Star

“THE BLEEDING, DYING, RISING SAVIOUR IS THE ONLY STAR OF HOPE TO A SINNER.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“BECAUSE HE WAS SO ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING THE GOSPEL THAT HIS SOUL SLEPT UNDER IT.” – C. H. Spurgeon

Sunflower

“BUT BECAUSE OF THE PHARISEES THEY WOULD NOT CONFESS THEIR FAITH FOR FEAR THEY WOULD BE PUT OUT OF THE SYNAGOGUE; FOR THEY LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN MORE THAN PRAISE FROM GOD. – John 12 42,43

BAY OF ISLANDS: Russell NZ.

“Love the world you live in,” encourages me a restaurant in Auckland I visited not long ago. It was written on the wall and I wrote it down.

It is my habit to read the devotional book MORNING AND EVENING by C. H. Spurgeon. There he writes today, Thursday, December 28, 2017:

“IF YOU FOLLOW CHRIST, YOU SHALL HAVE ALL THE DOGS OF THE WORLD YELPING AT YOUR HEALS.”

“IF YOU WANT TO LIVE SO AS TO STAND THE TEST OF THE LAST TRIBUNAL, DEPEND UPON IT, THE WORLD WILL NOT SPEAK WELL OF YOU.”

“HE WHO HAS THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE WORLD IS AN ENEMY TO GOD.”

The Bible says in First John 2:15: “DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.”

Are we going to be obedient? That is the question.

At the beach.

“The quieter you become, the more you can hear,” says Ram Dass,

Reading that not long ago, made me listen carefully. Why am I so interested in quietness?

Many, many years ago I read the verse in the Bible that says:

“‘IN REPENTANCE AND REST IS YOUR SALVATION, IN QUIETNESS  AND TRUST IS YOUR STRENGTH, …” – Isaiah 30:15

Being quiet is still a challenge for me!

So I have known for a long time that in order to be strong, I must be quiet; but now I am also told that I can hear more, the quieter I become.

“SURELY I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS.” – Matthew 28:20

“THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU ALWAYS.” – Isaiah 58:11