“New Zealand Post is committed to helping all of New Zealand discover the joy of words and reading,” I am reading on a card I picked up on my recent trip to Auckland in New Zealand. New Zealand Post is achieving that through sponsership of four key programmes.
I am committed to helping all of the world not only to discover the joy of words and reading, but especially to helping all of the world discover the joy of the words – promises, I call GOLDEN NUGGETS – in the BIBLE and reading the BIBLE.
Why?
Sir Walter Scott again: He himself was the author of many books and possessed a great library and he said, “THERE IS BUT ONE BOOK, THE BIBLE.”
How do I achieve that?
Here are two GOLDEN NUGGETS, especially for those, who have a Living Relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
“The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” – First John 3:8
“They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;..” Revelation 12:11
Go to archives on this blog and click on GOLDEN NUGGETS and find more Golden Nuggets!
That are the opening words of the chapter called NUTRTION in the publication called “Essential Reading for 50+.” – Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (INC)
But let us remember that we are not only feeding our body, but that we are also feeding our mind.
PYSICAL FOOD. Food for the body.
Food for the body is in the kitchen!
I am learning that in order to have energy, keep me strong and have protection against sickness, a balanced, varied diet is essential.
We must eat vegetables and fruits, breads and cereals, milk and milk products, lean meats, chicken, eggs, seafood, nuts and lentils.
SPIRITUAL FOOD. Food for the soul. Food for the mind.
Food for the mind is in the library.
What kind of books do you find in my library?
You find BIBLES and devotional books. You find expositions of books of the BIBLE. You find autobiographies and biographies. You find lots and lots of really good books in my library!
“Sir Walter Scott, himself the author of many books and the possessor of a great library, said, ‘There is but one book, the BIBLE.'” Alban Douglas in his book ONE HUNDRED BIBLE LESSONS
Okaihau is not very far from KAIKOHE, where we used to live for a long time. We are now living in KAITAIA, and the shortest way from Auckland to KAITAIA is via OKAIHAU.
OKAIHAU
“MAORI PLACE NAME MEANING ‘FEAST OF WIND’. THIS PELTON WATER WHEEL WAS USED TO DRIVE A FLAX MILL AT PUKETI ON THE MCAULAY PROPERTY AROUND THE 1890’S. FLAX MILLING WAS A THRIVING INDUSTRY FROM 1880-1910. EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT BEGAN IN 1868 WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN SETTLERS TO GROW WHEAT.
ERECTED 1991 BY THE OKAIHAU LIONS AS A MEMORIAL TO THE EARLY SETTLERS.”
The KIWI (New Zealand) eye surgeon Fred Hollows, who lived from 1929-1993 said, “I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other.”
PHYSICAL BLINDNESS
He saw the physical blindness and did something about it!
In THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION NZ advertisement I am reading: “Globally, Foundation-trained eye doctors have restored sight to over one million people.”
SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
Missionaries see the Spiritual Blindness and do something about it!
We are blind sinners. In his book 1000 NEW BIBLE READINGS Dr. F. E. Marsh points out that we are naturally
blind to our condition before God – Romans 3:11,
blind to the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ – Isaiah 53:1,
blind to the grace of God – Romans 11:8,
blind to the things of the Lord – First Corinthians 2:9-14,
blind to the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ – Revelation 3:18,19,
(“I counsel you
to buy from me
gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and
white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and
salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.” – Revelation 3:18)
blind to the need of the new birth – John 3:3-7,
blind to the evil around us – Ephesians 2:2,3.
WHAT DO YOU SEE AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? I SAW THE SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS IN THE WORLD – AND STILL SEE IT – AND WENT AS A MISSIONARY TO THAILAND WHEN I WAS YOUNG!
“It is only since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world, that they’ve become so ineffective in this one,” writes Billy Graham in his DEVOTIONAL TREASURY called UNTO THE HILLS on page 241.
Believe me, when I read that this morning I was excited, and I am still excited.
There is a book in my library written by a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ called Georg Brinke and the title is JENSEITIGES UND ZUKUENFTIGES ( The other World and the Future ).
I can hardly believe what he writes at the beginning of the book. Here is the translation of a couple of sentences:
“It is now more than 40 years that I know the Lord Jesus Christ. During that time it was my privilege to attend many meetings and conferences. I listened to outstanding teachers of the BIBLE, but I never heard anybody preach on the subject “Heaven.” Not long ago I noticed also that I myself have never preached on the subject of “Heaven”, except on the subject of the New Jerusalem.”
You will agree with me that we hear and read a lot about DIVINE HEALING!
What was the favourite sermon subject of D. L. Moody? Yes, it was “HEAVEN.”
“‘Aim at heaven,’ said C. S. Lewis, ‘and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth, and you will get neither.'” ( Billy Graham in UNTO THE HILLS, page 241)
