It was during my time of preparation to become a missionary at the WEC HQ in Vockenhausen near Frankfurt/Germany in 1965/66.
A missionary from Japan visited us and spoke on Romans 9:3. His surname was Mason. It is amazing what you remember.
—– Paul offered his salvation to save his own people Israel.
Not long ago I read a sermon on Exodus 32:32. Moses is praying.
—– Moses is also offering his salvation to save his people Israel.
I have experienced it.
“The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.” – Tryson Edwards
Please read the post: The offer of Moses! The offer of Paul!
The wind of God is always blowing…..
but you must hoist your sail. – Francois Fenelon
Before us is a Future all unknown, a path untrod: Beside us a friend well loved and known – That friend is God. – Unknown
What I am writing down now came to me for the first time on a journey from Kaikohe to Kaitaia through the Mangamuka gorge, when we took a lady to the Salvation Army in Kaitaia, who was addicted to alcohol.
It was the most brilliant day!
Days with sunshine are beautiful. Days without sunshine are miserable. A really brilliant day is difficult to describe. I will not even attempt to do so. I thought I took a picture of a really ‘Beautiful Day’ not too long ago. Look at the picture:
Can you see the brilliant Day? I don’t think so. I cannot either. I say it again; A brilliant Day is difficult to describe. A brilliant Day can only be experienced. You have to be there yourself.
But a day without sunshine reminds me of a life without the Lord Jesus Christ. A day with sunshine reminds me of a life with the Lord Jesus Christ!
Let us read together some verses from the Bible, the Word of the Living God. Psalm 84:11 “For the Lord God is a sun..”; Matthew 17:2; Revelation 1:16; Malachi 4:2.
In Malachi 4:2 the Lord Jesus Christ is called: “.., the sun of righteousness…”
Through the Lord Jesus Christ the believers are justified, sanctified, they are holy, joyful and fruitful.
“VIELE CHRISTEN LEBEN, ALS OB PFINGSTEN NOCH VOR UNS LAEGE.” – Corrie ten Boom
Romans 12:6-8
Verse 7:
“If it is serving, let him serve;
if it is teaching, let him TEACH;…”
First Corinthians 12:27,28
Verse 28:
“And in the church God has appointed
first (1) of all apostles,
second (2) prophets,
third (3) TEACHERS,…”
Ephesians 4:11-13
Verse 11
“It was him who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and TEACHERS, to prepare God’s people for works of service,..”
Matthew 19:16: “TEACHER.”
From newsletter, June 2009 , Age Concern Kaitaia:
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand.