Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy
Category Archives: Be Encouraged
“AWAKE!”
Yesterday I picked up the publication called “AWAKE!” (February 2013) from the foot path.
The magazine is published by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
I am interested in the circulation.
“PRINTING EACH ISSUE: 43,524,000 in 98 Languages.”
“For Best Results”
“For best results” do four thing.
I am finding those four instructions on a small box filled with eight coffee bags. Of course we want the best results of everything and we want good outcomes.
That’s why I say if you want a good outcome of your life, the best results, follow the instructions in the “BOOK OF BOOKS”.
“For Best Results”
Things to do and not to do:
1. “‘You shall have no other gods before me.'”
2. “‘You shall not make for yourself an idol in any form ..'”
3. “‘You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God …'”
4. ‘”Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.'”
5. ‘”Honor you father and your mother, …'”
6. ‘”You shall not murder.'”
7. ‘”You shall not commit adultery.'”
8. ‘”You shall not steal.'”
9. ‘”You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.'”
10. ‘”You shall not covet your neighbors house.'”
I am going now to open the box with the coffee bags and follow the instructions to enjoy a cup of coffee with the best results. Two pictures help me to follow the instructions.
And can I encourage you to open the BIBLE, the guide book to everlasting life!
“FAR FROM ROME NEAR TO GOD”
Von Rom zu Christus
A book I find difficult to put down is the book called “FAR FROM ROME NEAR TO GOD.”
I have finished reading Volume 1 in German. (VON ROM ZU CHRISTUS, Katholische Priester finden die Wahrheit, Richard Bennett / Martin Buckingham. Hrsg.)
I am interested to get hold of the Original: FAR FROM ROME NEAR TO GOD.”
There are two Volumes in German and at the present time I am reading Volume 2 with very great interest.
IN BRIEF
CENSUS DATA 2013
40% of New Zealanders ticked the “Non-religious” box this year.
43% (1.9 million) indicated that they had a church affiliation.
BICENTENARY
The First Proclamation of the Christian Gospel in AOTEAROA (New Zealand) took place in 1814!
Ruka 2:10: ‘He kaikauwhau tenei ahau!’
Luke 2:10: ‘I bring you good news!’
BEING THANKFUL
An old lady is still teaching. She is in a home for old people. She is not quite 100 years old. And she teaches me to be thankful.
The Bible says in First Thessalonians 5:18:
“GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU IN CHRIST JESUS.”
BORN TO STAND OUT
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out!” says Dr Seuss. What an inspirational quote.
True followers of the Lord Jesus Christ have two birthdays and they were born to stand out.
How are they to stand out?
1. They don’t complain.
2. They don’t argue.
3. They live clean lives.
4. They live innocent lives.
5. They are holding firm to the word of life.
They are “shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” You can read that in Philippians 2:15!
The true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ were born the first time physically and the second birth is a spiritual birth.
Indeed, “Why fit in when you were born to stand out!”
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The law shows the distance which there is between God and man; the gospel bridges that awful chasm, and brings the sinner across it. – C. H. Spurgeon
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My idea of Christmas is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that? – Bob Hope