 199 circulation
Bay Cronicle: 9 078 circulation
The Northland Age: 7 800 circulation
Doubtless Bay Times: 7 350 circulation
The Northern Advocate: ? circulation
The New Zealand Herald: 500 000 circulation
Notices which appear in the Northern News are also printed in the Bay Chronicle.
Wie steht es nun mit der Zukunft?
Das ist nun eine Frage, an der wir alle interessiert sind. Ich auch. Da werden wir zum Beispiel aufgefordert, jetzt unsere Zukunft wachsen zu lassen, indem wir unser Geld in der Baumwirtschaft investieren. Da sagt sogar eine Computerschule nicht nur vertrauen Sie uns ihre Zukunft an, sondern sie sagt sogar, vertrauen Sie uns ihr Leben an. Dasselbe sagt auch eine Schule, die Koeche ausbildet. Diese Schulen wollen die Verantwortung fuer unsere Ausbildung uebernehmen.
Da ich ein gewisses Alter habe, kann ich bei McDonald’s, die ja weltbekannt sind, eine Tasse Kaffe umsonst erhalten, ohne irgend etwas anderes zu bestellen. Da liegt eine Zeitung aus bei McDonald’s, die ‘Kaffee-Nachrichten’ heisst. Nur ein kleines Blatt, zwei Seiten. Da fand ich nun eine Anzeige auf der einen Seite, die sagt, dass Quacksalber uns unser Schicksal vorhersagen wollen in diesem Augenblick mit einer besonderen Auslegung. Wir koennen ihnen Klarheit geben, wir koennen ihnen Wegweisung geben , wir koennen ihnen wirksame Einsichten in ihre Zukunft geben, wird da behauptet.
Werden Sie eine besondere Person treffen? Und so weiter und so fort. Aber was ueber der ganzen letztgenannten Anzeige steht, hat mich natuerlich auch interessiert. Da steht naemlich: Dies geht Leute an, die lieben wollen und geliebt werden wollen. Interessant, nicht wahr?
Und das ist richtig. Zu einem harmonischen Leben gehoert, dass man jemand liebt und von jemandem geliebt wird. Schon lange ist es gesagt worden: Es gibt viele Schaetze, aber der groesste Schatz ist die Liebe. Auch las ich vor langer Zeit, dass jedes Kaeseblatt ein Horoskop hat. Und als ich mir die andere Seite von ‘Kafee-Nachrichten’ ansah, hiess es da wirklich: Dein woechentliches Horoskop!.
Wir haben nun ein wenig gesehen, was andere ueber unsere Zukunft schreiben und wir merken auch, dass sie an unserer Zukunft interessiert sind.
Lassen Sie sich nun auch sagen, dass Gott an unserer Zukunft interessiert ist. Er sagt so in der Bibel. Und alle anderen Blaetter und Meinungen ueber unsere Zukunft werden vergehen. Aber die Bibel bleibt ewig. Matthaeus 24:35 sagt folgendes:” Himmel und Erde werden vergehen, meine Worte aber werden nimmermehr vergehen.” (Matthew 24:35) In der Bibel heisst es im Johannes -Evangelium Kapitel 3 Vers 16:” Denn so sehr hat Gott die Welt geliebt, dass er seinen einzigen Sohn hingegeben hat, damit alle, de an ihn glauben, nicht verloren gehen, sondern ewiges Leben haben.” (John 3:16)
Der Herr Jesus Chritsus ist eine besondere Person. Er ist der Sohn Gottes und der Heiland der Welt. Er liebt uns und wir muessen ihn lieben und dann haben wir eine ewige ZUKUNFT bei ihm.
wd
Bumper Stickers
As it happened he parked his car in front of the courthouse in Kaikohe, got out of the car and while we were both crossing the road I called after him,” Sir, are you a Christian?” His answer was in the affirmative. I inquired further,” How do I know that you are a Christian? Have a guess!” He replied,” I don’t know off hand.” I saw in his face that he was a bit at a loss for an answer. As this man was a complete stranger to me I did not want to keep him in suspense unnecessarily and said to him,” I know because I saw an ALPHA sticker on the back of your car.”
Most of you I am sure are familiar with the ALPHA Course run by Churches. One man I knew ran a course like this and people came to the Lord through the event.
But back to my man in front of the courthouse.
As we went along on the footpath a bright smile came to his face. He was a
middle aged man. A very pleasant man indeed.
Upon my question where he was from his answer was,” From Kerikeri.” I suspected already that he was not from Kaikohe. Further I asked him,” Are you born again?” “Yes,” was his quick reply. I gave him a clap on his right shoulder and said, “Praise the Lord!”
We both kept on walking and smiling and then parted company. I think he had business at the courthouse and I went along my way in the direction to the warehouse in Kaikohe.
wd