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FORGET THE PAST
FORGET THE PAST
We are not strangers to experiences that are painful. We are also familiar with failures of the past and heartaches of the past.
I am reading about all those things in two quotes I found in the weekly publication called COFFEE NEWS. I take also note of the fact that we don’t know the authors of the two quotes.
Here they are:
“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.” – Anonymous
“The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.” – Unknown
“LASS DIE VERGANGENHEIT RUHEN”, (Forget the past) was the title of a little booklet I remember reading in Germany when I became a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.
WERNER HEUKELBACH was the author of the little booklet.
The Fight is On!
THE FIGHT IS ON!
Have you heard about William Booth?
William Booth was the founder of THE SALVATION ARMY. He was a FIGHTER. Listen to what he says:
“While women weep as they do now, I’ll fight; while little children go hungry as they do now, I’ll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, as they do now, I’ll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without God, I’ll fight – I’ll fight to the very end!” – William Booth (Salvation army Founder)
Have you heard about CT Studd?
CT Studd was the founder of WEC INTERNATIONAL. (www.wecnz.org) He was also a fighter. Listen to what he says:
“I wouldn’t like to live at all,
Unless it was to fight
For Jesus Christ and sinful men,
Morning, noon and night.” – CT Studd
The Lord Jesus Christ is looking for more people who are willing to fight!
Billy Graham’s sermons
BILLY GRAHAM’S SERMONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN AUDIO FORMAT.
You can now listen to more than 1,600 of his sermons and they are available at:
www.billygraham.org
“GET ORGANISED”
“GET ORGANISED”
“DEATH NOTICES INDEX” I am reading in the old paper. (The New Zealand Herald, Friday, January 27, 2012, page B12).
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In order to get organised we are writing our appointments into our appointment calendars. For many years already I am making my own appointment calendar. One important appointment for tomorrow in my calendar is: Take car into garage for Warrant of Fitness and Service!
(“organize” “to put (oneself) in an alert and responsible frame of mind.” – The Collins Concise Dictionary)
But let us always remember, that our last appointment is written for us by our creator. In the “Death Notices Index” at the beginning 29 people are neatly listed in alphabetical order. The surnames are written in bold letters.
“And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die and after that the [certain] judgment,…” – Hebrews 9:27
We don’t know when our creator is writing our last appointment. It could be any time. It could be even today! The Bible says in Amos 4:12 “‘Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.'”
I am prepared! Are you ready to meet God? Remember the judgment!
Memorizing Verses from the BIBLE
The Bible:
1. Obey all the Bible.
2. Meditate on the Bible
3. Memorize the Bible.
I know how important it is to memorize BIBLE Verses. Not long ago I memorized Exodus 23:20:
“‘See,
I am sending an angel ahead of you
to guard you along the way and
to bring you to the place I have prepared.'”
It took me some time, but now I know it. I hope to memorize more verses.
Let me know if you want to join me!
Exodus 29:29 or page 134 in my BIBLE!
Exodus 29:29, or page 134 in the Bible, I am reading at the present time.
On November 30, 2011, I posted the entry called
TO ALL THOSE WHO LOVE THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF GOD!
You can find the entry on this blog!
In the entry I wrote:
PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME IN READING THROUGH THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER, GENESIS TO REVELATION, AND EVERY WORD, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2012!
Yes, you guessed it, nobody contacted me.
I am now on page 134 (Exodus 29:29) in my BIBLE and you know the date.
Have you ever read through the Bible from cover to cover (every word)?
It took me a long time to see!
“SEE, …….” – Exodus 23:20
It took me a long time to see, to “see the LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST,…..”
I saw the “Light of the Gospel” for the first time when I was 18 years of age.
Have you seen the “Light of the Gospel”?
1. “SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you…….” – Exodus 23:20
When I was 18 years of age the Lord Jesus Christ became my shepherd and my journey with my shepherd began. David says in Psalm 23 that the Lord leads him and guides him.
The Lord led me to a Bible College, to a Missionary Society, to Thailand, to New Zealand and He is still leading me……
2. ” SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way…..” – Exodus 23:20
I arrived in THAILAND by boat at the end of 1966 and worked there as a missionary until the end of 1979.
The Lord is guarding us along the way all the time, but I remember that He guarded me especially in Thailand. I could tell you several stories, small stories and big stories.
One of the minor stories is that the Lord guarded my motorbike one night!
3. “SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” – Exodus 23:20
I am still on my journey and the Lord is still leading me and I know that the Lord is bringing me to the place He has prepared for me. How do I know that? Because I read His word and in the Bible it says in Philippians 1:6:
“…, being confident of this , that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
I know that the Lord Jesus Christ began a good work in me long ago and that he “will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Do you know about the beginning of a good work of God in your life?