Silent Time

Let no one rob you of your price.

How about your personality? Do you strongly pursue your targets? Or do you easily get influenced and distracted by others?

How many kingdoms where there throughout the history of humanity?

Some lasted quite long.

But all were based on human leaders.

The kingdom of God is an everlasting kingdom based on the almighty etern…

Where are the people usually happy?

One might say “on vacation”.

Yet a lot of our time we need to spend working.

What, if we could enjoy the work?

In a very old movie, which shows an “end-of-the-world-scenario”, people get asked “what would you do, if you had only 3 hours left?”.

It is quite shocking how much negative behaviour people favour: t…

What do you seek in life? What do you ultimately look for?

Many people look for success, for recognition, for influence and so on.

For the moment it might make us happy if we achieve such things.

And…

A lot of people know about the good news, having heard about it.

But they do not go, they do not apply the good news to their life.

The shepherds, they went. They heard the good news from the angels …

What is your refuge amidst the troubles of life?

Do you look for refuge from your home? Your family? Your friends?

God is our ultimate refuge. He protects us.

And he is the almighty, all-knowing, lov…

What are your burdens?

Health issues and pains?

Or not enough time with too many things to do and not enough rest?

Or being persecuted?

Or having done wrong in the past and now suffering from its con…

Guests may stay for a while in the house.

But the family members - parents and children - stay permanently.

The guests may participate in certain activities, such as to eat.

But the family members fu…

Do you feel weak at times?

There are so many challenges and demands in life.

Do you worry about things in life? About the future?

Or do you involve God?

There are many things to worry about, every age, place and person has specific worries.

Worries of health, worries about sa…

Where are you along the journey of life?

Along the journey of life with God?

It is good if someone understands that the own accomplishments will ultimately not be sufficient, and if the person theref…

Being proud or being humble – what do you target?

There seem to be so many advantages of being proud.

Yet the bible tells us not to be proud over others.

Neither between generations, nor between hier…

Has your life ever been at risk?

Few times we may notice it, for example if we almost had a serious accident.

Many more times we may not have noticed it, how we have been at risk.

Praise the Lord for…

Watched over by parental love – imagine a playground: the parents watch over their children, the children are safe.

And in the same way, God watches over his people and protects them.

Nothing can ser…

People may forget, what they have created:

Children who had set up their small play area outdoor e.g. in the forest, they may later have other interests, and may gradually forget that area.

A young p…

How long – O Lord?

Have you also asked that question?

How long will the suffering endure?

How long will the injustice last?

To whom or to what do we give honour?

Everyone can easily check one’s priorities:

What do you spend your free time on?

What do you spend your energy on?

On what do you spend the major part of other r…

How comes that certain organisations develop in a certain direction, while another comparable organisation may develop in a totally different direction? 2 comparable companies may look totally differ…

Good sleep with nothing to fear – would that not be wonderful: to have good rest, to get enough strength for the tasks ahead, to have good concentration on the following days?

All too often, the real…