2010年10月14日星期四

The secret of turned defeat into victory

Have you ever suffered repeated failures, have to work hard, but in vain. But God has a way to save you, his approach can remedy your past mistakes, so you have to win often sing songs, especially when you are in the face of failure and dark time. Praise the Lord when you win, your failure will become the victory of faith can accomplish very great things, even to past failures can be remedied. God the Father's love because of your faith can become a major event, which is why the confidence to make failure into victory's sake.



Meditation:You are my hiding place; you will preserve me from trouble, to be saved compass me about with songs. ─ ─ Poetry 32:7

He spoke with authority

Matthew 4:19-20

"Jesus said to them:『 Come, follow me ... they forsook their nets and followed him. "(19 ─ 20 sessions)
I remember, in my teacher training days, there is a lecture, instructors in a relaxed way, teaching the meaning of "speak with authority," this serious issue.

Which class is akin to the two lecturers her partner performance, they should have been an actor. They borrowed many of the characters as an example, the Gu Lin Fair (JoyceGrenfell, the late famous British actor) said Fuer Di (BasilFawlty, fictional character, seventies British TV comedy "Fuer Di Hotel" (FawltyTowers) protagonist) on how to avoid "misuse of authority", causing the students laugh. Mid Road Gang is the focus, the real power is not counterfeit, is dependent on the speaker's experience and confidence, and the listener's respect and trust. Authority must also have clear and public recognition of the source.

In Christian marriage, we often hear the opening remarks: "I am now certain delegated powers under the celebrant ...", the Administrative Committee is hereby authorized to confirm or government agency's name. In this case, Jesus can say: "I'm the king of the universe based on, giving the power!" However, he does not need publicity of the mouth. His way of speaking has been showing his authority, so Peter and Andrea, if not fully understand, but also to recognize his authority, is the supreme authority ─ ─ God's authority.

Authority of Jesus often called people to follow him, and that the call clear and uncompromising, not "if ... but ... maybe ...", there is no hesitation, no Rongyan. He only said: "You did so, and I will do OK."

Please note that the Bible does not tell us that Peter and Andre's response. Their actions have told us. Jesus called them, they follow him.

If you search for what in the four Gospels, Jesus will be found to treat each with power lines, rebuke, instruction, are concise. People listen to him later, they followed him.

Lord ah!
Do not seek to make my life in the "net"
Prevents me from listening to your voice,
So I can not "immediately" to follow you.

Fasting

"I heard this, he sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, in fasting and praying before the God of heaven." (Nigeria 1:4)
Although God has his destiny and will, to the time necessary to success, but often by people's desire and prayer and to achieve, and often man-made vessels, caused by people. We can see that Ezra mentioned, God of the prophets might be fulfilled which excited the hearts of Cyrus (Ezra 1:1), which has prompted the construction of voters back to the temple, and Nehemiah heard of the Holy City because of miserable conditions And pray, and even rebuilt by him to go back.

This man of God may have a heavy burden, that is, on the one hand to obey God, wait on God's time, not anxious, but on the other hand, according to the will have to see, hear the case, according to God the will and earnest prayer, not only obey God rather than call on God, not only waiting for God to come, but not urgently pray early success. Because God wants us and he concentric with the workers, and through us to achieve his goal to complete his work.

Someone with something, but also the work of God, prayer, and even a lot of prayer time, but have not yet achieved, what is this underlying reason why it? What to do? This may be time yet to come, but God through prayer to urge the earlier achievements. So to continue to pray and not aborted. Then prayer may be sincere enough, as mentioned here, there is no crying, sad, fasting in prayer, and did not mind dumping it.

Good governance, stability and prosperity

Chronicles 8:1-10

1. Good governance, stability and prosperity: the king Solomon in the four decades (see the next generation of 9.30), first focus on the first two decades of construction of the temple and the palace above. Thereafter, he continued good governance. Although his writing in Chronicles, Solomon is the Prince of Peace, and the neighbors friendly, but in order to purge borders, the establishment of peaceful reunification of the country, he also had to lead the troops set off Zobah Hama (3). In addition, he has massive construction projects, the construction of city (2,5), the construction of integrated cargo City (4,6), to invest heavily on building national defense (5,6), created for the people of Israel live in peace and harmony are not afraid of its powerful neighbor harassment environment.

