Silent Time

Do you know people who are insolent? People who behave inappropriately? Behaviour that has negative impacts on others?

Which kinds of reminders do you use, in order to remember important matters?

We are aware of some of the risks and dangers, that we face in in our daily lives. Other dangers we are not aware of. They are not so obvious because we cannot see them.

Does time – for you – pass by slowly or quickly? We all have 24 hours per day, yet we have different impressions of time. How do we make the best use of our limited time?

What are your favoured excuses not do something which you know you should do?

Which topics are exciting for you? Your hobbies? Your career? Your house?  A wonderful news, which might not sound exciting at all at first glance. The good news is ultimately the best news we can imagine. A wonderful news that provides peace, joy and real hope.

A man who lived all his life high up in the mountains very close to nature, he once came into the big city, and was so amazed how busy it was. He tried to cross the road but continually cars would come up. There is another road which is still busy – still busy despite it is narrow and despite all the persecution and opposition that try to block that road. Praise the Lord!

By nature, we object to be compared to sheep, rather we prefer to be something great, to be admired. Yet, the bible compares us to sheep. And we do not need to be upset about it, in fact there is a lot of comfort and true hope in it.

How does it happen?

Which clothes do you wear?

To which places and countries have you travelled so far?

What has been the reason for people being enthusiastic about Jesus? Just the expectation of one or the other miracle?

How do we make a good use of our resources? What is the best possible usage of our time, energy, possessions and creativity?

Whom have you last looked down on? Everyone has weaknesses but instead of judging others, let’s rather pray for them. We all can learn a lot from thinking about that.

To be on the top of the mountain is nice – both literally when having been hiking or climbing up and enjoy the view, as well as in a transferred sense when things go well in life. But just few days later things might look totally different when being back to work, having too much to do, worries about the future, pains and by other things the devil might try to torment us. Despite all the challenge...

What are the major difficulties in your life?  Once identified, the next question is: who can overcome them?

Different kinds of wisdom – different kinds of criteria: The holy, almighty creator God has an eternal view that often differs from our human ideas in several regards. And his grace is beyond what we can imagine.

Struggles, trials and challenges in the mind - and how to handle them.

Even throughout the darkest hour the best friend we can imagine offers to be with us and to help.

Do you tell to God how to help? It is funny that we with our limited human short term view try to tell the eternal, all-knowing creator God in which way to intervene. The Lord has higher longer term plans, many of which we cannot understand yet. So let's humbly listen to what God tells us via our circumstances, the way things go on in life. Nevertheless, for sure it is good to turn to the Lord in...

Despite the flood of evil going on in the world seems to be overwhelming, yet, on a small scale, good positive things have started already.

How can we find out whether a preacher proclaims the good news from the Lord or has one’s own agenda?

The public opinion often gives a lot of tolerance to those who talk foolish things and at the same time rejects those who proclaim the good news of the almighty eternal God.

To what do you like to listen to? Mainly stories and legends?

Do you look for rest and joy? As long as we live here in this life on earth, many factors try to hinder us from having real rest and joy. Yet there is a firm positive outlook and already deep peace and inner joy in the heart available for those who put their trust in the Lord.