The PEACE LILY in our living room preaches one or even two sermons:

Someone observed that the plant is leaning towards the LIGHT!

When people observe me as a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, do they say, “He is leaning towards the Lord Jesus Christ, the LIGHT OF THE WORLD?” (John 8:12)

Someone also interrupted a meal and left the table to WATER the plant, when its wilting appearance was noticed.

 When people notice me as a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ on the street, are they meeting a wilted follower of the Lord Jesus Christ or a vibrant one who has been drinking from the LIVING WATER, the Lord Jesus Christ gives?  (John 8:10)

“Anything becomes an idol when it keeps us away from God:  even the brazen serpent is to be despised as ‘Nehushtan,’ if we worship it instead of God.” C. H. Spurgeon

Throwing Stones!

I like to throw stones. And I like to throw the stones far enough. Continue to read and find out what I am talking about.

Part one:

“WINNING WAYS TO WELLBEING”, I am reading on the postcard  from the Mental Health Foundation of  New Zealand.

The five ways are: Connect, Give, Take Notice, Learn and Be Active.

Under Connect we are encouraged to develop relationships. Why? Because relationships support us and enrich our life. We are encouraged to connect with friends, family, colleagues and neighbours.

I have a relationship with friends, family, colleagues and neighbours.

But I have also a relationship with the LIVING GOD!

I don’t need to say more; you get the point.

Part two:

The slender volume is all about Family Violence. It says that Family Violence is not OK!

The booklet closes with a quote which stresses the importance of having someone to talk to.

Why talk to someone?

The booklet teaches me that talking releases energy and calms down. The message is clear: TALK, talk to someone your trust.

I have never felt a great need to talk to people.

I think the reason is that  I have learned from an early age to talk to the LIVING GOD.

What is talking with Jesus? Talking with Jesus is prayer.

Believe me, I like to throw stones; and I like to throw the stones far enough!

“Reach for the WORLD.”

That says the bookmark I picked up today!

“He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.'”

“So many books……………… so little time.”

I am reading that on the bookmark,  I picked up today at the local library here in Kaitaia.

Please take time to read the BIBLE, the Word of the Living God!

Please click on image to read small print!

The grim  reaper is called “the conqueror of monarchs” and “destroyer of the human race” by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

All of a sudden people we know and people we have talked to are no longer there, they are DEAD!

Yes, we are talking to people all the time. But what are we talking about as true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ?

ARE THERE PEOPLE WE HAVE NEVER TALKED TO ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST?

ARE THERE PEOPLE WE HAVE NEVER TALKED TO ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SUFFICIENTLY?

What is the best way of presenting the gospel? I am a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ and I have asked that question. Are you a true follower of the Lord? Have you ever asked that question?

So far I have found the best answer to the above question in one of the books by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

His text is Mark 16:16 “WHOEVER BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED.”

And he teaches me and us that “To believe  is  simply to trust, to depend, the rely upon JESUS CHRIST” and “To to be baptized is  to submit to the sacrament which the Lord fulfilled at the Jordan,…”

Let us remember that when we are talking to people!