If you want to be refreshed, talk to people about the Lord!
Matthew 10:32,33; Acts 1:8
I did that today for a very long time. Maybe it was not quite two hours.
The man who started the conversation was a complete stranger …….
The Lord is leading us to the right places at the right time….. and he is refreshing us! Praise to His name!
Matthew 10:33
“BUT WHOEVER DISOWNS ME BEFORE MEN, I WILL DISOWN HIM BEFORE MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.”
Last Tuesday I had the most blessed day while talking to people. I would like to tell you about it here – but for obvious reasons I cannot do that.
Let me only tell you that out there are more brothers and sisters in Christ than you would ever imagine.
The Lord bless you!
Matthew 10:32,33
It was not the first time that I saw the ice cream truck parked there near the petrol station and that I read what was written on the front of the truck. This time I was able to write it down on my mobile phone and send the text to twitter. “Delivering another magical day to New Zealand” was written on the Tip Top ice cream truck.
I was sitting down on the nearby bench while writing down the sentence about the ‘magical day’. – And I was not aware that the Lord was in fact preparing another ‘magical day’ for me.
I was not the only one sitting on the bench. There was already someone else occupying the seat.
As ‘it happened’ we got talking and I came across another person who really has a living relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Did we talk for more than half an hour? I do not know. But I know that I prayed at the end of our gathering and the Lord Jesus Christ was with us according to his promise. Matthew 18:20
When I walked into town today a small piece of paper lying on the road took my attention. I picked it up and was holding a beautiful bookmark in my hand. It was no ordinary bookmark. The whole of Psalm 23 was written on one side and it was almost like new. I am not in the habit of picking up paper from the road. Don’t get me wrong.
After finishing my business in town, walking home on Commerce Street in our beautiful town of Kaitaia, I met somebody I have talked to on a number of occasions. I offered the bookmark to that person – but was told that that bookmark was for me today. Very good!
Further on on the same street I ran into the retired teacher. He was headmaster in a school many years ago, where I taught BIS. (Bible in Schools) I have met him before here in Kaitaia. But this time he had bad news. His wife had died not long ago and he told me about another death and his best friend is very sick.
We talked of course about eternal life and he received the bookmark gladly. Psalm 23:1-6
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On another occasion some time ago I found a brand new Christian magazine (“IN TOUCH”) latest edition on the side of the road. I delivered the magazine straight away to a man who lived in one of the next houses.
Things are happening, but it is not my intention to write about everything!
What a beautiful day it was !
I just came along and heard the strangers conversing in my mother tongue.
Eventually I had two listeners before me. This time outside. I was standing and they were sitting and really listening.
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And remember again the chapter in the Bible where the Lord Jesus Christ is talking with a Samaritan Woman in John 4:1-25.
Read also Matthew 10:32; First Corinthians 9:16.
KAITAIA MARKET
Saturday morning
– rain or shine
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My Pulpit is the Marketplace!
Today I received an email.
One sentence was printed in red and there was even a little picture to go with the sentence: A road winding along and a tree in the distance. The email said, “Please consider the environment before printing this email.” I did just the opposite and printed it. I had a special reason to do so.
That email was a reminder. I remembered again the two lovely young men I met in front of the Kaitaia Post office a number of days ago. Especially one of them talked very quick and excitedly about GREENPEACE. I was all with them. I mean, I agreed with them. I am very careful with all the things I have and try to keep them in good order and I hate loosing things. – And we should save the environment! Do you agree with that?
At the end of our conversation I asked for some literature and they gave me a little card with the headline: Saving the environment begins at home.” Eight points were listed underneath how to do that. Let me just mention three of them:
1. We are told to refuse plastic bags at the supermarket. And I love them! How many are given out every day in NZ? Have a guess? The number is given! (3 million!)
2. “Driving 100km/hr instead of 110km can cut 13% of your fuel bill, but taking public transport or walking/biking reduces fuel use even more.”
Where is the public transport? It is very dangerous to go by bike anywhere. I hear that on the news. It is also dangerous on my little scooter – and from now on more expensive.
3. On the little card I read also about methane. Methane is a climate changing gas. Food scraps in landfills produce methane. Therefore what? You guessed it. “Compost your food scraps.” Are you doing that already? That is good.
But why am I writing all this?
Just as “saving the environment begins at home”, witnessing begins at home! Acts 1:8 Click on the address and read. Saves me writing Acts 1:8. We should actually know that important verse off by heart. Do you?
And – believe it or not, those two fine young men were also disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. And – yes I believed them – they were different. You know what I am talking about.
I think I had also my special cap on my head – but no mention of the cap was made so far as I can remember.
