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HUKA FALLS WAIKATO NEW ZEALAND
Huka Falls Waikato
The Waikato is New Zealand’s longest River
Huka Falls Waikato
Huka Falls Waikato
Huka Falls Waikato
Huka Falls Waikato
“About 200,000 litres of water plunge nine metres over the great rock face of HUKA FALLS every second – that’s enough to fill five Olympic Smimming Pools every minute.”
Dental Work done Free of Charge (Personal Evangelism)
“DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR TEETH ANOTHER YEAR!”
says the ad (Western Leader, March 27, 2012) and continues:
“Q & A to help you make that appointment!”
Four questions are listed and when I read question
“1) I can’t afford to go to the dentist, it’s so expensive,”
I remembered what Ernie Klassen (Uncle Ernie) is writing in his little booklet SMILE, LAUGH, AND LIVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE ( reflections on Life-style evangelism):
“In a hotel in Germany my wife & I were having lunch so as usual I gave thanks. A young couple a few tables down heard me and came up to us after the meal. They were so glad to have met other Christians, that they invited us to their home. We went. He was a dentist and said if I ever needed dental work done, he would do it free of charge. We’ve taken advantage of that offer many times. It pays to pray out loud before meals!”
“KEEP YOUR COOL”
“NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL”
“You can lose everything, except your temper.” I remember that saying from long ago and I hope I have quoted it correctly.
KEEP YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR TEMPER. NEVER LOSE YOUR COOL.
With other words don’t lose your composure. Be self-controlled.
Let us see, what the Bible, the word of God, has to say about self- control.
In his first letter to the church of the Thessalonians Paul says to the believers “….let us be alert and self- controlled.” (First Thessalonians 5:6,8)
Self-control is also a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23).
In the book of Acts we are reading about a man called Felix. Paul spoke to him about three things: Righteousness, self-control and judgment. And the BIBLE says “….Felix was afraid…” (Acts 24:25)
Do you want to be effective in your knowledge of Jesus? Do you want to be productive in your knowledge of Jesus? Be self-controlled (Second Peter 1:6)
The following people are told to be self-controlled: Overseers (bishops), older men, older women, young men (Titus chapter one and two)
In Titus 2:12 we read that the grace of God teaches us to live self-controlled.
Second Timothy 3:3 warns us about the “Godlessness in the Last Days” and we are told that people will be without self-control.
Being clear minded and self-controlled helps us also to pray (First Peter 4:7).
Being alert and self-controlled helps us also not to be devoured by our enemy, the devil (First Peter 5:8)
Proverbs 25:28 compares a man who lacks self-control with a city whose walls are broken down.
We have feelings. We have emotions. We have reactions.
Let us keep control over our feelings, emotions and reactions!
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