Silent Time

Despite God is holy and almighty, far beyond what we can imagine, yet he sent his son into the world, to be humbled and to suffer on our behalf, in order to set us free, to bring us peace. He has come to save us and has done everything, because he loves us, he brings our sorrows to an end. The son of man came not to be served but to serve. Normally it should be us being hold responsible for our sh...

Many put only themselves into the centre of the mind. Who would instead deserve the honour?

“Peace is there in abundance”. All too many times, the opposite seems to be true: people harm each other, take advantage of each other, and so forth. How can it yet come true?

Do you sometimes need words of comfort and help? Many people will say “I do not need anyone to comfort me. I can handle my life alone.” But do we not all know times of weakness and need?

How many times per day do you use computer, smart phone or similar devices? Nowadays, everything gets faster. What we easily unlearn at the same time, is to be patient. Praise the Lord that God remains patient, no matter our circumstances.

In these modern times, there is so much progress with lots of inventions, innovation in technology is almost exponential. Just think of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, etc… No matter how amazing such developments are, still, let’s be careful not to worship things not even any kind of advanced technology.

If you hear the word “peace” – what do you think about? With whom are you possibly not in peace? Everyone can ask oneself: Do I really want to live in peace with all people? Beyond that, how about peace with oneself? And with God?

Modern medicine offers a lot of opportunities to heal us from sicknesses, to let us recover from illnesses and to make our lives better. Thank God for all those possibilities. Despite the life expectancy increases compared to previous generations, nevertheless, once there will be an end to the natural life. But there is good news, hope and assurance that outweighs all negative thoughts.

It is said that the soul nourishes from what we have joy about. So what are the primary things which you have joy about?

When things go wrong, how do you react? Do you more tend to get aggressive or rather to freeze? In such situations, do you talk to other people or do you prefer to stay alone? Whether it is your own fault or some else’s fault that you have gotten into such a situation of distress, the most useful first action towards recovery is the same.

As we go through the different phases of life, we face different kinds of worries and challenges. For example someone might be worried how to pass the next exam. Someone else might just have lost the job. Yet others are facing serious health issues. And there is persecution and lots of other kinds of trouble. One thing remains throughout all these challenges.

If you think about the last one year or one week, what have been your major driver? What have been your major goals and motivations? And how do you define yourself? From the past alone? It can also be worthwhile to think about the long-term future!

How do you react, if another person has had a success? Do you compare yourself and look down on that person? “He/she was simply lucky…”.

It is good to be praised by others. But it is not good to praise oneself, to be proud. What do you aim at, in that regard?

Nobody is perfect. And nobody is 100% evil. We are all human. Everybody has strengths and everybody has weaknesses. Which of the factors counts in the end?

A free wish … how we long for such a thing: anything we could ask for and it would come true. What would you wish for, if you had such a free wish without limits?

We all get in conversations with other people. We talk to family members, colleagues, neighbors and so forth. Hopefully in such conversations, there is more than 1 topic. And hopefully not only 1 person is speaking, a good conversation includes speaking and listening. That is not only the case, when we talk with other people.

What are your biggest worries these days? About loosing the job? Or by contrast, about having too much work? Worrying about health issues? Or about persecution? Or other topics? In this world, we have lots of worries and trouble. What do you do with worries and trouble? There is a reason to take courage, that not only touches on the surface.

Do you guard your steps? If so, in which regards? It can help to show us what is really important to us, deep down in our minds.

Do you value friendships? A wise old man gave a valuable demonstration, from which we can learn a great lesson.

No other name has been given.

Facing reality, at times in life various kinds of sacrifices are required from us, whether small acts of kindness or really giving up something valuable, depending on life’s circumstances, in order to help others. Let’s remember the most valuable sacrifice.

Words … we all use many words every day. Praise the Lord if you can communicate well, give thanks for functioning ears, eyes, tongue etc. Every word spoken also resembles a seed that is planted, having effects onto the future.

We can learn a lot from the sportspeople, such as athletes during the competition games. For example the runners: they fully focus on the goal. They do not think about other things in that moment. On what do you focus?

There are many reasons to complain about. Do you also tend to complain? About the circumstances? About the church? About the shortcomings of other Christians? There are more important things to focus on.