AT THE BEACH

We are reading in  First Timothy 2:1,2:

“I urge , then, first of all, that requests, prayers , intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.”

Are we doing all that for those in authority?

“I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of the truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, it is probably that an empire cannot rise without His aid.” – Benjamin Franklin, when addressing the chairman of the Constitutional Convention, meeting at Philadelphia in 1787.

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” – Abraham Lincoln

Reading the two above quotes helps me to make requests and prayers for those in authority.

“That is always his method.

He states his proposition;

he next establishes it by working it out in detail;

and then, having done that,

he always gathers the various points together again into a mighty statement.”

– D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“Plug into the POWER of Prayer”

When I read “plug into the power of prayer” today, I was reminded of what Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse said.

He said:

“I am not so sure that I believe in the ‘power of prayer,’ but I believe in the power of the Lord, who answers prayer.”

OMNIPOTENCE

is one of God’s unique characteristics. (attributes)

Genesis 1:1 tells us about His creative power.

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

Genesis 1:3 tells us about His power by speaking.

“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.”

If He would not possess all power He could not be God.

Palmtree

“Their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.” – Second Chronicles 30:27

Yesterday I bought one more book – directly from the author. She had a copy in her car.

“KEEPING IT SIMPLE” by Ivy Tan

The book was bought at the final Kaitaia Rotary Club book fair of the year together with two others.

On the back cover of the slender volume Dr. J. B. Phillips writes that he hopes that the book will be read by thousands intelligent people.

Rotary Club

But the book looks to me as if it has not been read by many people at all.

The name of a previous owner is written in the book and crossed out. There is also evidence that the book at one stage belonged to a church library. I find the rubber stamp of the church twice in the book and there is also a pocket attached inside the book. In the pocket is the card on which I should find the names of all the people who have borrowed the book from the library, but there are none, not even one. Eventually the book has been donated to the Kaitaia Rotary Club book fair to be sold.

The book is called:

“HEREAFTER.

A new look at  an old question

What happens after death?”

The author of the book is David Winter.

Why is the book not read by thousands of intelligent people?

The answer is actually in the book.

It says there right at the beginning that people refuse to think about death.

The final Kaitaia Rotary Club book fair of the year was advertised in our local paper and it said there that the donated books “will sell for a song,” and they did. Only a dollar was paid for the book “Hereafter” by David Winter and the other two good books.

Some of my best books I have bought second-hand “for a song”. Have you heard me say that before?

The Cross

“Praise the LORD.”

Psalm 150:1-6

Intr.:

“Praise the LORD.

1.  Praise God in his sanctuary;

2.  praise him in his mighty heavens.

3.  Praise him for his acts of power;

4.  praise him for his surpassing greatness.

5.  Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,

6.  praise him with the harp and lyre,

7.  praise him with tambourines and dancing,

8.  praise him with the strings and flute,

9.  praise him with the clash of cymbals,

10.  praise him with resounding cymbals.

End:

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.”