A beautiful flower.

“‘BUT NINEVEH HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO CANNOT TELL THEIR RIGHT HAND FROM THEIR LEFT, AND MANY CATTLE AS WELL. SHOULD I NOT BE  CONCERNED ABOUT THAT GREAT CITY?'” – Jonah 4:11

I like this flower.

“HE HAS SHOWED YOU, O MAN, WHAT IS GOOD. AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? TO ACT JUSTLY AND TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.” – Micah 6:8

The Cross

“Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come

Habakkuk 3:16-18

Introduction:

on the nation invading us.

• Though the fig tree does not bud and
• there are no grapes on the vines,
• though the olive crop fails and
• the fields produce no food,
• though there are no sheep in the pen and
• no cattle in the stalls,

End:

yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Saviour.”

“though there are no sheep in the pen”

The Cross

“That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish.

Jonah 4:2-3

Introduction.:

I knew that you are

1. a gracious and
2. compassionate God,
3. slow to anger and
4. abounding in love,
5. a God who relents from sending calamity.

End:

Now, O LORD, take away my life, …

I am reading about someone who used to watch TV for six hours a day to ignore the issues in his life.

“An anxious heart weighs a man down.” – Proverbs 12:25

Are you not also wondering with me for how long anybody can ignore the troubles in his life before they walk all over him?

People who ignore the issues in their lives need help. There is no doubt about that. And help for our anxieties is available.

First Peter 5:7 says: “CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU.”

In Philippians 4:6 we read: “DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKSGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUEST TO GOD.”

Let us remember also  that “An anxious heart weighs a man down.” (Proverbs 12:25)

I like what Ellen Glasgow says: “I am not going to lie down and let trouble walk over me.”

I like this flower.

“‘WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THE SON HAS ETERNAL LIFE, BUT WHOEVER REJECTS THE SON WILL NOT SEE LIFE, FOR GOD’S WRATH REMAINS ON HIM.'” – John 3:36

We are hearing a lot about the Love of God, but do we realise that the wrath of God remains on us, if we do not believe?

FOOD

“‘THE DAYS ARE COMING’, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD, ‘WHEN I WILL SEND A FAMINE THROUGHOUT THE LAND – NOT A FAMINE OF FOOD OR A THIRST FOR WATER, BUT A FAMINE OF HEARING THE WORD OF THE LORD.'” – Amos 8:11

“the Word of the LORD.”

the Salvation Army in Kaitaia

What words come to mind when our brothers and sisters in the Lord  and other people think of us?

That question came to me when I read in a Salvation Army publication “WHAT WORDS COME TO MIND WHEN OUR SUPPORTERS THINK OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN NEW ZEALAND?”

What are the supporters thinking?

Thirteen words are mentioned and the following are standing out: “LOVE, HOPE, SUPPORT and KIND.”

And what words should come to mind when other people think of us? Here they are: He or she is patient. He or she is kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not self-seeking, and the list goes on …

Please read First Corinthians 13:4-8.