In one of our local papers – latest issue – , the ‘NORTHERN N EWS’, I find at least one ad that has to do with FREE HEARING TESTS for anyone aged 50 plus. In the same issue are also two ads about eyecare. One big advertisement says: “Specsavers – Changing the face of optometry.

Yes, our eyes and our ears are very important! We all know that.

We spent last Christmas in Auckland and I remember that there were not only eye tested available – but the  eye tests were FREE! It was hard for me to believe, but for a certain time they were absolutely free.

“Eye tests available today!”

We are not only reading about our ears and our eyes in the newspapers , but also in the Bible, the Word of the Living God.

The Lord Jesus Christ says: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” Not only a test for the eyes, but also a test for the ears. Two tests at the same time.

The Lord says that we have eyes, but we do not see. We have ears, but we do not hear. We just don’t understand.

The Lord says also that it has to do with our hearts. Our hearts are calloused.

If we want our eyes to see and our ears to hear we must TURN. The Lord will heal and make our eyes and ears blessed. ( Matthew 13:13-16.)

I like Matthew 13:16 very much, where the Lord says to his disciples:

“But blessed are

your eyes because they see, and

your ears because they hear.”

From Church Newsletter:

“GOD LOVES EVERYONE, BUT PROBABLY PREFERS  ‘FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT’ OVER ‘RELIGIOUS NUTS’”

I think the beach looks never the same!

John 4:10

John 4:13

John 4:14

John 4:15

John 7:38

We will never be without the “living water”!

“THOSE WHO WOULD ATTAIN TO ANY MARKED DEGREE OF EXCELLENCE IN A CHOSEN PERSUIT MUST WORK, AND WORK HARD FOR IT, PRINCE OR PEASANT.” – B. Taylor

PERSONAL EVANGELISM and MY PULPIT IS THE WORLD

Listen to people and act:

ROCKS

All of a sudden I heard them talking about rocks, but not the rocks you find on the field.

I assume that it was a mother saying about her daughter that she was her rock. After that an elderly lady said pointing to the gentleman at her side, “He is my rock.” They were probably husband and wife.

Now it is time for you to join the conversation and tell those complete strangers that you also have a rock, and that the Lord Jesus Christ is your rock.

Many verses in the Bible are telling us that the Lord Jesus Christ is our rock. Here are some from the Psalms: Psalm 18:2; Psalm 19:14 and Psalm 40:2. It pays to have a pocket Bible on you for occasions like that.

Use Psalm 40:1-3 and tell them briefly how the Lord turned to you and heard your cry and how he lifted you out of the slimy pit. And so on!

WATER

There is a water shortage in Kaitaia at the moment because of the drought. The residents of Kaitaia are admonished to conserve water.

So I should not really have been astonished to hear them talking about water. But in  fact I was.

What an oppportunity now to talk about the Living Water. The Lord Jesus Christ is talking about the Living Water in John 4:10. (John 4:1-26) John 6:35;  John 7:37.

Ezekiel 34:26

“I WILL SEND DOWN SHOWERS IN SEASON; THERE WILL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.”

“GREAT HEARTS CAN ONLY BE MADE BY GREAT TROUBLES.”

C. H. Spurgeon