God give us that between all the work find the necessary relaxation. Carry us in your heart and let the times of this world for us be properly filled.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > God bezorg ons de juiste ontspanning
Wednesday 27 May 2009
God bezorg ons de juiste ontspanning
God geef dat wij tussen al het werk door de nodige ontspanning kunnen vinden. Draag ons in Uw hart en laat de tijden van deze wereld voor ons op de juiste wijze gevuld worden.
English version > God give us the right relaxation
Come ye yourselves apart ... and rest awhile (Mark 6:31)
"Come ye yourselves apart ... and rest awhile" (Mark 6:31)
WHAT loving consideration for his disciples is suggested by these words of Jesus! They had been engaged in the work of the Gospel - preaching, teaching and healing - and had returned to the Lord to tell him of their experiences. But "there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat". So Jesus suggested they should go elsewhere to seek quietude and rest.
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven", says the Preacher. Rest and recreation (i.e., re-creation) are essential to human well-being, whether on the physical or spiritual plane, and Jesus taught his disciples a very practical lesson in this respect in the incident recorded by Mark.
"Come ye apart and rest awhile! "Christ's advice is perhaps more needed to-day than ever before. The world is too much with us: it is well-nigh impossible to escape its insistent influence or find a quiet retreat free from its fret and turmoil. Many of us seek relief on holiday; but even in the solitude of the hills or in the wide expanse of the moors, the ubiquitous aeroplane intrudes, shattering the sense of seclusion and linking us again with man's unceasing endeavour to subjugate the physical universe.
How, then, can we come apart and rest awhile? There is no quietness or peace associated with the human world around us: stress, anxiety, clamour and warfare are its characteristics: we seek in vain in that direction. But one of old confidently tells us of a source of peace which he had discovered:
The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul (Psa. 23:1-3).
Here then is what we desire and seek: pleasant pastures, the waters of quietness, and refreshment for the soul: sought out and made accessible to us by the Shepherd of Israel. And does not His Son reveal similar consolation? Jesus, the good Shepherd, who laid down his life for the sheep, invites us: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matt. 11:28).
Rest unto our souls! That is our greatest need to-day and our most fervent longing: to be free from the anxiety which so easily possesses us; to banish the sense of unrest which so frequently consumes us; to secure that contentment of spirit which so readily evades us, and which only confidence in God can inspire. If we are to secure this rest unto our souls, we must learn of Christ: and when we are truly his disciples, he takes us apart unto a desert place - far from the crowded haunts of human life - and we rest awhile with him, forgetting in his serene presence the cares and anxieties of life, and the interminable struggle of flesh and spirit; so are we strengthened for further endeavour.
Each first day of the week we are granted in a very special sense the privilege of spiritual re-creation. Christ may be "known of us in breaking of bread", as he was to the disciples of old. It is essential, however, that we should come apart from the world with its restless comings and goings, and seek to find him who has promised to be with us when we are gathered together in his name. This is no easy thing to accomplish, for we are very definitely still in the flesh, and liable to be too readily influenced by the merely human aspects of the memorial service; often we determine its success or failure by the word of exhortation. Let us remember, however, that the essential feature of the memorial service is the breaking of bread: that alone is commanded; all else is subservient to it. In that ordinance we remember Christ, learn of him, and so find rest unto our souls.
Brother F.W. Turner
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Meditations - Chapter 7 - Rest Unto Our Souls
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And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
As you* are going, make disciples of all the nations, immersing* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you* and behold, I am with you* all the days until the end of the world.
Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20 MLV)
And he gave some to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers.These were done *for the equipping of the holy-ones, *for the work of the ministry, *for the building up of the body of Christ,until we all arrive to the oneness of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,in order that we may no longer be infants, tossed to and fro and carried around with every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;but be truthful with love*. We may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, who is Christ;from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through what every joint supplies, according to the working in due measure of each individual part, that makes the growth of the body to the building up of itself in love*.
(Ephesians 4:11-16 MLV)
WHAT loving consideration for his disciples is suggested by these words of Jesus! They had been engaged in the work of the Gospel - preaching, teaching and healing - and had returned to the Lord to tell him of their experiences. But "there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat". So Jesus suggested they should go elsewhere to seek quietude and rest.
"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven", says the Preacher. Rest and recreation (i.e., re-creation) are essential to human well-being, whether on the physical or spiritual plane, and Jesus taught his disciples a very practical lesson in this respect in the incident recorded by Mark.
"Come ye apart and rest awhile! "Christ's advice is perhaps more needed to-day than ever before. The world is too much with us: it is well-nigh impossible to escape its insistent influence or find a quiet retreat free from its fret and turmoil. Many of us seek relief on holiday; but even in the solitude of the hills or in the wide expanse of the moors, the ubiquitous aeroplane intrudes, shattering the sense of seclusion and linking us again with man's unceasing endeavour to subjugate the physical universe.
How, then, can we come apart and rest awhile? There is no quietness or peace associated with the human world around us: stress, anxiety, clamour and warfare are its characteristics: we seek in vain in that direction. But one of old confidently tells us of a source of peace which he had discovered:
The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul (Psa. 23:1-3).
Here then is what we desire and seek: pleasant pastures, the waters of quietness, and refreshment for the soul: sought out and made accessible to us by the Shepherd of Israel. And does not His Son reveal similar consolation? Jesus, the good Shepherd, who laid down his life for the sheep, invites us: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls" (Matt. 11:28).
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| Shepherds Crag (Photo credit: Mikey Bean) |
Rest unto our souls! That is our greatest need to-day and our most fervent longing: to be free from the anxiety which so easily possesses us; to banish the sense of unrest which so frequently consumes us; to secure that contentment of spirit which so readily evades us, and which only confidence in God can inspire. If we are to secure this rest unto our souls, we must learn of Christ: and when we are truly his disciples, he takes us apart unto a desert place - far from the crowded haunts of human life - and we rest awhile with him, forgetting in his serene presence the cares and anxieties of life, and the interminable struggle of flesh and spirit; so are we strengthened for further endeavour.
