The Cross

“We continually  remember

First Thessalonians 1:3

Intr.:

before our God and Father,

1.  your work produced by faith,

2.  your labor prompted by love,

3.  and your endurance inspired by hope

End:

in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

At the beach

“GLOOMY OUTLOOK: Farmers in the Eastern South Island are praying for intervention from the skies above. There has been rain, but not enough to lift the drought,” it says underneath a picture in The National Farming Review, April 2015, magazine.

There are not only PHYSICAL DROUGHTS, but there are also SPIRITUAL DROUGHTS.

The theme of The National Farming Review, April 2015 is physical drought.

“Drought prone,” it says in big letters on the front cover and also “Mainland farmers face a tough winter.” “DRIED OUT: Drought supplement inside. p17-24,” I am reading underneath a small picture, also on the front page.

Spiritually we are also drought prone and do you feel dried out spiritually at times?

That’s why we must encourage one another to have our quiet time, to pray, to confess the Lord Jesus Christ and to win souls.

Study these lessons on Christian Living:

1. THE QUIET TIME: We grow cold and backslide, if we neglect our QUIET TIME.

2. PRAYER: In Luke 18:1 it says, “Men ought always to pray.”

3. CONFESSION OF CHRIST: Christ commanded to confess Him audibly in Matthew 10:32,33

4. WINNING SOULS: There are several reasons for being a soul winner. Here are two: a. The worth of a soul. b. The fact of hell.

I rather be in a physical drought than in a spiritual drought. Why? Because the Lord hears our prayers, also our prayers for rain!

The Cross

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people,

Colossians 3:12-14

Intr.:

holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourself with

1. compassion,

2. kindness,

3. humility,

4. gentleness and

5. patience.

6. Bear with each other and

7. forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive, as the Lord forgave you.

End:

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”

Sunflower

“He led them by a straight way.” – Psalm 107:7

“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me.” – Psalm 138:8

“When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.” – Colossians 3:4

“Are cars your whole life?”

I have here the book A brief history of time  by Stephen Hawking before me. I borrowed it from the library.

So far I have only read a bit at the beginning and a bit at the end of the book, and I noticed four things:

1. We are asking: “Why are we living on this earth?”

Ecclesiastes 12:13 says, “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”  Read also Hebrews 11:6!

2. We are asking: “Why is there an earth at all?”

Hebrews 11:3 says, “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”

3. To find the answer to those two questions “would be the ultimate triumph of human reason,” I am told in the book.

Here is a quote by Blaise Pascal: “The supreme achievement of reason is to bring us to see that there is a limit to reason.”

4. I read also in the book that if we would know the two answers, “we would know the mind of God.”

Paul is writing in First Corinthians 2:16, “‘For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.”

I will now begin to read the book!