Archive for March, 2010
“Think Eternity”
That is the name of a twitter page.
All of us should think more about ETERNITY I think!
“Escape Holidays”
I am looking at a flyer with beautiful pictures. I picked it up some time ago. In Auckland I think it was at Christmas.
The first picture with a description shows Tuscany in Italy, the second the Ritz in London.
But in a special way I am interested in the writing at the top of the leaflet, where is written “Escape Holidays”. Underneath it talkes about “getaways”, not ordinary “getaways”, but unique “getaways”. It says there “UK & Europe unique Getaways”.
A getaway is the act of escaping. Criminals are escaping! When I escape, I get away or I break free from a prison for example or from any other confinement. An escapee is an escaped prisoner.
But you know all that already.
There is a verse in the Bible, the Word of the Living God, that says “that we are all prisoners of sin”. Galatians 3:22 Read also First John 1:8
There is also an image of France on the flyer on the second page. That escape to France is rather expensive. It says there “4 nights from $2729pp*”. A very expensive “getaway”.
The problem is only that we are still a prisoner of sin when we are arriving in France. No matter where we are going, we are a prisoners of sin and we are remaining a prisoner of sin – until we receive God’s promise of freedom by believing in JESUS CHRIST.
About Suffering
“I CAN BEAR IT ALL, FOR JESUS SUFFERED, AND HE SUFFERS IN ME NOW; HE SYMPATHIZES WITH ME, AND THIS MAKES ME STRONG.”
One of the early martyrs
Personal Evangelism
Posted by werner in Personal Evangelism on March 28, 2010
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.”
Ohnmacht und Allmacht (deutsch)
“DAS GEBET IST DIE GEHEIMNISVOLLE VERBINDUNG VON DER OHNMACHT DES MENSCHEN ZUR ALLMACHT GOTTES.”
Jacob Abrell
The Gibeonite Deception
In my daily reading of the Bible I read just now Joshua 9:14 where it says:
“The men of Israel sampled their provisions, but did not inquire of the Lord.”
Are we not doing the same at times. We are doing everything else , instead of coming in prayer before the Lord.
Can you also say that?
“When I go down to the grave I can say, like so many others:
I have finished my work, but I cannot say I have finished my life. My day’s work will begin the next morning. My tomb is not a blind alley. It is a thoroughfare. It closes in the twilight to be open in the dawn.”
Victor Hugo
Sermon Outline – OT – Topical
Posted by werner in Sermon Outline on March 25, 2010
“For I resolved to know
nothing
while I was with you
except Jesus Christ and him crucified.”
First Corinthians 2:2
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“THE LORD WILL ESTABLISH YOU AS HIS HOLY PEOPLE,
Deuteronomy 28:9-14
as he promised you on oath,
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Intr.:
If you
– keep the commands of the Lord your God and
– walk in his ways.
(If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, …)
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A. THEN ALL THE PEOPLES ON EARTH
1. will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they
2. will fear you.
B. THE LORD WILL GRANT YOU ABUNDANT PROSPERITY -
1. in the fruit of your womb,
2. the young of your livestock and
3. the crops of your grounds -
in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
C. THE LORD WILL OPEN THE HEAVENS,
THE STOREHOUSE OF HIS BOUNTY,
1. to send rain on your land in season and
2. to bless all the work of your hands.
3. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
D. THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU THE HEAD, not the tail. (…you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.)
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End:
Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today,
– to the right or
–to the left,
following other gods and serving them.”