Category: Life
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More photos on Italy
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SEI MUTIG
Sei mutig
“So lasst uns nun mit Freimütigkeit hinzutreten zum Thron der Gnade, damit wir Barmherzigkeit erlangen und Gnade finden zu rechtzeitiger Hilfe!”Hebräerbrief 4:16
Der sicherste Ort, an den wir uns wenden können, wenn wir gesündigt haben, ist der Thron der Gnade.
In Hebräer 4,15 lesen wir, dass Jesus Christus mit unseren menschlichen Schwächen mitfühlen (sympathisieren) kann.
Mitfühlen bedeutet “mitleiden”, und obwohl Christus nicht gesündigt hat, ist er in der Lage, sich in unsere Kämpfe einzufühlen.
Der Druck, zu sündigen, ist stark und die Versuchungen, denen wir ausgesetzt sind, sind mächtig, doch Jesus versteht, was wir durchmachen. Er kennt den geistlichen Kampf, in dem wir uns befinden, genau.
Weil Jesus weiß, wie der Kampf gegen die Sünde aussieht, können wir vor ihn hintreten. Unser zuversichtliches Auftreten ist anders als das eines alttestamentlichen Hohepriesters, der immer befürchtete, dass sein Opfer dem Herrn nicht genehm sein könnte. Die Konsequenz wäre sein Leben gewesen, das im Gericht genommen worden wäre.
Wir haben den auferstandenen Herrn als unseren Hohenpriester.
Er war das vollkommene Opfer für unsere Sünde, deshalb können und sollen wir uns zielstrebig und mutig an seinen Gnadenthron wenden.
Derjenige, der auf diesem Thron sitzt, hat Barmherzigkeit und Gnade in Überfluss für den gedemütigten Sünder.
Er weiß, was wir durchmachen; Er weiß, was wir brauchen, und Er kann uns das geben, wonach wir suchen.
Geh heute zu ihm!
Übersetzt von “Being still with God every day”
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BE BOLD
Be Bold
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16
The safest place to go when we have sinned is the throne of grace.
In Hebrews 4:15 we read that Jesus Christ can commiserate (sympathize) with our human weaknesses.
Sympathize means “to suffer with,” and even though Christ did not sin, He is able to sympathize with our struggles.
The pressure to sin is intense and the temptations we face are powerful, yet Jesus understands what we are going through. He knows well the spiritual battle we are engaged in.
Therefore, because Jesus knows what the contest against sin is like, we are able to go before Him.
Our confident approach is unlike an Old Testament high priest who always feared that his sacrifice might not be acceptable to the Lord. The consequence for that would be his life, taken in judgment.
We have the resurrected Lord as our High Priest.
He was the perfect sacrifice for our sin, so we can, and we should – purposefully and boldly approach His throne of grace.
. The One seated upon that throne has mercy and grace in abundance for the humbled sinner.
He knows what we are going through; He knows what we need, and He can give us that which we seek.
Go to Him today!
From: “Being still with God every day.”
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A week in Italy
On our way to Italy.
Overnight in Como, Italy
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Ludwigshafen and Mannheim.
We went to Ludwigshafen and Mannheim today and had lunch at the Rheinterrassen Restaurant.
https://www.rheinterrassen.info/menue
We went for a walk on the banks of the Rhine. Bella had a quick dip. It was very hot today.
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Photos of the day
Our flat in Speyer. On the ground floor. 
Our small garden. 
Riding my Motorcycle to Spryer. Over 600 km. 
A snail (Slug) without a shell. 
Walking on the Rhine river. 
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Ambassadors of Mercy
I appeal to you for my son Onesimus.
PHILEMON 10
Onesimus was a runaway slave whose name meant “useful,” once useful to his master Philemon and then useful to Paul.
His story helps us learn about being agents of reconciliation . . .
Scripture is silent about why Onesimus fled from his master, although it is generally assumed he absconded with some of his master’s funds or property.
However, after Onesimus became a believer, he was extremely helpful to Paul (v. 11).
In fact, this slave’s life was so transformed by God’s love that he was willing to return to Philemon to face the consequences of his past sins.
Although the acceptable punishment for Onesimus’s offense was probably death, Paul exhorted Philemon to see Onesimus not as an unworthy slave but as a spiritual brother.
Paul’s personal intervention in the life of a new convert is exemplary for all believers.
Every Christian is God’s ambassador for reconciliation, forgiveness, and new hope in Christ.
We must look at the heart of a person rather than the outward appearance or circumstances.
God demonstrated through Paul’s appeal that mercy is always preferable to harsh legalism.
You yourself have received mercy from the Lord. To whom can you extend that same mercy today?
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Prayer of Repentance
Lord, I am so sorry for all the times I promised to change, but fell back into old habits.
I am sorry for saying I follow You, yet ignored reading Your Word to know you better and draw closer to You.
I’ve disappointed You more times than I can count, but I thank you for giving me a new day.
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Flesh and Spirit
“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.
And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.
But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.”
Romans 8:5-11 NIV
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