Each first day of the week we are granted in a very special sense the privilege of spiritual re-creation. Christ may be "known of us in breaking of bread", as he was to the disciples of old. It is essential, however, that we should come apart from the world with its restless comings and goings, and seek to find him who has promised to be with us when we are gathered together in his name. This is no easy thing to accomplish, for we are very definitely still in the flesh, and liable to be too readily influenced by the merely human aspects of the memorial service; often we determine its success or failure by the word of exhortation. Let us remember, however, that the essential feature of the memorial service is the breaking of bread: that alone is commanded; all else is subservient to it. In that ordinance we remember Christ, learn of him, and so find rest unto our souls.
Brother F.W. Turner
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Meditations - Chapter 7 - Rest Unto Our Souls
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2013 update:
And Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
As you* are going, make disciples of all the nations, immersing* them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:teaching them to observe all things whatever I commanded you* and behold, I am with you* all the days until the end of the world.
Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20 MLV)
And he gave some to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers.These were done *for the equipping of the holy-ones, *for the work of the ministry, *for the building up of the body of Christ,until we all arrive to the oneness of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,in order that we may no longer be infants, tossed to and fro and carried around with every wind of teaching, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;but be truthful with love*. We may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, who is Christ;from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through what every joint supplies, according to the working in due measure of each individual part, that makes the growth of the body to the building up of itself in love*.
(Ephesians 4:11-16 MLV)
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Monday 25 May 2009
It's not that I'm so smart
"It's not that I'm so smart,
it's just that I stay with problems longer.
- Albert Einstein
"Then Jesus told his disciples a parable
to show them that
they should always pray and not give up."
Luke 18:1
Teach me humility and let me see where I need help.
God, I understand that I always can come with my problems to you.
that I dare to hold on and direct the proper prayers to you.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Het is niet dat ik zo slim ben
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| English: Albert Einstein Français : Portrait d'Albert Einstein (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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Het is niet dat ik zo slim ben
"Het is niet dat ik zo slim ben,
het is gewoon dat ik langer met problemen blijf.
- Albert Einstein
"Toen vertelde Jezus zijn discipelen een gelijkenis
om hen aan te tonen dat
zij altijd moeten bidden en niet opgeven. "
Lukas 18:1
Leer mij bescheidenheid en laat mij inzien waar ik hulp nodig heb.
God ik begrijp dat ik steeds met mijn problemen bij u terecht kan.
Dat ik durf volhouden en de juiste gebeden naar U richt.
English version > It's not that I'm so smart
Sunday 24 May 2009
De weg naar succes is bezaaid met vele verleidelijk parkeerplaatsen
"De weg naar succes is bezaaid met vele verleidelijk parkeerplaatsen."
- Onbekend
"Gaat door de smalle poort;
voor de poort is breed en de weg is breed, welke leidt tot vernietiging,
en er zijn velen die daar door gaan.
Voor de poort is klein en smal is de weg die leidt naar het leven,
en er zijn weinigen die ze vinden. "
Matteüs 7:13-14
God laat mij aan de verleidingen van deze wereld weerstaan.
Leid mij niet in bekoring maar breng mij op de juiste weg,
die mij eeuwige verlossing kan brengen.
Want Jezus wil ik volgen en aan hem en U getrouw blijven.
English version > The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places."
- Unknown
"Enter through the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction,
and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life,
and there are few who find it."
Matthew 7:13-14
God let me resist to the temptations of this world.
Lead me not into temptation but put me on the right track,
which can bring me eternal salvation.
Because Jesus I want to follow and to him and you I want to remain faithful.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > De weg naar succes is bezaaid met vele verleidelijk parkeerplaatsen
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We will have a lifelong battle with temptation.
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We will have a lifelong battle with temptation.
Saturday 23 May 2009
Handel alsof alles wat je denkt, zegt en doet uw hele leven bepaalt
"Handel alsof alles wat je denkt,
zegt en doet uw hele leven bepaalt
- Want in de werkelijkheid, doet het dat! "
- Laurelle Adrian
"Daarom, bereid uw gedachten voor op actie;
wees zelfstandig gecontroleerd (nuchter en bezonnen);
plaats uw hoop volledig op de genade die u gegeven is
toen Jezus Christus is geopenbaard. "
1 Peter 1:13
Heer laat mij steeds het juiste doen.
Omgord mij met het harnas van waarheid en gerechtigheid.
Laat mij steeds bezonnen en nuchter zijn om voor u te werken op deze aarde.
English version > Act as if everything you think, say and do determines your entire life
Act as if everything you think, say and do determines your entire life
"Act as if everything you think,
say and do determines your entire life
- because in reality, it does!"
- Laurelle Adrian
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action;
be self-controlled;
set your hope fully on the grace to be given you
when Jesus Christ is revealed."
1 Peter 1:13
Lord let me always do right.
Girded me with the armour of truth and justice.
Let me always be sensible and sober in order to work on this earth for you.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Handel alsof alles wat je denkt, zegt en doet uw hele leven bepaalt
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Friday 22 May 2009
Faith is a pipeline
"Faith is a pipeline.
It can flow in health, in terms of water or oxygen,
or it can be filled with poison.
What values do you pour through there?"
- Robert Schuller
"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world;
and this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
Who is the one who overcomes the world,
but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"
1 John 5:4-5
I ask you God that my faith may be blessed
and flow over of joy in the resurrection of Christ.
Let me always go for the right belief in the mercy of Jesus.
Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Geloof is een pijpleiding
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