WHY THIS INTEREST IN THE FUTURE?

I HAVE WRITTEN MORE ABOUT THE FUTURE THAN ON ANY OTHER SUBJECT! YOU ASK ME WHY? BECAUSE I COME ACROSS THE WORD FUTURE AGAIN AND AGAIN!

Is it because people do not know the LORD as personal Saviour?

I love the song “BECAUSE HE LIVES” written by Gloria and Bill Gaither.

The chorus goes like this:

Bcause He lives I can face TOMORROW;

because He lives all fear is gone;

because I know He holds the FUTURE,

and life is worth the living just because He lives.

PRAISE THE LORD!

I have a Maori Friend in Kaikohe and how I loved it when he sang this hymn!

BURNOUT!

1. BURNOUT

He was a very gifted teacher of the Word of God and well liked all over the country and he knew also how to talk about the quiet time we ought to have with the Lord.

He was very busy of course – until he had a burnout.

The whole family I understand had the opportunity to go for help to a real man of God. The wife, who knew her husband better than anybody else said, that her husband does not have his quiet time any more with the Lord.

The man of God said only, “Then I am not surprised that you have a burnout.”

2. THE QUIET TIME

What is the secret of a Christian’s daily life? THE QUIET TIME!

If you want to grow cold and backslide all you need to do is neglect THE QUIET TIME!

D. E. Hoste said that they never knew which candidates that arrived on the Mission field would do well in the years to come, for it all depended on how well they guarded THE QUIET TIME!

“NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK OR BEAMING LIGHT?”

I looked through a magazine and when I read the big letters of the ad “ARE YOU GOING TO BE A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK OR A BEAMING LIGHT?” I was at once awake. My answer is of course, “Lord, I want to be a beaming light for you and not a needle in a haystack!”

Looking closer, I saw, that the ad had a picture of the ResQFix 406 GPS personal Locater Beacon. It said, “Your Life-Link home to friends and family……..” “Be prepared for the unexpected with a ResQFix 406 GPS personal Locater Beacon.”

I looked up some Bible verses and here they are:

Matthew 5:14

— You are the light of the world

A city on a hill cannot be hidden

— Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl

Please read Matthew 5:14-16

Ephesians 5:8,9

— Live as children of light

Philippians 2:15

— shine like stars

First Thessalonians 5:5

— You are all sons of the light