“GET ORGANISED”

“DEATH NOTICES INDEX” I am reading in the old paper. (The New Zealand Herald, Friday, January 27, 2012, page B12).

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In order to get organised we are writing our appointments into our appointment calendars. For many years already I am making my own appointment  calendar. One important appointment for tomorrow in my calendar is: Take car into garage for Warrant of Fitness and Service!

(“organize”  “to put (oneself) in an alert and responsible frame of mind.” – The Collins Concise Dictionary)

But let us always remember, that our last appointment is written for us by our creator. In the “Death Notices Index” at the beginning 29 people are neatly listed  in alphabetical order. The surnames are written in bold letters.

“And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die and after that the [certain] judgment,…” – Hebrews 9:27

We don’t know when our creator is writing our last appointment. It could be any time. It could be even today! The Bible says in Amos 4:12 “‘Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because  I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel.’”

 I am prepared! Are you ready to meet God? Remember the judgment!

The Bible:

1. Obey all the Bible.

2. Meditate on the Bible

3. Memorize the Bible.

I know how important it is to memorize BIBLE Verses. Not long ago I memorized Exodus 23:20:

“‘See,

I am sending an angel ahead of you

to guard you along the way and

to bring you to the place I have prepared.’”

It took me some time, but now I know it. I hope to memorize more verses.

Let me know if you want to join me!

Exodus 29:29, or page 134 in the Bible, I am reading at the present time.

On November 30, 2011, I posted the entry called

TO ALL THOSE WHO LOVE THE BIBLE, THE WORD OF GOD!

You can find the entry on this blog!

In the entry I wrote:

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME IN READING THROUGH THE BIBLE FROM COVER TO COVER, GENESIS TO REVELATION, AND EVERY WORD, COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2012!

Yes, you guessed it, nobody contacted me.

I am now on page 134 (Exodus 29:29) in my BIBLE and you know the date.

Have you ever read through the Bible from cover to cover (every word)?

“SEE, …….” – Exodus 23:20

It took me a long time to see, to “see the LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST,…..”

I saw the “Light of the Gospel” for the first time when I was 18 years of age.

Have you seen the “Light of the Gospel”?

1. “SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you…….” – Exodus 23:20

When I was 18 years of age the Lord Jesus Christ became my shepherd and my journey with my shepherd began. David says in Psalm 23 that the Lord leads him and guides him. 

The Lord led me to a Bible College, to a Missionary Society, to Thailand, to New Zealand and He is still leading me…… 

2. ” SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way…..” – Exodus 23:20

I arrived in THAILAND by boat at the end of 1966 and worked there as a missionary until the end of 1979.

The Lord is guarding us along the way all the time, but I remember that He guarded me especially in Thailand. I could tell you several stories, small stories and big stories.

One of the minor stories is that the Lord guarded my motorbike one night!

 3. “SEE, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.” – Exodus 23:20

I am still on my journey and the Lord is still leading me and I know that the Lord is bringing me to the place He has prepared for me. How do I know that? Because I read His word and in the Bible it says in Philippians 1:6:

“…, being confident of this , that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

I know that the Lord Jesus Christ began a good work in me long ago and that he “will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Do you know about the beginning of a good work of God in your life?

“….. EVERYTHING GOES DEAD WRONG.”

“Tis easy enough to be pleasant when life flows along like a song, but the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.” –

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It’s bad enough when things go wrong , but when everything goes dead wrong that really smells like death. 

EVERYTHING GOES DEAD WRONG FOR A KING.

Men came and told Jehoshaphat that they were coming. Not only the Moabites, but also the Ammonites and the Meunites. They came “to make war on king Jehoshaphat.” The king is in big trouble of course.

Now listen to what he is doing and what is happening.

The king is consulting the people and he is appointing men to sing. The men “went out at the head of the army” we are reading in Second Chronicles 20:21.  What were they saying?

“‘Give thanks to the Lord,

for his love endures forever.’”

They are singing. They are praising the Lord. And the Lord is setting ambushes against the invaders. And the Lord is defeating the soldiers of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.

Please read the whole story in Second Chronicles chapter 20!

EVERYTHING GOES DEAD WRONG FOR TWO SERVANTS OF THE LORD.

Paul is on his second missionary journey with Silas. He wants to see people come to the Lord. In Acts 16:11-40 we are reading that they went  by sea to Macedonia and what happened to them in the city called Philippi.

They were flogged in that town and sent to prison. It actually says that they were  severely flogged.

And you know what happened at midnight?  Paul and Silas were not only praying but also singing. They were “singing hymns to God, …” And?

We are reading that “the other prisoners were listening to them.”

There are so many prisoners – you know what I am writing about – around us and we are complaining that they are not listening to the gospel. I think we must praise the Lord more. Then they will listen.

What happened next? There was an earthquake, a really big earthquake,  and the jailer comes out of darkness into the light.

Let us pray for a spiritual earthquake!

Please read the whole story in Acts chapter 16. You find the book of Acts in the Bible, in the New Testament straight after the four Gospels. The Bible, the Word of the Living God has 66 books.

EVERYTHING GOES DEAD WRONG FOR YOU AND ME.

Can you still “smile when everything goes dead wrong” or are you only “pleasant when life flows along like a song?”

Maybe you cannot smile any more. But please keep on praising the Lord Jesus Christ! Are you angry? Should we get angry? I don’t know! Keep on praising the Lord! Are you sad? Keep on praising the Lord!

But you say that was “the last straw”.

You know what “the last straw” means! The dictionary says: “a small incident, setback etc. , that coming after others proves insufferable.”

Please keep on praising the Lord!