Published by admin on 18 Apr 2006
FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
1. The Noble Truth of Suffering (Unsatisfactoriness)
2. The Noble Truth of Cause (Origin) of Suffering
3. The Noble Truth of the Cessation (Cure) of Suffering
4. The Noble Truth of the Way Leading to Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2006
Two gardens are mentioned prominently in the Bible: the garden of Eden and the garden of Gethsemane. God placed the first man, Adam, in the garden of Eden; Jesus went into Gethsemane to restore what the first man had lost.
The first Adam sinned Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 17 Apr 2006
Who is not inspired by the competitor who makes a comeback after being down and seemingly out of the running! The runner who stumbles while coming off the starting blocks but moves gradually into the lead stirs the imagination of us all. The team that can come from behind in the last moments to win excites Continue Reading »
Published by taikacher on 17 Apr 2006
will be held :
Day 1
Date: 23rd April 2006, (Sunday)
Time: 3.30-5.30pm
Venue: KL Wesley Methodist Church, 2 Jalan Wesley, 50150, Kuala Lumpur
Day 2
Date: 24th April 2006, (Monday)
Time: 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: STM Campus, Lot 3011 Taman South East, Seremban.
organised by Methodist Church of Malaysia and The Bible Society of Malaysia.
Published by admin on 16 Apr 2006
A first-grader beamed with satisfaction as he handed me a spelling test on which his teacher had written a large “100%—Good work!” The boy said, “I showed this to Mom and Dad because I knew it would please them.” I could just see him riding home on the bus, hardly able to wait for the moment when his parents would express their excitement with how well he had done. His desire to make Mom and Dad happy was obviously a very important motivating factor in his life.
In 2 Timothy 2:3, Paul used the image of a soldier who serves with single-minded devotion to please his commanding officer. He wanted Timothy to know the supreme reason for serving God, even when the going gets tough. Wholehearted devotion, marked by hard work and careful attention to God’s rules, brings the greatest glory to the Lord when it comes from a yielded and loving heart.
In His humanity, our Savior desired that the prospect of a cruel death and of becoming the sin-offering for mankind would pass from Him. Nevertheless He prayed, “Not My will, but Yours, be done” (Luke 22:42). Jesus’ supreme motive was a desire to please His Father. That should be our incentive too. —Herb Vander Lugt
Read:
2 Timothy 2:1-13
. . . walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work. —Colossians 1:10
Bible In One Year: 1 Samuel 27-29; Luke 13:1-22
Source: Our Daily Bread [15 April 2006]
Published by admin on 14 Apr 2006
Our neighbor was startled when two young men walked into her home uninvited. She screamed, and they ran out. Yet no one would accuse her of failing to be hospitable. If you enter someone’s house, you come in on that person’s terms.
We sometimes forget that the same principle applies to our entering into the presence of God. This was made clear in the Old Testament “house of symbols” known as the tabernacle (Exodus 25-27). Its construction Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 13 Apr 2006
What makes a shiny apple look so delicious? The skin, of course. But what is it about an apple that actually makes it delicious? The juice and substance inside. That’s the apple’s real “character.”
I learned this as a boy watching my mom Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 13 Apr 2006
When I was a boy, our family lived on a farm. One spring, we killed 13 rattlesnakes in a brief period of time.
A rattler can be easily destroyed if you know where it is and how far it can reach when it strikes. So my brothers and I never worried about the snakes we could see. We were Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 11 Apr 2006
It is wonderful to be young, with clear sight, acute hearing, elastic step, pulses drumming to the march of exhilarating health. But old age has glories that youth cannot know. It is a blessed old age indeed if it ends brightly at Continue Reading »
Published by admin on 10 Apr 2006
A young cowboy with no regard for God traveled to San Francisco and began a life of revelry, spending the money he had earned while working on the range. One night he staggered to his hotel room and slept until late the next day. When he awoke, he saw a small book on a nightstand near his bed and Continue Reading »