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“THE SECRET THINGS …”

"THE SECRET THINGS ..."

“THE SECRET THINGS …”

Deuteronomy 29:29 ( Easy to remember! )

Intr.:

 

1.  “The secret things belong

to the LORD our God, but

2.  the things revealed belong

a.  to us and

b.  to our children forever,

End:

that we may follow all the words of this law.”

SUICIDE

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“Ribbon Riders shine a light on suicide,” is an article called on the front page of our local paper, THE NORTHLAND AGE. (Thursday, February 27, 2014)

The suicide rate in New Zealand is very high.

In 2013 there were more than 540 suicides in New Zealand from the age of ten to seventy five.

Eighty per cent of those were Maori and eighty per cent were teenagers. Here where I live in the north of New Zealand the suicide rate was the highest last year.

Reading  the article “Ribbon Riders shine a light on suicide,” challenges me even more to shine the light of the Gospel.

In John 8:12 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “I am the light of the world.” And in Matthew 5:16 we read, “In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”

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THE CROSS

THE CROSS

“For he will command his angels

Psalm 91:11-14

Intr.:

concerning you

1.  to guard you in all your ways;

2.  they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

3.  You will tread upon the

a.  lion and the

b.  cobra;

4. you will trample the

a.  great lion and the

b.  serpent.

End:

‘Because he loves me,’ says the LORD, ‘I will rescue him.'”

“STILL RESTLESS”

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werner-150x150-e1367980712224“Still Restless,”  was written on the front of the camper van I saw today parked on Commerce Street here in Kaitaia. It looked to me as if the two occupants were just about to take off again.

In Psalm 62 at the  beginning David says several things:

He says that he will never be shaken.

He says also that God is his fortress.

God alone is also his rock.

He says also that his salvation comes from God and that God alone is his salvation.

HE SAYS ALSO THAT HIS SOUL FINDS REST IN GOD ALONE.

I was right, the two elderly people in the camper van were waiting for an opportunity to pull out of the parking lot to continue their journey.

I did not tell them were they can find rest, but I can pray for them. I am wondering if anyone has ever told them that their soul can only find rest in God alone.