“Rich is the person who has a praying friend,” says J. Hugh.

In John 15:14 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘You are my friends if you do what I command.'”

When an expert in the law asked the Lord Jesus Christ which the greatest commandment in the law is, the Lord gave the following answer:

“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” – Matthew 22:37,38,39

At the beginning of chapter seventeen in the gospel of John the Lord Jesus Christ prays for himself.

In the verses 6-19 in the same chapter we are told that the Lord is praying for his disciples.

And from verse 20 to the end of chapter seventeen the Lord Jesus Christ prays for all believers.

The richest people are the people who have the Lord Jesus Christ as a praying friend.

Can we learn from children?

“Kids will remind you that, even though you’ve gone down a road 100 times, it’s brand new for them – and that’s healthy.” – Matthew McConaughey, actor

I found that quote in the June 2014 Reader’s Digest under “Quotable Quotes”.

“He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: ‘I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.'”

You find those verses in the Bible in Matthew 18:2,3 and the Lord Jesus Christ is speaking.

As you can see, the answer is, “Yes, we can learn from children! And I hope we do!

Sunflower

“Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us; that we may be saved.” – Psalm 80:3

Who knows the name of this flower?

“Help us, O God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.” – Psalm 79:9

On a fine day, this morning the weather was fine, looking through our window, I can see the bus picking up tourists from the Bed & Breakfast places almost next door to us. The bus is taking them to Cape Reinga to the very north of New Zealand.

Cape Reinga

One of these days, when the weather is really glorious, I must jump on the bus myself to meet the tourists. They are almost from all over the world.