“Protect your memories”

To win a copy of Something Better, tell us one of your earliest happy memories.

Thinking about it a few happy memories have come to my mind already, but I want to tell you about my first happy memory:

It was when I passed from darkness to light in my teens. That was when as a sinner I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ or rather the Lord accepted me.

I read that actually at that moment 38 things happened to me, but I was only conscious  of a great happiness.

Please let me know if you want a list of those 38 things.

It is still three long  months until Christmas. That is why the advertisement I am looking at surprises me a bit.

The advert encourages traders to concentrate on the Christmas Trade.

Pool Companies, people who care for lawns and landscapers are told that they need to advertise now.

People who wash houses, renovators and home services are told not to leave it too late to get their messages to their markets.

Can I encourage you to concentrate on the Christmas Story?

“Jesus is the reason for the Season”

The Collins Concise Dictionary says that Christmas is “the annual commemoration by Christians of the birth of Jesus Christ, on December 25.”

The birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is recorded in the Bible in the book of Luke, chapter two in the verses one to seven.

The virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is foretold in the Old Testament.

I have mentioned already the historic fulfillment in Luke 2:4-7.

What does the Bible say about the purpose of the virgin birth?

Here are four things:

1. John 1:18: Jesus came to reveal God the Father.

2. First Timothy 2:5: There is a chasm between God and man. The Lord Jesus Christ is the bridge over the chasm.

3.  Hebrews 2:14,16: The Lord Jesus Christ came to save us!

4.  Romans 8:19-22: The Lord Jesus Christ came to rescue the whole creation.

Maybe I should not be surprised about the advertisement that encourages Traders to concentrate on the Christmas Trade. I hope you are not surprised about me encouraging you to concentrate on the Christmas Story, the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Sunflower

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” – Psalm 51:17

“Taking care of the people around you, and in turn being cared for by others, creates stronger health, vitality and positivity. People should nourish people,” says Olivia van Lierop.

Some time ago I read, “There is only one happiness in life to love and be loved.”

“LOVE”

“People should nourish people.”

In Matthew 4:4 the Lord Jesus Christ answered the tempter, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

How do we take care of people around us? How do we love people?

What better way is there to serve the people the bread of life. In John 6:35 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘I am the bread of life.'”

Albert Schweitzer said, “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found to serve.”

Serving people the bread of life creates not only stronger health, vitality and positivity, but also the greatest joy.

From long ago I remember that someone said something like this: “I have met many students of the Bible, but they lacked the joy of the Lord. I have met many great prayer warriors, but they lacked the joy of the Lord. But I have never met a person who always had a testimony for the Lord, who was not full of the joy of the Lord.”

Kaitaia Town Clock

September 28, 2014:

Start of Daylight Saving.

We are told to put our clocks forward one hour at 2.00 am.

“Winter 2014 was the wettest in recorded history in both Kaikohe and Kaitaia, …”

The Northland Age, Thursday, September 18, 2014

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