Psalm 62:8

“Trust in him at all times,

O people;

pour out your hearts to him,

for God is our refuge.”

“He who slings mud generally loses ground.”

Coffee News  Vol 96:5

Two-thirds of the world depend on hearing and speaking rather than reading and writing for communication

(That I find hard to believe! – Werner)

— Selecting Bible stories that speak to the key issues

— Telling Bible stories in simple, reproducible ways

4th-8th  & 11th-15th May 2009

WEC National Office – 35 College Drive, Gordonton (10mins north of Hamilton)

PARTICIPANTS NEED TO HAVE READ THEIR WHOLE BIBLE

I found this ad in  the WEC Publication called  “Into all the World”.

I am a member of WEC.

Here it says that participants need to have read their whole BIBLE!

Have you read your whole Bible? I think it means:  Have you read through the BIBLE at least once?

“POWER CUT SUNDAY!

YES! WE WILL BE OPEN

YES! WE WILL HAVE POWER!”

I saw the notice at the entrance of the  local Warehouse , where everyone gets a bargain.

I like the commitment of business people.

I think we as followers of the Lord can learn from their commitment. I hope you agree!

The leaflet I picked up  is concerned about people, who are struggling with relationships. We are invited to pay MONEY for a life changing conference. In this life changing seminar we will receive the keys to transforming our relationships and unlocking our potentials. – That sounds fantastic, does it not?

Not long ago I attended a meeting, and it was pointed out to us, that 80% of our troubles are relationship problems.

And this is actually the reason for writing this. I am really excited about what happened about one hundred years ago in  New Zealand in meetings of the Salvation Army. I read the following in the newsletter called “Power Connection”:  “In 1883, Christchurch City Corps reported having 1000 people at their early morning kneedrill, with 600 responding to a call for holiness.”  – “In 1886, Dunedin reported that 120 people spent a half night of prayer at Dunedin Barracks.” –  ” In 1901, Wellington reported having 1800 people attending Sunday worship, with 86 beginning the day with kneedrill.”

I am excited to read about those meetings at the end of the 19th century! Are you?

And this is one of  the saddest sentences I have read for a long time. I am quoting again from Power Connection Number 4, 2008:  “Sadly, over time, kneedrills have become one of the smallest attended meetings, in  some places vanishing altogether.” — One thing I remember very clearly from a holiday at a Christian Centre in the German alps (Oberstdorf) and that is a poem with the title: The Prayer Meeting is saying Good Bye. Bit difficult to translate.

Do you think there is a connection between our relationship with the Lord and our relationship with our neighbour?

I am really wondering now if they had LIFE CHANGING CONFERENCES and MARRIAGE SEMINARS about 125 years ago.

I think they rather had a Living relationship with the Living God in PRAYER!

Today is the last Sunday in  March 2009  and we had a power cut, a power outage, a temporary interruption to our power supply from 8.00AM – 5.00PM.  Maintenance work had to be done on the electricity network.

THE POWER OF GOD  is never interrupted and does not need any maintenance work. The power of God is always available to those who want to be connected. I also want to encourage you with these words:

“KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING WITH GOD…..

NEVER SIGN OFF”

Isaiah 45:22

“TURN TO ME AND BE SAVED, ALL YOU ENDS OF THE EARTH; FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NO OTHER.”

Dr. Phillis Kilbourn is the founder and director of  “Rainbows of Hope”. She is caring for children in crisis.

When she was in NZ a  number of years ago she had a seminar at the Baptist church in Whangarei.

I remember her saying that the children want to know one thing: Where is HOPE for us?

EASTER

The 20th Century Bible Dictionary says:

“The annual Christian festival celebrating the RESURRECTION of Christ. The word comes from Eastre, a Teutonic goddess of light and spring; the name of the festival in her honor was transferred by eighth-century Ango-Saxons to the Christian festival.”