Silent Time

Which logic do you follow in life?

Do you still only try to maximize your own benefit as most people do?

Or have you already understood that there is more to life than that?

Who is Jesus?

What would you say?

Some say he started a religion, others say he gave good moral teachings, others say he was a prophet.

When we do not know for sure, let's turn to the most original sources. 

The results are amazing.

Which sports are you interested in?

Similar to the full concentration in many other sports, as far as the discipline of running concerns, the runners run fully concentrated straight towards the target. How disappointing it is, if someone in the middle of the race suddenly gives up.

To give up is bad enough in sports, and even worse if someone gives up in life.

Do you also wait?

That question might be asked at the bus stop or when queuing up in a line.

Do you also wait?

That question can also be asked in a much more significant regard!

What comes to your mind with regard to the words “cooperation” and “partnership”?

There are many kinds of cooperation between individual persons, in private and in public, on government level and so on. Often good things come out, when people cooperate.

In spiritual terms there is a different kind of cooperation, that all those have experienced who have walked closely with the Lord over the centuries and still same today. Unlike to partnerships between humans, all that is necessary for salvation has been done by Jesus. And that victory is available for all people and for you personally.

How do you see the world? As most of things going on well and tendencies in the right direction? Or more a pessimistic view considering all the deficiencies in the societies, with major factors in the world deteriorating?

Whatever is going on, one thing is clear: we need help. And even if there are a lot deficiencies in many regards, there is still a true hope for the future.

One of the most common way that people are challenged and get doubts in their faith is by bad things happening. For example if a family looses a relative, a beloved person who even might still have been young, then naturally we are tempted to ask “why did God allow that to happen?” And then the devil easily can send negative thoughts and doubts that lead us away from God. The devil even tried to tempt Jesus in a similar way, by the time when Jesus was hungry, but Jesus did not fall into that trap and replied with words of wisdom.

Let’s remember God’s grace and goodness in pleasant and in difficult times. Giving thanks to the Lord each pleasant day and hour will help us keep a clear mind even throughout the most difficult times.

Are you joyful or sad?

So many times, the devil tries to make us sad, either by filling us with pride and arrogance that we think we do not need God and walk away from him. Or by the opposite way: the devil tries to tell us another lie “you are too bad, you have done too much wrong” and then again we may feel condemned and not turn to God. Both ways will make us sad and will lead us away from God.

But the truth is: we can always turn to God, no matter where we are, no matter how much we have done wrong. And that will give us real joy and deep peace.

Opposite to the obvious.

Often opposite to the logics that we are used to.

And yet perfectly makes sense and answers many questions that people puzzle about.

Have you only heard of the word of God?

Or have you really experienced the life that the good news offers, the personal relationship with the Lord, his love, power and guidance?