“REVIVAL”

I am still reading the book REVIVAL by D Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

I am greatly interested and I am also blessed. About hundred more pages to go!

FROM THE BOOK:

A pub owner lost his job in the revival a hundred years ago in Northern Ireland. Because there were no customers to be served, he went to the meetings himself to find out what the “nonsense” was all about. He himself became a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and his new job was preaching the GOSPEL. 

THE CROSS

“LOVE

First Corinthians 13:7,8

Intr.:

is always

1.  supportive,

2.  loyal,

3.  hopeful, and

4.  trusting.

End:

Love never fails!”

“God’s Word: open for all”

“If all you can see are your credit card expenses, talk to us today.”

That’s what I read yesterday on a big poster inside a Bank here in town, when I looked through the big window.

If all you can see that you are accountable to your creditors, talk to them today.

PEOPLE WITH DEBTS are accountable to their creditors, but

ALL OF US are accountable to God.

The Bible says in Romans 3:19,

“Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.” (NIV)

Another translation says that “the entire world is guilty before God.” (NLT)

All of us are sinners. (Romans 3:23)

Here are some results of SIN:

1. We are dying. Romans 6:23

2. We are lost. Luke 15:24

3. We are condemned. John  3:17

4. We are guilty. Genesis 26:10

If all you can see that you are accountable to God, talk to the Lord Jesus Christ.

THE WAREHOUSE LTD says, “Partnering with you for a better environment” and “Partnering with you for a better community”.

“Safer communities together” I see written on Police cars.

What is our problem? What is our real problem?

Our real problem is heart trouble.

This is what the Lord Jesus Christ says:

“‘For from within,

Mark 7:21-23

Intr.:

out of men’s hearts, come

1.  evil thoughts,

“Partnering with you for a better environment”

2.  sexual immorality,

3.  theft,

4.  murder,

5.  adultery,

6.  greed,

7.  malice,

8.  deceit,

9.  lewdness,

10.  envy,

11.  slender,

12.  arrogance and

13.  folly.

End:

All these things come from the inside…'”

The BIBLE tells us to “get a new heart and a new spirit”. Ezekiel 18:31

In Ezekiel 36:26 we read the promise: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.”

To win a copy of IN THE EYE OF THE STORM, tell us why we need to look after the planet.

Humans cannot survive without the planet. That’s why we need to look after the earth.

But we have forgotten that we are only stewards on the earth and not owners.

We are to subdue the earth, (Genesis 1:28) – subdue: to overcome and bring under control – and not beat it to death.

That’s why Tom McMillan says, 

“For 200 years we’ve been conquering Nature. Now we’re  beating it to death.”

KEY OF DILIGENCE

The door of the word only opens to the key of diligence.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“FOCUS ON MEN’S HEALTH WEEK,” it says on the Pharmacy mailer (flyer) I picked up today. There is no doubt that the focus is on

PHYSICAL HEALTH.

But we are not only body, we are body, soul and spirit. That’s why the Lord Jesus Christ says in Matthew 4:4: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that procedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Because the spirit and the soul are neglected, let us focus on our

SPIRITUAL HEALTH.

WHAT COMES FROM THE SCRIPTURES?

I never tire of posting the Bible on this blog!

1.  Conviction of SIN – Acts 2:14-37

2.  Faith – Romans 10:17

3.  Cleansing – Second Corinthians 7:1

4.  Assurance – First John 5:13

5.  Comfort – First Thessalonians 4:18

6.  Truth – Acts 7:11

7.  The new birth – First Peter 1:23

Yes, “GO HEALTHY NEW ZEALAND”, but not only physically, but most of all spiritually.

Sometimes I am wondering if we realise how sick we are spiritually.