IF ANYONE’S NAME WAS NOT FOUND WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, HE WAS THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.

Revelation 20:15

I know, that my name is written in the Book of Life!–Philippians 4:3

Do you know, that your name is written in the Book of Life?

Ich lese gerade in seinem Andachtsbuch “Licht vom unerschoepften Lichte,” das im Jahre 1959 herausgekommen ist auf Seite 181:”Mit jedem durch Jesus erretteten Kind Gottes ist es ebenso. Tief im Herzen faengt es an, das Licht der Heilserkenntnis, das der Geist Gottes anzuendet. Aber dann bricht es heraus, wird zum Zeugnis. Das Zeugnis erreicht andere Menschen; immer weitere Kreise zieht das neue Leben. UND NUR GOTT SIEHT, WO DIE GRENZEN UND WO DAS ENDE DER WIRKUNGEN EINES SOLCHEN ZEUGNISSES SIND.”

Wie wahr ist das doch! Wo sind die Grenzen und wo ist das Ende der Wirkungen des Zeugnisses in diesem Fall? (Das Zeugnis von W. Busch!)

Ich brauche nichts ueber die Grenzen zu sagen, denn Sie wissen, wo Neuseeland liegt. Von Deutschland gesehen, am Ende der Welt? Da ist eigentlich kein Ende der Wirkungen des Zeugnisses. Es geht weiter und weiter. Und ich kann nicht genug betonen, wie ich durch die Buecher von W. Busch gesegnet werde– 42 JAHRE NACH SEINEM TODE!

Gelobt sei der HERR!

So lese ich jetzt Seite 182 in dem Buch und lese weiter, bis ich zum Ende komme.

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FUTURE ( TOMORROW )

When you read about “Investment Advice” you can find the following, “Taking care of tomorrow- today.”

ESCAPE

FREEDOM

The word “FREEDOM” is written 4 times on a small Telecom leaflet on one side. I picked the flyer up today and the FREEDOM advertised costs $ 10 per mobile per month, if I understand the offer correctly.

Read what the Bible says in John 8:36 (SALVATION is FREE!)

PARADISE

HOPE

The Maori New Year ( Matariki ) was on June 5 2008. In the “Look North” (May 2008) I read only today, “……., a new beginning, and renewed HOPE for the year ahead……..”

TYPE THE WORDS INTO “SEARCH” AND FIND OUT MORE!

On the front page of a FATHER’S DAY card these words come out of the mouth of a cheeky kid, “Dad, I don’t always do what you ask, but there’s a reason for that.” When you are opening the card, it continues like this, “I’m not listening.– Happy Father’s Day.”

We are children of our Father in heaven. Is that not our story? Of course, we are not so disrespectful and say, “I am not listening,” when the LORD asks us to read His Word, the BIBLE. I remember a teacher at Bible College saying something like this, “There is always a decision to be made. Are we picking up the newspaper or the Bible? I rather pick up the Bible.”

Or we have promised the LORD to do something. For example, we have decided, that we would send some money to a missionary, but we are slow to do so. We are not so impudent and say, “I am not listening,” when the Lord reminds us to do so. We rather prefer to be utterly miserable, until we have fulfilled our promise.

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(Psalm 40:1-3)

I was looking at an advertisement in the “Coffee News” where it says: “In need of concrete Work?” “Plain-Exposed-Decorative.” “Drives, Foundations, Paths, Blockwork, Floors, Retaining Walls.”

When I read that the thought came to my mind, that we are actually all in need of concrete work and I remembered the beginning of Psalm 40. It talks there about the slimy pit. It talks there about the mud in the pit. It talks there about the mire in the pit. But it says also, that the LORD lifted us out of the slimy pit.

And what happened then? Praise the LORD! He did not only set our feet on a concrete foundation. He did not only set our feet on concrete blockwork. He did not only set our feet on a concrete path. He did not only set our feet on a concrete floor. He did something far better for us.

He set our feet on a rock! He gave us a firm place to stand. He set our feet on the “Rock of Ages.” Christ is the rock of ages. You probably know the hymns: “Rock of Ages, cleft for me…” Read also in the BIBLE First Corinthians 10:1 and First Corinthians 10:3-4

In Psalm 40 it also says that he put a new song in our mouths.

I can only say once more: “Praise the LORD!”

CAN YOU SING THE NEW SONG?

WD

I picked up a Family Health Diary Magazine at the local pharmacy and right at the beginning was a St John Lifelink TM alarm advertisement: “As you grow older, your independence tends to become more and more precious.” When I read that, I started to think. I read it again and started to laugh! Precious independence?

In another issue of the same magazine, a registered psychologist is writing also about independence: “Being comfortable in your own space, trusting yourself and depending on no one else but you, can be empowering.” What a sentence! Tell me more!

The truth is, that we are dependent beings. Only GOD is selfexistent. He is the only independent being in  the universe. WE ARE DEPENDENT ON GOD!

When are we going to learn that?

Somebody said, “We are the echo of an original voice.”

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KAM ICH AUS DER FINSTERNIS INS LICHT!

First Peter 2:9; Acts 26:18; Colossians 1:13

VOM TOD ZUM LEBEN!

John 5:24

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“The camera is a wonderful tool, but nine-tenths of people using it are simply  button pushers, who let off their cameras as one lets off a firework.” – D A Spencer