Silent Time

Supposed you were in the position of a powerful judge, whom would you pardon?

Person A is arrogant, makes fun of you and does not show any sign of regret.

Person B regrets what he has done wrong, he would like to undo the wrong that he has done and requests mercy.

If we waited until we have sufficient knowledge, or if we hesitated until we are worthy, then we would never come to prayer, because we are all far from being perfect, we all fall short of the holiness of God.

But we do not need to wait, any moment we can turn to God, no matter which situation we are in, no matter how much we have done wrong.

Praise the Lord that he gives us this opportunity.

The gap between us people who are not worthy and the holy God has been overcome by the victory that Jesus has won.

Do you have a faith of courage and hope?

What would you proclaim?

Supposed you had the chance to talk a few minutes in the news and many people would hear it. Or put regularly a short article in the newspaper. What topic would you select? Social injustice? Or the environment? Or sports or cars or … ?

Paul says that the person who proclaims Jesus and what he has done will be saved.

The great promises will become true for those who believe in him.

And if people did that, then the other topics like social justice would also be easily solved.

It is good to have friends, who can help us.

But people may change their mind, they may one day have other interests.

God’s love and his offer to help always remains.

Remember that foundation, do you?

A person does not live by food alone.

Of course we need certain obvious things to live.

The body needs food, clothing etc.

The mind needs God’s word.

A lot of evil things are going on in the world.

Have you experienced that God can turn even bad things into good?

The offer is available.

Things work out for good for those who love God.

Would you continue to trust in God even in difficult times, for example when the faith seems to contradict our intellect, our understanding?

Abraham continued to believe.

Let’s not give up the valuable faith.

Most people neither want to listen to the music of joy nor to the music of repentance which are both provided by the good news.

If we repent what we have done wrong in the past, then God gives us joy in the future, ultimate joy that lasts forever, even beyond this life.

The mainstream in the world does not want to follow the Lord.

A small group swims against the flow.