Showing posts with label miracle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label miracle. Show all posts

Friday 21 February 2014

Blinkered minds

What causes real conviction? It depends what you want or what you need to believe!

If someone cries ‘Fire’, you lose no time in verifying the cry is genuine but see how you can put it out.
Mark 15 says that “the chief priests and scribes mocked [Jesus] … saying, ‘He saved others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe’” (verses 31,32).
These men had witnessed his remarkable miracles! When he raised Lazarus they had “made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, because on account of him many of the Jews were … believing in Jesus” (John 12:10,11). Their minds were blinkered. It the same today.
 More and more wonders of nature are discovered – but they still say that all exists by pure chance – given enough ‘endless’ time!

Verse 39 tells us that “the centurion who stood facing him” witnessing the incredible events at his death, said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God’”. Several Centurions had contact with Jesus and his miracles. History shows that there were so many Christians in Rome by AD 64 that Nero put hundreds to death. Perhaps Centurions and soldiers returning with a new belief in Jesus were a factor in this.

Mark 16 tells of three women who came to the tomb to anoint  the body of Jesus “very early on the first day of the week”. Those who sought to do something for Jesus were the first to believe.
 Do we really believe? Jesus told his disciples to “proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved” (verses 15,16). May we have an unshakeable belief in the Gospel  and demonstrate it by being baptised.
 http://www.thechristadelphian.com/thought_for_the_day.htm
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Wednesday 23 June 2010

Bible exhibition coming to Birkdale, Brisbane

The Brisbane community is being offered a rare opportunity to broaden their awareness of the Bible message, and the one hope and one gospel taught in it.
Our fellow brethren bring an exhibition which traces Bible texts through the creation of the English Bible from its earliest forms to today. Also there is a section on Miracles, and God’s ultimate plan for the earth, and how you can be a part of it.

Read more about it in Quest-news for Birkdale

Thursday 10 September 2009

The work I do, let it be done good


"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers.
Pray for powers equal to your tasks.
Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle,
but you yourself shall be the miracle.
- Phillips Brooks

"We must begin to search for God in our workplaces.
God is already there, do not mistake you.
We simply have not trained ourselves to see our creator."
- William E. Diehl


Have thy tools ready, God will provide thee work.
- Charles Kingsley

"So, whether you eat or drink (sweep streets), or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 

.." 'Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,
a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."

2 Timothy 2:15

Dear Father, Creator of heaven and earth,
I behold your works with joy.
I'm just a small worker on this earth,
but leave those tasks I performed be properly implemented.
And let others see my commitment and enjoy my work done.


Dutch version > Laat ik mijn werk goed doen
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2013 update:

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cover of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Monday 5 January 2009

Sometimes we pray and pray and it seems like nothing happens.

Sometimes it seems that we pray and pray and nothing happens. This leads some of us to feel that God has abandoned us. The truth is that God would never abandon any of his precious children! He would never leave your nor forsake you! Sometimes it takes time for our miracles to manifest. It's not that God is too busy to get to you, not at all! There is a timing behind everything and God being all-wise knows when to best manifest the answer to a prayer or bring about a miracle. God always acts on our best behalf. Whether it is a lesson we need to learn, or a reason only God understands, our prayers will be answered in Gods due time. God would never ignore nor abandon us. We must continue to show our faith and trust in Him as we wait and our miracles will manifest before we know it in their due time!
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