The 90 mile beach at Waipapakauri looking toward Ahipara.

Northland/NZ

The sheets of paper  lying on the couch were torn out of a magazine. “Real Food” I read – and I was interested.

I have the four sheets now here before me and I find seven pages of  “REAL FOOD” recipes. “Real Food”  is written on several pages in big and small letters. “REAL FOOD  Tried and tested by a real family.”

I remember reading about real food somewhere else.

Go to the local KFC restaurant and you cannot miss the big letters on the wall underneath the big TV. The letters say this: (You have probably noticed them already!)

Real FOOD

Real LIFE

But I remember also reading about the REAL FOOD and the REAL Life in the Bible, the Word of the Living God.

Do you want to find the REAL FOOD and the REAL LIFE then go to the Bible and read John chapter six . John 6:25-50. Notice especially the verses 53 – 59. In John 6:55 we read: ” For my flesh is real food and my blood is  real drink.”

“Be holy because I , the Lord your God, am holy.”

“I am the Lord your God.”

“I am the Lord.”

When I came in my reading of the Bible to Leviticus chapter 19 I was surprised to find what is written above at least 17 times – I hope I have counted correctly -in those 37 verses of the chapter.

“Laugh! It’s still the best medicine,” you can read in Reader’s Digest. I really laughed when I read the following in the January 2010 Age Concern Newsletter.

The Beginnings of Man

A little girl asked her mother, “How did the human race appear?” The mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so all mankind was made.” Two days later the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.”

The confused little girl returned to her mother and said, “Mum, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?’ The mother answered, “Well, dear it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his.”

I AM NOW A TWITTER-ER!

It says so in the E-mail I received from The Twitter Team with my account information.

What a surprise to read also in the E-mail that “The New York Times calls Twitter ‘one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Internet’.”

“What are you doing?” is the Twitter Question. Answer the question with less than 140 characters and you have produced a Tweet. The Tweet is then shared with the user’s “followers”. I am actually wondering now how many words you can make with 140 characters.

You have heard about Twitter,  a social messaging utility.

But I am reading here right now that the people are not really answering the question “What are you doing?” on Twitter. They are answering the question: ” What would you like to share today?”

I like both questions.

What are you doing? There is no need to do so, but I will make sure that the answer has no more than 140 characters.

I am sitting on a chair and typing! (I can easily see that that are not 140 characters!)

What would you like to share today? There is no need to do so, but I will make sure that the answer has no more than 140 characters.

The verse from the Bible in Acts 16:31: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.” (How many characters are that?)

One maxim of the former coach of the record-setting UCLA basketball team  John Wooden is: “The time to make friends is before you need them.” He says so in his book “Wooden A lifetime of observations and reflections  on and off the court.” Page 198 under the heading “My favorite Maxims”.

That is a really good exhortation. I like that maxim very much! Follow it!

Who are our friends?

Abraham in the Bible, the Word of the Living God was called a friend of God. He had the living God as his friend. You can read that in the Old Testament (Genesis 15:6) and in the New Testament. (James 2:23) What a privilege it is to be “called God’s friend”.

And what does the Lord Jesus Christ say about Lazarus? “Our friend Lazarus…..” You can read that in the Gospel of John, John 11:11. It’s easy to remember.

We can also be the friends of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am always amazed at the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ calls me his friend. But he does. John 15:14 says so. Read it for yourself.  “You are my friends if you do what I command.” He is not calling us any longer servants, but friends. Imagine that.

The Lord loved us so much, that He lay down his life for us. John 15:13.  I believe that he died  for my sins on cross and I want to do what He commands.

I am his friend! What about you?

Remember the maxim “Time to make friends is before you need them”. One of these days you will need the Lord Jesus Christ. Believe me that you do, please.

A long time ago in Germany I went to big evangelistic meetings by The Janz Team. One of the messages of the evangelist Leo Janz was “Savior or Judge”. (Heiland oder Richter)

If  the Lord Jesus Christ is not your Savior – Acts 10:43* –  (friend) he is you judge – Acts 10:42.**

*Acts 10:43

“All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

**Acts 10:42

“He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.”

I am looking for a verse in the Bible which says that we should run from Satan.

Can anybody help me?