SEMINAR DAY in Kaitaia

FOUR SESSIONS:

The Signs of the Times

Aliyah – The Fulfilment of Biblical Prophecy

Spiritual Warfare – Understanding Satan’s Tactics & How Demons Operate

Authority & Power in Intercessory Prayer

The library in Kaitaia

Why am I asking that question (again!)?

It was this morning in our library, when I saw the books on the special stand. I even counted them, but I have forgotten the exact number.

Even before you enter the library properly, you come to the stand, where the books are displayed. All the books had to do with cooking, all of them.

It seems to me that at the present time the body is more important than the soul. How tragic.

I cannot help noticing the excitement about summer and the beach here in the north of New Zealand.

“Life is better at the beach,” says a big placard you can hang on the wall in one shop. I think it is made of wood and I know that it is very expensive, because I asked.

At the beach in Ahipara

“Chasing Summer” and “Your new season style” I am reading inside a shop on the other side of the road.

In a third shop here in Kaitaia I find more of the same. “Life is better at the beach,” I am reading again on a smaller board. I don’t know what it is made of. “Beach House Please take off your shoes,” is another one. The next placard says, “Summer is all I want.” And here is the last one: “A good day at the beach ends with sandy toes and a sunkissed nose.”

There is so much to hang on the walls.

But is it not sad that we do not notice much excitement about heaven, even among true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ? Life, eternal life in heaven, cannot even be compared with life here on earth. If you are born again, think about it.

Who knows the name of this flower?

“He sent forth his word and healed them.” – Psalm 107:20

Sunflower

“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this – ” – Psalm 107:1,2

ROMANS

The book I am reading now is ROMANS

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

It is an exposition of chapters 3:20 – 4:25.

Atonement and Justification.

It is a blessing to read the book.

It has 250 pages and I am on page 116.

What is GRACE?

What is FAITH?

What is SIN?

It is all explained in the book.

“Together with you we are No. 1,” it says on the number plate of the plumber van.

Reading that reminds me of what David says in the Psalms:

“With my God I can scale a wall.” – Psalm 18:29

“With your help I can advance against a troop.” (“With your help I can run through a barricade.”) –  Psalm 18:29

“With God we will gain the victory.”

“And he will trample down our enemies.” – Psalm 60:12

I don’t know if the plumber believes what is written on the number plate, but I believe what is written in the Bible.

I will be the victor!