Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thought. Show all posts

Saturday 28 August 2010

Know by trying





"you will never know what you can do until you try.
However the sad truth is
that most people never try anything until they know they can do it."

- Bob Proctor

Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts,
turn out to be some of Christ's strongest disciples.

- Selwyn Hughes


"I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another."
(Ro 15:14 NIV)

"He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds?" (Lu 24:38 NIV)

Always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone.
1 Thessalonians 5:15b

Do not try to trick people
1 Thessalonians 2: 3b

God, let us dare
to undertake some steps.
  Take care there for that if we
try certain things
we'll try
nobody to bring over to
go
till deviation
or
to bring until dishonesty or deception,
but give us the power
to step in Jesus footsteps
 and
to do the right acts. 

Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Weet door proberen 

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Put on the whole armor of God

"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes...Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist." -Ephesians 6:11, 14a (NIV)

We are just week human natures.  We carry in our body the blemish of the first faulty action of our fore parents Adam and Eve.  We would like to stand firm in this world full of temptations and problems.  As believers we would like to put on the whole armor of God with the hope that we may be able to stand against the wiles of evil.  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness.

When we manage to take up the complete armor of The Only One God, by filling ourselves with His Word and complying with His Laws, we are promised that we might be able to offer resistance in the wicked day.  Would you not like to hold your stance?
So, continue to stand firm in faith with your loins girded about in truth, having put on yourselves the breastplate of righteousness.

When we believe we need to do something good for God and for His world, believing we can do it even when we are up against one challenge after another, requires that we protect our minds and our hearts, and that we protect ourselves against the lies that will threaten to derail us.


Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Zet het gehele pantser op van God

Friday 27 August 2010

A call easy to understand




"'Follow me' said the King.
The call is so simple any child can understand it.
Its meaning is so sublime that no philosopher, be he ever so clever, can exhaust the infinite meaning of the mystery — its genius.
It is not misery — it is joy.
It is not doubt — it is conviction.
It is not fear — it is blessed assurance.
Disciples are bond servants, but also friends who know their Master’s will. They are not dragging themselves along reluctantly hoping that their misery may win them some reward. They follow gladly for love’s sake, trusting that because he lives, they will live also.

The genius of discipleship — the transformation — touches every aspect of life.
Being called, conviction, trust, surrender, purity, peace, prayer, service."

- Dennis Gillett
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The New Man
The Genius of Discipleship


Nederlandse versie / Dutch version > Een te begrijpen oproep
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You Don't Understand Me
You Don't Understand Me (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Wednesday 11 August 2010

Getting of at the fence



"It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes.
What matters most is getting off.
You cannot make progress without making decisions."
- Jim Rohn
"I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot.
Would that you were cold or hot!
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,
I will spew you out of my mouth."
Revelation 3:15-16
Me dear God,
let me not want to compromise somewhere in between.
Give that I get sufficient understanding to take the right decisions.
Give me also the power to undertake the right steps to be accepted
 
as a full follower of Christ
and a truly loving son of YOU  my God
.


Nederlandse versie / Dutch version > Uitstappen aan het hek


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Tuesday 10 August 2010

Thursday 5 August 2010

Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience


"The best portion of a good man's life:
his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."
- William Wordsworth


"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
Colossians 3:12

Dear God,
please do give me insight,
and give that I can take on an attitude of unselfishness,
can bring up patience, gentlesness
and give my love to others.

Nederlandse versie / Dutch version > Kleed jezelf met compassie, zachtheid, vriendelijkheid, nederigheid, en geduld
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English: Portrait of William Wordsworth by Wil...
Portrait of William Wordsworth by William Shuter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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