“Faith goes up the stairs that love has made and looks out of the windows which hope has opened.”

Charles Spurgeon

First Corinthians 13:13 (easy to remember!)

“And now these three remain: FAITH, HOPE and LOVE. But the greatest of these is LOVE.”

There are a number of regular features in the local newspaper. (The Northland Age) Today I came across them again while looking through the paper in a restaurant. I find the headlines of the features very interesting and inspiring.

One is called “Throw Us a Line.” On the way home I was thinking a lot about “Throw us a line” and a hymn, a christian song from way back, came to my mind. Unfortunately I remembered only a few lines from the hymn – and that in  the German language. So far as I remember, I used to hear the song many years ago in  Germany at an Evangelistic Campaign. (Janz Team)

When I arrived home, I related the few words  – lines – to my wife and believe it or not, but she knew the song.

Eventually we found it in the song book of the Salvation Army. The chorus goes like this:

Throw out the life – line, throw out the life – line,

Someone is drifting away.

Throw out the life – line, throw out the life – line,

Someone is sinking today!”

The hymn is by Edwsard S. Ufford and has three verses. Here is verse three:

“Soon will the season of rescue be o’er,

Soon they will drift to eternity’s shore;

Haste then, my brother, no time for delay,

But throw out the life – line, and safe them today.”

There are many people today who are calling: “Throw us a line.” We are holding the life – line in  our hands. Are we throwing the life – line out TODAY?

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It was only yesterday that I came across the Chinese proverb:

“The one who asks a question is a fool for five minutes, the one who does not ask a question is a fool forever.”

Have you ever asked the question:

WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE?

Ecclesiastes 12:13

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:

FEAR GOD and

KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS,

for this is the whole duty of man.”

“Vision without Action is only a dream.

Action without Vision is wasting time.

Vision and Action can change the world!” –

Confucious

Do you agree with that?

There are people who have the vision to “… go and make disciples of all nations,…” Matthew 28:18,19,20

They are not only dreaming about it.

They are leaving their jobs. They are getting trained up to be missionaries. They are applying to a missionary society. They are going to all nations. They are making disciples of all nations!

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I have the vision to produce a little christian brochure (magazine) on a regular basis. But so far it is only a dream……….

Yesterday I saw a little booklet – just 8 pages – put out by SAFE. (The voice for all animals)

Something like that is on my mind.

When I flicked through the pages of the Christmas Paperplus flyer – on the front page two ladies are in the process of decorating a Christmas tree – called My books , My stationery, I stopped reading on the page where they are asking me a question. The question is:

“LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT GIFT?”

My answer is,” No, I am not looking for the perfect Christmas gift. I have found it.”

Are you surprised? Don’t be surprised.

The catalogue or flyer is called My books, My stationery. Next time I must find out if Paperplus – My books. My stationery. My store. – is selling “MY BOOK” . My book is the Bible, the Word of the Living God.

My book, the Bible, is telling me about the perfect gift in James 1:17. Listen to this: “EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, COMING DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF THE HEAVENLY LIGHTS, WHO DOES NOT CHANGE LIKE SHIFTING SHADOWS.”

And here is one more verse from “MY BOOK”, the Bible. These are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in John 8:23: ” ‘You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.”

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE PERFECT GIFT FROM ABOVE!

Praise the LORD!

PS:

Gift cards are the perfect gift of Paperplus. Some business people are calling powertools the perfect gifts. I read also that 2010 calendars are the ultimate gift.

“Four people in a conference can kill any idea – no matter how good it is.”

Gene Moore

That is absolutely true. So, next time, when you have a good idea, don’t tell anyone about it. Just go ahead and do it

“It’s easy to blame someone else. You just point a finger at them. But, have you ever noticed where the other three are pointing when  you do that?

Coffee News 16.11. 09

“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”

Ernest Hemingway

That is completely true!

Are you going to church? Did you listen completely to the sermon last Sunday? I am actually asking myself that question right now. How much do I remember from the sermon?

What does the Lord Jesus Christ say in  Matthew 7:24?

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

How can we put things into practice, if we don’t listen completely?