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“The primary work of the Holy Spirit is to restore the lost soul to intimate fellowship with God through the washing of regeneration.” – A. W. Tozer

I finished reading the book:

POWER BOOKS

RENEWED

DAY BY DAY

A DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY A. W. TOZER

COMPILED BY G. B. SMITH

Please read it if you can get hold of it!

JOSIAH

Second Kings 23:25

“Neither before nor after JOSIAH was there a king like him

Intr.:

who turned to the LORD as he did –

1.  with all his heart and

2.  with all his soul and

3. with all his strength,

End:

in accordance with all the Law of Moses.”

“YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT FOR MY PATH.” – Psalm 119:105

“My son, keep your father’s commands and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.

“A LAMP TO MY FEET”

1. When you walk, they will guide you;

2. when you sleep, they will watch over you;

3. when you awake, they will speak to you.

For these commandments are a lamp, this teaching is a light, …” – Proverbs 6:20-23

YESTERDAY I WENT TO CHURCH TO LISTEN TO A SERMON.

I am reading that it is well known that the hearer of a sermon only remembers 10 per cent  of what he has heard by the time he leaves the church or the meeting room. (90 per cent is forgotten.)

What am I doing with the ten per cent I remember? Do I put the 10 per cent into practice or don’t I put the ten per cent into practice?

And I really hope I have not forgotten 90 per cent of the sermon I heard yesterday. Or have I?

The Lord Jesus Christ says we are like a foolish man if we don’t put His words into practice! You can read that in the Bible in Matthew 7:26

ONE OF THE CHURCHES

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“Sieg liegt nicht im Versuchen, sondern im Vertrauen.” – Corrie ten Boom

NEW ZEALAND COINS

“They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless.” – Second Kings 17:15

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“All men who have turned out  worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.” – Sir Walter Scott

“I write to discover the past” – Amy Tan

I find that quote in an old Reader’s Digest. (October 1998) 

I write to serve the Lord Jesus Christ from conversion to… 

My conversion took place in the year 1958 in Germany. That is almost 55 years ago!

THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE SHOULD SERVE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Here are three:

1.  The Lord Jesus Christ died for all.

We are reading that in Second Corinthians 5:14.

This is the story of stories and this blessed Gospel story needs to be told everywhere. In 1966 I went from Germany to THAILAND to tell the story that the Lord Jesus Christ died for all in THAILAND. I went also from Thailand to NEW ZEALAND to tell the story that the Lord Jesus died for all here in NEW ZEALAND. The Lord Jesus Christ died for all. Each has the right to know about it. I know that all need a Savior. I know that Jesus died for ALL. I know also that I must tell everyone!

CHACHOENGSAO / THAILAND: SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE

 Picture / Allan Collingwood

2.  We have the moral obligation to live for others.

In Second Corinthians 5:15 it says “…, that those who live should no longer live for themselves…”

I must live an unselfish life. I must live a life of service. I must not serve self. I must serve others. I must leave my selfish way of life and give my life to the Lord Jesus ChrIst and serve Him. I belong to Him. He must have all I possess. Why?  He has saved me, bought me and redeemed me.

Why are we saved? We are saved to serve. We are saved to serve our Master, the Lord Jesus Christ and our neighbors, not ourselves.

I am reading again and again about happiness. An unselfish life is the happiest life. Do you believe that too?

3.  We are ambassadors with the word of reconciliation.

Second Corinthians 5:18-21

Verse 19, “And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.”

What comes to your mind, when you hear the word reconciliation? That two people were at war? Yes, but who were the two parties? The two parties were God and the sinner.

It is the task of true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ to bring the news of reconciliation to the sinner hiding from God. The Bible calls us ambassadors. An ambassador is an official representative of a government. Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ are official representatives of the government of heaven.

I write to serve the Lord Jesus Christ from conversion to death or His second coming.

I remember the day of my conversion, but I do not Know when I die and when the Lord is coming again.

But I know that the love of Christ compels me. In Second Corinthians 5:14 it says, “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” To compel means to impel, to drive forward.