“FREEDOM”

“… free indeed.”

You would probably say that it is not quite the middle of Kaitaia, (town in the north of New Zealand) but almost.

"FREEDOM"

“FREEDOM”

Looking over the road (Commerce Street) I see two signs with the message “Freedom”. On this side of the road “Freedom” is also advertised in big letters over a shop. “Freedom Camping” it says there.

In the shop I received the “Hunting & Fishing New Zealand” catalogue and in the catalogue I am reading about “Freedom Tents,” “Freedom Camp Furniture,” “Freedom Camp Cookers,” “Freedom Lighting, Tables, Accessories”.

Freedom is something we are after!

We are prisoners in a prison. We are in chains. We need someone to set us free.

The name of the prison is sin. The name of the deliverer is the Lord Jesus Christ.

In John 8:36 it says:

“‘So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.'”

Sermon Outline – NT – NIV

THE CROSS

THE CROSS

“For this very reason,

Second Peter 1:5-8

Introduction:

make every effort

 

1.  to add to your faith goodness; and

2.  to goodness, knowledge; and

3.  to knowledge, self-control; and

4.  to self-control, perseverance; and

5.  to perseverance, godliness; and

6.  to godliness, brotherly kindness, and

7.  to brotherly kindness, love.

End:

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, …”

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HARAKEKE - FLAX

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“The children of God have their names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life before the foundation of the world. There is nothing contingent about this.” – Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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HARAKEKE - FLAX

HARAKEKE – FLAX

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy* is something to be enthusiastic about.” – Charles Kingsley

*Some time ago I think the FUTURE was in the news, but now I think it is HAPPINESS!

WHO DID THAT?

Who was the man?

He had a beautiful handwriting and in his beautiful handwriting he copied the Bible. He did it to relax and to unwind. He did not want to waste time.

For those who don’t know:

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE

THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE

The Bible is a library.

The library has 66 books.

The Bible has two main sections.

The first section is called the Old Testament.

The second section is called the New Testament.

The Old Testament contains 39 books.

The New Testament contains 27 books.

He copied all 66 books once. He copied the Bible twice. He copied the Bible three times. And he copied all 66 books four times.

The man who did that lived from 1380 – 1471.

His name was THOMAS VON KEMPEN!

The “Thought for today” in the Local Paper

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

With great joy I am reading the “Thought for today” in one of our local papers, the NORTHERN ADVOCATE on the Reader’s Page just now. (Northern Advocate, Tuesday, July 23, 2013)

And here is the thought:

 “‘And let us not be weary in well doing: 

for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.'”

Why am I reading the thought with great joy?

Because it is a verse from the Bible, and you find the verse in the New Testament in the book called Galatians chapter six verse nine.