I am having here a very interesting advertisement before me. It is in the Franchise New Zealand magazine. “Smart business people know where they are going.” That’s what it says here in big letters. The smart business people are the PoolWorx Franchisees. They have a special plan and a step-by-step plan to success. PoolWorx is also providing training and is giving franchisees tools to expand their business.

Now I want to ask YOU something, ” Do YOU know where YOU are going?”

We can know where we are going. Our creator, God, has a plan of SALVATION for us. In the Bible He shows us a step-by-step path to eternal life.

I have here a little booklet written by Billy Graham. He has 4 steps in the little tract:

1. God’s purpose for us is Peace and Life.

2. But we have a problem. We are separated from God. We are sinful. God is Holy. We are making attempts to bridge the gap without success:  Good Works, Religion, Philosophy and Morality.

3. The only remedy is the cross.

4. We must receive Christ.

In the ad mentioned above it says also,”Many local entrepeneurs have followed the PoolWorx plan,…………, securing their financial FREEDOM.”

When we are following God’s plan, as we find it in the Word of God, we will find real FREEDOM. Please read: Isaiah 61:1; Romans 8:21; Second Corinthians 3:17.

In the December 2000 Reader’s Digest – I bought it a couple of days ago at the local Salvation Army Store –  I read about the Word Power of the Reader’s Digest. On page 96 the question is asked:

“WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN  100 MILLION PEOPLE TAKE YOUR WORD FOR SOMETHING?”

Over 100 Million people around the world read and TRUST the Reader’s Digest.

THE BIBLE

How many people worldwide are taking the Bible, the Word of the Living God for what it really is: THE WORD OF GOD?

How many people are reading the Bible?

How many people are trusting the WORD OF GOD?

I was really struck by something I read in the December  2000 issue of  the Reader’s Digest. On page 40 it says:

“Their message was always the same: you can do it, too.”

You have probably noticed by now that the message on this blog is also almost always the same:

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I think the greatest thing for me to say – together with many others –  is also this:

“Jesus loves me! This I know,

For the Bible tells me so;…..”

That is the first line of a song. You find the song in  The Song Book of The Salvation Army. In the table of contents you find it under:  “The Young Soldier.” It has three verses and is written by Anna B. Warner.

SWEET DREAMS was written on the wall of the bedroom. It looked like it. The letters were fancy and the frame looked like a piece of art.

But unfortunately many people can’t sleep. Some time ago I read about the sleep service. The sleep service can help. We are encouraged, to book our appointment. There is a post called “CAN’T SLEEP?” on this blog. Filed under : Diary on March 5th, 2008.

On a bed is written “It’s amazing what a good night’s sleep can do.”

Proverbs 3:24

“..; when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.”

Ecclesiastes 5:12

“The sleep of the laborer is sweet,..”

The fight against climate change is on. We can support the fight by turning our lights off from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday, 28 March 2009. Earth hour is at that time.

Isaiah 51:6;  Matthew 5:18; Matthew 24:35

This is what I read in “Coffee News”  Vol 96:3:

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.There is no cure for curiosity.”

at  Coopers Beach / Doubtless Bay (Northland)

Friday 1st May – Sunday 3rd May 2009

Speaker: NETTIE HOLM

Job 14:1,2

“MAN BORN OF WOMAN IS OF FEW

DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE. HE

SPRINGS UP LIKE A FLOWER AND

WITHERS AWAY; LIKE A FLEETING

SHADOW, HE DOES NOT ENDURE.”

Reader’s Digest, December 2000, page 13

Bouncing Back

How you handle adversity in the workplace has much more impact on your career than how you handle the good stuff. When pessimistic people run into obstacles in the workplace, in relationships or in sports, they give up. When optimistic people encounter obstacles, they try harder.

The people who know how to overcome adversity are the ones who rise to the top of the organisation. – Martin Seligman, quoted by HEATH ROW in Fast Company