Welcome to Silent Time, the opportunity to think on what is important in life.
Holiness – what comes to your mind?
Is it something old fashioned?
Is it something only for special people?
Nobody can become holy by oneself. We are all far from perfect.
But God in his holiness is …
Is it better to be religious or not?
What would you say?
The bible reports of times, when the air was filled with incense and many altars available.
The people were very religious.
We would expect th…
In everyday life, the need to persuade others is quite common:
Sales people need to persuade customers to buy the product or service.
Managers need to persuade the employees of new structures.
And in…
Where do you stay? In your home? Or far from your home?
In a certain way, we are all far from home.
Wherever we live on the earth, our soul lacks a real home, as long as we are far from God.
We try t…
How would you complete the sentence:
“A person who has done wrong, needs to be …”?
Punished?
Praise the Lord, that he uses another logic.
God does not want to punish us.
He calls us back.
He calls us…
Under which conditions do you live?
Do you have enough? (for example sufficient variety of food for a healthy body)
Or do you live in scarcity and need?
Or do you even have more than enough?
St. Paul…
“Fighting against God” – it sounds strange.
What do you think about it?
The bible reports that people of all times were fighting against God. Long time ago the people tried to build a huge tower in o…
There are very few tribes left on the earth, who still live an original lifestyle as our predecessors did several hundreds of years ago very close to the nature.
Supposed someone offered to them a hu…
The good news should be proclaimed via all channels.
But we as humans do not want to hear, we do not want to listen to God.
We have lots of excuses.
Still, the good news is available to everybody.
Go…
What consequences do you take for your life, as it is announced that the king of kings is coming?
Do you take a moment to think about it? Do you welcome and receive the Lord in your heart?
Many do no…
In the modern world, there is hardly a time of real silence.
All around the clock noise from cars, motor bikes, airplanes, constructions works, …
It would be interesting to experience the silence and…
When hiking in the mountains, there is sometimes only a narrow path with the risk of falling off on both sides, like on a double cliff trail.
In life we also have the risk of falling off on either si…
What happens to those, who lived long time, before Jesus was born?
And how about those who never in their lifetime have the chance to hear the good news?
Even long time before the love of God was rev…
Who impacts your mind?
As we all know, nobody is perfect.
But the question is, how do we handle our failures?
Either with extreme thinking of either guilt or of pride.
Or do I let Jesus be my great a…
What consequences does it have for your life, that Jesus came into this world?
First of all, let’s be joyful about the victory that Jesus has won over devil, death, sin and hell.
He offers to save us…
Do you also long for justice?
Some people pressure us, they act in injustice, they hurt us, they persecute us.
If we are honest, we are also not perfect.
Praise the Lord that the chain of punishment,…
What are you currently struggling with?
How does the world aggregate you?
It may look discouraging, yet take courage:
The victory is already available.
It may well be that the devil may torment us fo…
Some self-declared spiritual leaders talk about “being enlightened” and give false promises to the people who follow them.
They may even use words about God and the Holy Spirit.
But do they really me…
How would you react, if the Lord called you a “dog”?
If you asked the Lord for something, and all you get is a rejection?
It sounds insulting at first.
By our nature, we do not want to listen to such…
What situation of life are you currently in?
Do you face a lot of trouble?
There is the risk, that we see only the trouble and we do not see any hope anymore.
Hopefully, it will rather lead us to pra…