Whenever I read or hear the word “relationship” I am thinking about my relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Now I am finding the article called

“Keeping the relationship with horse intact”

in our local paper, The Northland Age (Tuesday, March 19, 2013), and I am not only wide awake, but very interested indeed. One paragraph in the article says, “All participants have a chance to win ribbons and prizes if they complete their respective games in time and with their relationship with their horses intact.”

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How do I keep my relationship with the Lord intact?

Let me just mention three things:

1. By praying.

2. By reading the Bible.

3. By acknowledging the Lord before men.

The Christian hymn “Because He Lives” by William J. Gaither reminds me of Paki, a brother in Christ.

I remember when he sang the hymn many years ago in Kaikohe, where we worked as missionaries (United Maori Mission).

EASTER 2013

“Because He lives I can face tomorrow; because He lives all fear is gone;

because I know He holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He lives.”

Easter is an annual festival. Christians celebrating the Resurrection of Christ at Easter.

The outstanding characteristic of Christianity is that it is the only religion with a living originator. Buddha is no longer alive. Brahma (Hinduism) is no longer alive. Mohammed is no longer alive and Marx (Communism) is dead. 104 times is the resurrection mentioned in the New Testament.

There is evidence of the resurrection. We read about the evidence in the Bible. The empty tomb, the testimony of angels, etcetera.

And there is the evidence of the resurrection by the testimony of millions who have proved the Lord Jesus Christ to be a living Saviour.

I believe Paki belongs to the millions, I know that I belong to the millions.

You can also belong to the millions by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ.

“A woman attempting to live her life with her own personality entirely in her own hands, can be a monster loosed. A woman living her life with her personality in the hands of Christ, can be a sure, creative benediction.” 

We used to live in Kaikohe, in the mid north of New Zealand for quite some time working as missionaries.

One day going north from Whangaparaoa (Auckland area) to our home, we stopped in Orewa at a second hand shop.  

At the second hand shop I picked up a book I started reading again.

I know it was in the year 1997, because 1997 including my name is written in the book. I don’t know how much I paid for the book, maybe 50 cents, but I know that I bought my most cherished books in second hand shops.

The book is Printed in Great Britain by Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Limited, London, N.W. 10  for OLIPHANTS LTD London, Edinburgh. At the beginning of the book it says also: This Edition 1960, Reprinted  1961, Reprinted 1962, Reprinted 1963.

The book is called WOMAN TO WOMAN and on one page of the beginning of the book the author Eugenia Price is writing, “To My Mother Who is showing me more and more the value of  a Christ-controlled personality.”

I think every man should read the book!