Big white letters on a dark background. It is very difficult to miss this ad ( I have seen it at least twice) in the local paper: “LEAVE BIG FOOTPRINTS FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO FOLLOW.” It also says in  smaller print: “Be the greatest leader in their lives.” -  “Build a clear pathway to the future.”

How can you be the greatest leader in the lives of your children? How can you build a clear pathway to the future?

In his first letter to the Corinthians the apostel Paul says in chapter eleven in verse one: ” FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE , AS I FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST.” First Corinthians 11:1

Follow the example of Christ!

Then you are the greatest leader in the lives of your children. Then you are building a clear pathway for your children to follow, a pathway that reaches into eternity. Leave big footprints for your children to follow by teaching them the Word of the Living God and taking then to a church where the Word of God is proclaimed in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The ad has two more exhortations, namely: “Do what you say you are going to do.” -  “Live with integrity.”

I personally do not like people who say something and don’t do it. I have also learned, not to promise anything any more. I think it was a shop assistant I knew very well who told me long ago that his boss was looking for a person with integrity when he hired him.

“FEED YOUR THIRST” you can read in big letters on the machine for drinks at the local SUBWAY restaurant. I am all for feeding my thirst, especially in this heat. We are experiencing a drought at the present time. But I was more interested in the recently added note on which it said that the refill policy has been abused and that there are no more refills available.

It proves again that we can drink and drink, and that  it is so difficult to quench our thirst. But that is not all. The next day we are thirsty again. I did not need to tell you that, did I?

What does the Bible, the Word of the Living God, say about thirst? Get a concordance and find out!

In John chapter 4 the Lord Jesus Christ is talking with a Samaritan Woman at the well. He says to her: “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,…..” How true is that!  “…., but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.” Praise the Lord. But that is not all. The Lord continues to say: “Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

And here the Words of our Savior again: “…., and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” John6 :35

The Samaritan woman believed and because of her testimony many Samaritans from that town believed.

I believe also. What about you? Please believe!

The ‘rainmakers’ are having a notice for the public in the local paper today, that they are going to conduct a ceremony to create rain for mother earth.

The water crisis is getting worse and spreading to Kawakawa and Moerewa.

We humans want to be independent. But we are dependent beings – we are dependent on God, our creator. We are dependent on God for everything. He is in charge. He is also in charge of the weather.

Maybe the day is yet coming when all the brothers and sisters of the  different churches in Kaitaia will come together in one place to ask God for rain!

65 % of Baptist Churches in New Zealand are no longer healthy. With other words they do not pass the warrant of fitness (WOF)!

Do you belong to a Baptist Church in New Zealand? Is the Baptist Church you are going to healthy? Or is it a church that does not pass the warrant of fitness?

Lots of questions.

I am more than interested in the present subject. In fact there is also a post on this subject on this blog. I wrote that long ago.

I gleaned the above information from an article in the March ‘BAPTIST’ written by Murray Robertson. Get hold of the March ‘Baptist’ and read the article called “WE’RE STUCK! KNOW WHY?” (page 6!)

Ps M. Robertson: (Pastor Emeritus, Spreydon Baptist Church -  Director, Leadership Network)

Why have so many Baptist churches stopped growing? Ps. Robertson gives several reasons.

At the end he is pointing out that the main cause for the  demise ‘might lie in the loss of a passion for evangelism’.

Yes, I think we have lost the passion for the lost!

I believe that another cause is actually that we are lacking good BIBLE TEACHING from the pulpits!

A leader destined for success asks, “What can I do to improve?”

A leader destined for failure says, “That’s the way it’s always been done.”

Which are you?

Coffee News:

“REMEMBER THE TEA KETTLE; THOUGH UP TO ITS NECK IN HOT WATER, IT CONTINUES TO SING.”

Coming!

“WHY?

Is it that we aren’t more interested in finding the best way rather than in  having our own way?”

John Wooden

Coming!