“IN ONE’S DISDAIN OF SIN, ONE CAN BE HARSH AND UNKIND TOWARD A SINNER … SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO  HAVE SUCH A PASSION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT THEY HAVE NO ROOM LEFT FOR COMPASSION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE FAILED.” – Charles Allen

“‘IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND.'” – John 14:15

“THIS IS OUR PLACE” (The Northland Age, Thursday, November 2, 2017)

Mill Bay in the Far North of New Zealand.

“IF I OBEY JESUS CHRIST, THE REDEMPTION OF GOD WILL RUSH THROUGH ME TO OTHER LIVES, BECAUSE BEHIND THE DEED OF OBEDIENCE IS THE REALITY OF ALMIGHTY GOD.” – Oswald Chambers

GRADUALLY

THE TASK BEFORE YOU AND WHAT TO DO:

FIRST OF ALL GET THE OVERALL PICTURE.

SECONDLY EXECUTE THE CHALLENGE GRADUALLY STEP BY STEP.

I AM DOING THAT JUST NOW WITH THE TASK BEFORE ME IN ORDER NOT TO GET BURIED UNDER IT.

At the beach.

“He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed,” it says in Proverbs 11:25.

Not long ago I read in my devotional treasury by C. H. Spurgeon, “To give to others is but sowing seed for ourselves.”

On one of the health pages in the magazine called FOOD (FOOD MAY / JUNE 2017), I find this: “PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING OTHER PEOPLE BUT DON’T EXPECT ANY IN RETURN – THIS IS THE HELP THAT YOU GET THE MOST HEALTH BENEFITS FROM.”

And C. H. Spurgeon again: “The person who takes all but makes no return is out of joint with the universe. And he says also: “He who is so good a steward as to be willing to use his substance for the Lord, shall be entrusted with more.”

“How to live longer,” is the article in  the magazine FOOD called. (FOOD MAY / JUNE 2017)

In order not only to extend our life, but also to live a healthier  life, we must do certain things, we are told.

Here are the certain things:

• Reading
• Eating nuts
  

  EATING AN APPLE

• Eating an apple
• Drinking three cups of coffee in one day
• Brisk walking daily for 25 minutes
• Planning for the future, or at least for tomorrow
• Helping other people voluntarily

Maybe you are already doing those things, maybe not all, but some of them.

But no matter how long we live, all of us die eventually. Someone said that if we are doing all those things, we are going to die healthier. But eventually we are going to die.

But thank God, that we can extend our life into eternal life by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ.

John 3:14,15 says: “‘JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE IN THE DESERT, SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP, THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.'”

“Even just one hour spent together builds bonds that digital interaction won’t come near to.”

That was said by someone who went on a trip to build relationships. He met with coffee farmers and coffee exporters.

COFFEE

I am reading that in the magazine called “PRESS” (Allpress Espresso News) No 4. 2017.

Not long ago I read the letters of John in the Bible, of John, who wrote also the fourth Gospel.

I noticed that in his second and in his third letter he mentions that writing letters is quite alright, but that he rather prefers to talk to people face to face. You find that at the end of the two letters. In fact he says in 2 John 12 “…, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.”

“The beloved disciple” John knew even at that time that “face to face” communication is better than “digital interaction”.