“Anxiety Disorders

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says the picture on the last page of one of our newspapers. And this is the caption: “Why pay when you can get it for free?”

The Bible has a lot to say about anxiety. Philippians 4:4-6 is a familiar passage. There it says, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

Have you ever heard sermons on that passage in the Bible? I think the best sermon on Philippians 4:4-6 I ever read was in the book called Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones called “THE PEACE OF GOD”.

“The heart and the mind are outside our control,” writes D. M. Lloyd-Jones in the sermon.

I hope you are now interested to get the book and read the sermon!

“A forgotten milestone,” is the headline of a letter to the editor in our local newspaper. Reading that reminds me of the milestones in my life which are not forgotten. Two are outstanding and here they are.

THE FIRST MILESTONE

When I passed from darkness to light in my teens. I had a second birthday. I began a new life. I became a member of the family of God. I entered the door to salvation and into heaven.

THE SECOND MILESTONE

Eventually I managed to read the Bible from cover to cover. Many years ago I read the Bible twice in one year from cover to cover, from GENESIS to REVELATION. And when I say from cover to cover I mean every word!

In the letter to the editor the writer points out a celebration which is passing unnoticed. And now I am asking myself, “Is there a milestone, a significant event in my life, which is passing unnoticed, which is forgotten?” I hope not!

Taipa, Tuesday, February 11, 2020

“OBEDIENCE IS THE MASTER KEY TO EFFECTIVE PRAYER.” – Billy Graham

“Our prayers are to mean something to us if they are to mean anything to God.” – Maltbie Babcock

“Not one of all the LORD’S good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled.” – Joshua 21:45

“We’re running out of water ….,” is written on the posters I saw in town (Kaitaia) today, when going to the Saturday market.

I am a reader of the Bible and when I hear about water I am thinking straight away about the Living Water the Bible tells us about.

Also our local paper has lately headlines like this on the front page: “Northland Regional Council lays down water law,” and “Outside taps off in town.” For us who live here it means that we cannot water our vegetable gardens any longer. For example the silverbeet is wilting away without water.

We are told that we are running out of drinking water. But I can tell you that we will never run out of Living Water, the water the Bible tells us about. The supply of Living Water is not only inexhaustible, it is also unaffected by Time and Season.

The Bible says in Zechariah 14:8, “On that day living water will flow out of Jerusalem, half from the eastern sea and half to the western sea, in summer and in winter.” And in Revelation 7:17 we read, “For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water.”