PAIHIA BAPTIST CHURCH: The Cross can be seen from the wharf.
PURPOSE
John 10:10
Introduction:
“The thief’s purpose …”
“My purpose …”
A. “THE THIEF’S PURPOSE IS TO
B. MY PURPOSE IS TO GIVE THEM A
LIFE.”
End:
PAIHIA BAPTIST CHURCH: The Cross can be seen from the wharf.
“‘THE DAYS ARE COMING,’ DECLARES THE LORD,
Jeremiah 31:27,28
Introduction:
‘when I will plant the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of men and of animals.
JUST AS I WATCHED OVER THEM
SO I WILL WATCH OVER THEM
End:
declares the LORD.”
“This is
Jeremiah 31:35,36
Introduction:
what the LORD says,
he who appoints the sun to shine by day,
THE BIBLE: “For the LORD God is a sun and a shield.” – Psalm 84:11
who decrees the moon and the stars to shine by night,
A graze in moonlight on a hill in Kaitaia.
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar –
Cape Reinga in the Far North of New Zealand.
End:
the LORD Almighty is his name: ‘Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,’ declares …”
GOLDEN NUGGET: “‘Set up road signs; put up guideposts. Take note of the highway, the road that you take.'” – Jeremiah 31:21
“God’s claim on our sabbaths reminds us that all our time is his gift, to be given back to him and used for him.” – J.I. Packer
It is dark, raining and cold, and I think I can even hear thunder in the distance. It is winter in New Zealand. That’s why it is the time, for me anyway, to read books in Aotearoa.
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK: “Man’s troubles are always due to his ignorance of God.” – D M Lloyd-Jones
Even more so because the Sallies here in Kaitaia had a second hand book sale not long ago and I must have bought Christian books of the value of more than $200, if I would have bought them new, for almost nothing.
I love to read expositions. At the present time I am reading “An Exposition of Ephesians One” by D M Lloyd-Jones called “God’s Ultimate Purpose.” I think he is one of the best teachers of the Bible. I have heard him preach many years ago at Westminster Chapel in London.
AT THE PRESENT TIME I AM LEARNING ABOUT THE TWO OPERATIONS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
“Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” – Matthew 4:4
This is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith.
Not that I needed the books from the Salvation Army to read, because I have many books in my little library at home already, which I have not read properly, and expositions of books of the Bible, which I like to read again and again.
But it is not only time to read Christian books, it is time to read “The Book of Books,” the Bible. How are you getting on with your reading of the Bible?
But for many people here in New Zealand this is the time to leave the country and go where the sun is shining. But as Elizabeth Clarke Dunn says, “Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.”
KAITAIA: You can see this big poster at Te Ahu.
KAITAIA: You can see this big poster at Te Ahu.
KAITAIA: You can see this big poster at Te Ahu.
QUOTE FROM THE BOOK: “Man’s troubles are always due to his ignorance of God.” – DM Lloyd-Jones
Not many more chapters and I have finished reading the exposition of Ephesians one. What a blessing.