2. Large-scale construction, full employment: For many large construction projects, both require huge supplies of Solomon, but also a huge labor force. Solve the manpower problem in the Solomon requisition all the descendants of the Canaanites as coolie labor; they are occupying the land of Canaan when the people of Israel, not to kill people and their descendants, including the Hittites, Amorites, Billy washing people, hope not, and the Jebusites (7). These have been defeated in the people of Israel, has since become the slaves of the victors, until the age of Chronicles is still so. Solomon's manpower policy, enabling the people of Israel without hard labor, and focus on defense and management (9-10), is a reasonable arrangement.

In Solomon's leadership, Israel's national day by day increased. In Israel, full employment, everyone has a job, the exhibition director, concentric building economic prosperity, stability and prosperity of society.

Solomon for the nation and the people, building a prosperous and stable society, Chronicles of Solomon to this effect made a very positive assessment. However, the prosperity and stability after all the material and cultural level, but more importantly is the people's spiritual connotations. If only for the king to help the people who live in affluent and stable environment, but they ignore their moral and even spiritual life, society will have very easy to corrupt, and even died ease the crisis. In fact, the first recorded Chronicles of the temple project, that the Lord's presence, then it describes Israel's prosperity and stability of society, this is a reflection of the people should seek God first, and then led in pursuit of a better God life. Today, the prosperity and stability not that we dream of life? Life in the pursuit of this ideal process, you see the importance of spiritual meaning? Only emphasized the economic growth of a society, what crises and challenges?

Speed Reading the Book of Jeremiah 13-14 year John Chapter 6

Can see become blind

This passage is a very great dialogue, a born blind, there is no position of high status with a group of people, well-read Law of the Pharisees dialogue, in which the secret place, that is actually against the blind see Jesus the Son of God, opening the eyes of all but invisible, has become spiritually blind.

Life sleeping in the same spirit as the blind, completely invisible God, they see only a material world, only to see themselves, because they are god of this world blinded, can not let the glory of the Gospel of Christ light of their (Cor 4). Therefore, Jesus said: "can see become blind!"

Unfortunately, there are still many believers today, as if, like the Pharisees, have a lot of spiritual knowledge, but the spiritual eyes are blind, or biased point of view with his Jesus, that Jesus is not acceptable Christ, you can light his life, can change the facts and the charge of his life.

Brothers and sisters, in your life, you feel dark? Felt the need this Jesus? As long as you own all the way down, open your heart, let the light of Christ to your life, you will see the Christ, is real in your life work.

I have to eat out with your words

Extreme hardship fell on the Prophet Jeremiah and contradictions of a situation, this conflict caused great conflict within him. On the one hand he had with God, and know the true words of God communicated to his people, but attacks on people in return. The pain is so hard to put into words ah! Other hand, he Yiyin the word of God, full of comfort and joy of life, he not only enjoy the sweetness of the myth, but also the people rejected God's blessing, then feel sorry for the loss. Faced with such contradictions, he was only sitting in silence! But he is not giving up, his way of life is the Word of God, him with the confidence of honest dialogue with God, because he experienced the true Word of God, know that this is the life force.

You have suffered abuse for the practice of truth in it? Do not despair, as long as you keep yourself in the Word of God will be able to get a life of comfort and joy, have a life force, to become deficient in mind the pain. The words of God as the bread of life now! Your life shall receive mercy.

God has arrived!

Daily devotions October 11, 2010 God has arrived!

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God has arrived!

Luke 7:11-16

"A great prophet has arisen among us ... God has visited his people!" Road 7:16

The woman dressed in mourning, accompanied by relatives and friends, teetering on the road, to mourn her dead son. She once left her husband for the widow died, she has gone through this pain of road. And the historical experience of many people who have the same, she arrived suffering from loss of loved ones (who also take care of her) suffering - now these people have left her out.

Jesus is to a city that she lived, the pain of the mother therefore met the Lord Jesus. Compassion of Jesus have mercy on her, she said: "Do not cry." He died a young man again, said: "Get up!" Young person will be alive again. Resurrection of Jesus the son of this just to the surprise of the mother! This precious gift, the woman rekindle hope in the future, reconstruction of her social status, but also bring new life to her joy. Jesus this very important from the oppression of women is released!

The woman's relatives are the property of praise to God, they cheered: "God has visited his people." They say. Similar Electrolux Elizabeth told Mary she was pregnant when he said (Luke 1:46-55), similar to the birth of John the son of Zechariah in the said (Luke 1:68-75), is similar the angel said to the shepherds of Bethlehem (Luke 2:14): God has visited His people!

When the Lord reveal Himself to you, you will he say?


Prayer
Lord, our rock, our redeemer ah! We would like to mouth the words, meditation of my heart, be pleasing in Thy face (see Psalm 19:14). In Jesus name we pray, Amen.