Seen today on our main street in KAITAIA / Northland (New Zealand)

Seen Today

Seen Today

“Time to sparkle,” tells me THE WAREHOUSE jewellery mailer valid now.

The Bible tells believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to reflect (sparkle) spiritual light.

1. In Judges 5:31 Deborah and Barak are singing a song about those who love the Lord. Their desire is to see them strong as the sunrise.

2. In Matthew 5:14 the Lord himself says to us that we believers are the light of the world.

3. Acts 13:47 tells us the story of Paul and Barnabas. The Lord has made Paul and Barnabas a light for the Gentiles. Their duty is to tell the whole world about the Lord Jesus Christ.

4. In his letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 5:8), the apostle Paul reminds the Ephesians that they were once darkness but that they are now light. They were once children of darkness, but now they are children of light. What is the fruit of light? It consists of

a. all goodness,

b. righteousness and

c. truth.

5. This generation is crooked. This generation is depraved. We are to shine like stars in this crooked and depraved generation. How can we do that? We must become

a. blameless,

b. pure and

c. without fault (Philippians 2:15).

Shine like stars

I do not know if it is time to sparkle with jewellery, but I know for sure that it is surely time to sparkle with spiritual light in this dark world.

“It has been discovered that frogs know where they will land before they leap.”

“TRUE STORIES OF GREAT ESCAPES”

I don’t know why I went back to get the book, but I did.

It was Saturday market in front of The Warehouse here in Kaitaia last week, when I saw the Reader’s Digest book with the title  “True Stories of Great Escape.”  I was sort of interested, but when the lady wanted  $ 2.00 for the second-hand book, I said that I would pay 50 cents. She was adamant that it was $ 2.00 and I walked away. But after walking a short distance I went back and bought the book for $ 2.00.

Now I know why I went back to buy the book:

I am reading now the story in the book called “THE SMALL WOMAN” by Alan Burgess. It is a missionary story and tells the story of Gladys Aylward, who worked as a missionary in China. I love to read missionary stories.

All the hymns mentioned are in this book

“Stand for something,” encourages me the election flyer, I found not long ago in our letterbox. (This year is election year in New Zealand.)

I stand up for the Lord Jesus Christ as James Montgomery tells us to do in his hymn, “Stand up and bless the Lord.”

Philip P. Bliss and Lindsay Smith are the authors of the hymn, “Standing by a purpose true, Following God’s command, …” We find  the commands of God in the Bible.

Here are some of them:

“‘YOU SHALL NOT MURDER.'” – Exodus 20:13

‘”YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.'” – Exodus 20:14

“‘YOU SHALL NOT STEAL.'” – Exodus 20:15

You find The Ten Commandments in the Old Testament in the book of Exodus at the beginning of chapter twenty.

I like to sing the hymn, “Standing on the promises of Christ my king, …” The author is R. Kelso Carter.

Here are some powerful promises from the Word of God:

“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” – First John 3:8

“They overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony.” – Revelation 12:11

Do you know the hymn, “Stand up, stand up for Jesus! You soldiers of the cross?” The author is  George Duffield. Come on, let us do it and not only sing about it.

And let us remember, “If we don’t stand for something we’ll fall for anything!”