Silent Time

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…

Do you at times lack the strength and energy you need?

There is so much to do but we only have limited energy.

Do you see the connections between different topics in your life?

We often regard things separately: one matter only relates to the mind, another thing only to the body etc. And yet, it all belongs t…

“I have kept all promises that I ever made in my life, I always did 100% what I promised” – can anybody claim that?

Probably the person who claims that is a liar.

Yet there is one, who has never brok…

How about your opinion? If we look at the situation in the world, there would be many reasons to fear or to give up hope. When we think about all the injustice going on. The problems in the world. Th…

When you hear the word “love”, what comes to your mind?

The romantic love?

Or the hobbies that you love to do?

Or caring love, parental love?

Good parents want the best for their child. They continuo…

Have you ever been really thirsty?

Not just the regular desire to drink water, but an extraordinary situation.

If the body seriously lacks water, it easily gets to its limits.

Luckily, most of us usu…

What is your biggest target in life?

Is it to be successful?

To have a better life?

Since God has made the way free for us and offers reconciliation, so we have the choice of how we set our targets a…

At times, things which we are not aware of, can make a big difference in life. It may seem small or negligible and yet they are relevant.

For example someone who has an allergy but does not know abou…

Are you sometimes puzzled by the behaviour of people?

Especially if we do not know someone yet, we might be surprised by their reactions.

Everybody has different backgrounds, other education and cont…

“… , they are new every morning.”

What will you fill into that sentence?

Many people will say “the pains”, “the troubles” or “the bad news”.

But that is only part of the truth.

The mercy of God, his …

What happened in the time between Jesus was born and the time of his active ministry?

Not much is reported and easily we may rush over it.

Yet we can learn a lot from the few things, which are report…

A lot of things had happened in Jericho.

Over the time, a lot of darkness had come up, robbery, worship of idols, wrongdoing and sin, curse and all its negative effects. In such a sense, the city can…

What gives you distress? What do you fear and worry about?

People of different times and in different places, have different kinds of worries and fears.

People who live in good times, in wealth, in f…

When we work in the garden or outside, cutting the hedge, it may happen, if there are thorns, they may cut our skin. It may hurt.

How much more the thorns of which the crown was made by the soldiers …

Does it have relevance for your life?

Does the message of the bible apply to your life?

Many of its statements do not sound familiar.

For example “the punishment is on him, so that we may have peace”…

What did Mary think when she stood at the empty tomb?

Sadness, fear and worries filled her heart.

The resurrection seems to be impossible and too good – and yet it is true and real.

What does your he…

Distance and proximity.

Do you also know both in your life?

At times, we want to come close to the Lord.

And many other times we are drawn away from him by various things of this world, its glamour a…

What is your slogan of life?

Usually people will reply with their dreams and goals.

Or they define oneself by the group they belong to.

Or someone might say “I try to become a better person”.

But har…