“Stop cutting it short,” it says in the personalized letter I received today from Spark

Between 7pm on a Friday and 7am Monday morning I can call any New Zealand landline as much as I like for $4 per month. That is good news.

But there is even more really good news. We find that good news in the Bible

PHONE

At the beginning of Psalm 105 we are told to call on the name of the LORD, to give thanks to him and to make known among the nations what he has done.

In Psalm 116 in verse 13 the Psalmist says that he will call on the name of the LORD and lift up the cup of salvation. In the same Psalm in verse 17 the Psalmist says that he will call on the name of the LORD, and that he will sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD.

In Psalm 145 David says that the LORD is near to all who call on him. But we must call on him in truth. You find all that in verse 18.

Are we cutting it short, when we are calling on the Lord? We have all reason not to cut it short. Calling on the Lord is free and we can call on him at any time. He has always time for us.

“Ich habe oft bereut, zu streng geurteilt zu haben, aber nur selten, zu barmherzig gewesen zu sein.” – John Wesley

THE CROSS

“But when the time had fully come,

Galatians 4:4

God sent his Son,

1. born of a woman,
2. born under the law,
3. to redeem those under the law,

End:

that we might receive the full rights of sons.”

“Wer den Frieden sucht, wird den anderen suchen, wird Zuhoeren lernen, wird das Vergeben ueben, wird das Verdammen aufgeben, wird Hoffnung wecken, wird zu seiner eigenen Schuld stehen, wird geduldig dranbleiben, wird selber vom Frieden Gottes leben.” – (Schalom Ben-Chorin)

“GEBETE WERDEN NACH DEM GEWICHT UND NICHT NACH DER LAENGE GEMESSEN.” – C. H. Spurgeon

“A new scheme is allowing Kiwis to recycle the 1.6 billion plastic bags we use every year,” I am reading in the 03 September 2016 WAR CRY.

“Belt the earth with you praises; surround it with an atmosphere  of melody, and God Himself with hearken from heaven and accept your music.” – C. H. Spurgeon

Beach Flower

“‘ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO ME BY MY FATHER. NO ONE KNOWS THE SON EXCEPT THE FATHER, AND NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON AND THOSE TO WHOM THE SON CHOOSES TO REVEAL HIM.'” – Matthew 11:27