A beautiful flower

“He answered, ‘Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'” – Numbers 23:12

“The thing that separates the gospel from every other teaching is that it is primarily a proclamation of God and our relationship to God.” – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

THE CROSS

“BUT THE LORD  SAID

Numbers 20:12

(Numbers 27:14; Deuteronomy 1:37; 3:26; 4:21; 32:51)

Intr.:

to Moses and Aaron,

TWO STAGES (Steps)

A.  ‘Because you did not trust in me enough

Trusting means believing, relying and clinging (The Amplified Bible).

B.  to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites,

Honor me as holy means to sanctify ME (The Amplified Bible).

Psalm 106:32,33

End:

you will not bring this community into the land I give them.'”

SERVICE

“GO THE EXTRA MILE,” I saw written at the top of a number plate when coming home today.

It speaks of service. What is service? “Service is love in work clothes,” is a definition someone sent me some time ago. I am writing this during Mental Health Awareness Week – 5-11 October 2015 – and GIVING, “Doing things for others,” I am told is one of the keys to happier living.

Key

“‘If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles,'” says the Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Matthew. (Matthew 5:41)

Here we are reminded again of  unlimited service.

“But the thing here demanded is a readiness to submit to unreasonable demands of whatever kind, …” explains the Commentary on the whole Bible (Regency Reference Library).

Business people realising that it is profitable to “Go the extra Mile.” On the back of a truck I see quite often here in town is the message:

“IF YOU MEAN TO PROFIT, LEARN TO PLEASE.”

“Profit” and “PLEASE”

Source: MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK magazine (Came today with The Northland Age)

THE BIBLE SAYS in Philippians 4:6: “Don’t worry about anything, instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” (New Living Translation)

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

The Well

“I HAVE BEEN SINKING MY BUCKET DOWN THE WELL VERY FREQUENTLY, BUT NOW MY THIRST AFTER JESUS HAS BECOME SO INSATIABLE, THAT I LONG TO PUT THE WELL ITSELF UP TO MY LIPS AND DRINK FROM IT.” – One in days gone by

Mangonui Today

“DO ONE THING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY EVERY DAY,” said the placard I saw in a shop at MANGONUI today. Some things we do make us happy and some things we do make us unhappy.

Mangonui Today

Today I did one thing that made me really unhappy and one thing that made me really happy. Let me tell you about it.

Mangonui Today

For lunch I bought some dry buns, because I felt like eating buns. There were three in the packet. Not much of the  third bun was left in my hand, when a dog was after me wanting what was left.  Although the owner of the dog yelled at the dog, the dog did not listen. Eventually I threw the remains of the precious bun to the dog. The owner of the  pet was very apologetic. All that made me very unhappy.

Mangonui Today

But I did also one thing today that made me very happy. Two people, one standing and one sitting on a chair, were on the wharf at Mangonui fishing. When talking to them, I told them also what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for me. We had quite a long conversation.

But I don’t think I do deliberately things that make me unhappy.

Mangonui Today

We mark WORLD FOOD DAY on October 16.

PHYSICAL FOOD

The United Nations says that we can end world hunger.

SPIRITUAL FOOD

The BIBLE is food for the soul: Deuteronomy 8:3; Job 23:12; Psalm 119:103; Jeremiah 15:16; First Peter 2:2.

Spiritual food is prepared in abundance for the Believers. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life.

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FOOD OF THE WORLDLY SOUL

Here are some characteristics of the FOOD of the worldly soul:

It is deceitful – Proverbs 23:2,3.

It is like ashes – Isaiah 44:20.

It is unsatisfying – Isaiah 55:2.

It is husks – Luke 15:16.

It is perishable – John 6:27.

In Deuteronomy 8:3 we read “that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.” Read also what the Lord Jesus Christ says in Matthew 4:4.