Time with Jesus - 10
August 2013
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| The Royal Couple |
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| A seat in the stands for the Coronation. See the price! |
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| Crowned as Queen Wearing the Crown Jewels |
South Africa had good reasons to celebrate the
coronation of the new queen. She had her 21st birthday in this
country. She was on a tour of South Africa with her parents, King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margret. They were here on the
invitation of General Smuts. He was a good friend of UK in spite of having been
a Boer General in the “Boer War. |
| One of her Crowns |
On 3rd June 2013, 60 years after her
coronation, she referred to the speech she made on the 21st
birthday. She referred to that speech. She renewed that vow, much the way she
had done many times during her long reign.
The years came and went and that young man went through highs
and lows spiritually. At times he followed Jesus. At other times he wandered
off into the world and its many attractions. He trained and qualified as a professional.
He married and two children, a son and a daughter, were born of the marriage. The
family was transferred to Canada in 1970. In 1974 his family moved to South
Africa, his homeland. Other incidents could be mentioned including a divorce
and a marriage to a woman who loved Jesus as much, if not more, than he did! From
then on he followed a reasonably successful professional career, along with a
ministry shared with his wife. In September 1990, because of ill-health, he became
a pensioner. This was the catalyst that enabled him to devote the balance of
his life to the joint ministry he shared with his wife. On 9th October 2013, he
will have followed Jesus Christ for 53 years. |
| More Crown Jewels |
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| Our Wedding - 12/12/1981 |
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| Our Objective |
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| Our Commitment |
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Matt 10:8
Freely you received, Freely give |
Time with Jesus – Saturday, 10 August 2013
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Matt 10:8
Freely you received, Freely give |
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INTRODUCTION
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DAILY
LIGHT EVENING SCRIPTURES
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JIMMETS-
SAFETY AND COMPARE
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Memories
from childhood seem to come and go. Surely this is a “carry-over” from before
Adam fell? Some of the things which happened to me years ago are as vivid as
the events of yesterday. Two things spring to mind in this “season. In 1952,
the Olympic Games were held in Helsinki and I vaguely remember crowding round
a radio listening to what was happening. During the previous year I remember
crowding round the radio listening to the Vic Toweel boxing with Jimmy Carruthers
for the world bantamweight title. (Carruthers won easily!)
For
most “Brits” 1952 was memorable because that was the year Queen Elizabeth
ascended the throne. Even in South Africa, this was considered a major event.
The following year, the schoolchildren in Port Elizabeth were asked to go to
St Georges Park stadium to celebrate the coronation. We walked from our
school to the stadium.
These
events will soon be outside living memory. But what did they mean to a
schoolboy back then? On reflection it seems to me that they were just flashes
from the passing parade. They were important to the men and women of those
days, but now are little more than footnotes in history. These comments may
be unfair. I admit they have been “tinged” with my passion for Jesus Christ
and His Word.
The
crowning of the Queen is almost nothing compared with crowning of Jesus Christ.
She wore a crown of exquisite beauty; priceless in financial terms. Jesus was
crowned with a simple crown of thorns. Queen Elizabeth was crowned on 2
June 1953 with the crown of the UK, her Dominions and Commonwealth. Jesus was
crowned with the crown of creation. Queen Elizabeth will continue to grow old
and will die. Her crown will then be passed to her successor. Jesus lives
forever. No other man or woman will succeed Him. He is unique. He does not
grow old. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Someday,
Queen Elizabeth, from the comfort of her own bed, will utter her final words.
The world will say, “The Queen is dead. Long live the King!” Like all her
predecessors, she will be committed to the grave and crowned with the dirt of
the earth. Jesus’ final speech, from the cross on Calvary, was very simple.
“It is finished!”
Things
are now completely different. Jesus Christ is crowned “King of Kings and Lord
of Lords”. His crown is all of creation. He has no successor because He is
eternal. It will never be possible to say of Him, “The King is dead - Long
live the King”. Instead we can say, “Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, is
alive forevermore”!
Jim and Phyllida
Strickland
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If you are afraid of people, it will trap you. But
if you trust in the LORD, he will keep you safe.
Proverbs 29:25 NIrV
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SAFE IN GOD
Safety comes from trusting in the Lord.
You’re sure to fail if you trust in a man.
Jesus Christ wields an almighty sword;
With an overwhelming battle plan.
Nothing can resist the word He says.
Everything He states is a command.
Going on and on for endless days,
Irresistible in every land!
Man does not have this ability.
Everything he says, is merely bluff.
Who can match Divine authority?
Instantly all men will cry, “Enough!”
But He is as gentle as a dove,
With the ones who turn to Him in Love.
Jim Strickland
Written 10th
August 2012
WHO COMPARES
WITH GOD?
Who can be compared with God Most High?
He looks down from heaven on this earth.
No one can demand that He will die.
Womankind can never give Him birth.
How can we contract into a span,
Him Whom we are sure is infinite?
How can the Creator be made man?
How can darkness ever clothe the light?
Looking at this from man’s point of view,
We all say, “Impossibility”!
This is something none of us can do.
It’s beyond mankind’s ability.
That which is impossible to man
Is “a piece of cake” in Jesus’ plan!
Jim Strickland
Written 10th August 2012
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Though the LORD is very great and lives in heaven,
He will make Jerusalem His home of justice and righteousness.
Isaiah 33:5 NLT
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4 For the LORD is high above the nations; His glory is
higher than the heavens. 5 Who can be compared with the
LORD our God, who is enthroned on high? 6 He stoops to look down
on heaven and on earth. 7 He lifts the
poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. 8 He sets them among princes, even the princes of His own
people!
Psalms 113:4-8 NLT
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4 But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy. 5
So he gave us new life because of what Christ has
done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God's grace has saved
you. 6 God raised us up with
Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom because we belong
to Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:4-6 NIrV
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32 Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up
for us all, won't He also give us everything else?
Romans 8:32 NLT
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No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ,
who loved us. 38 And I am convinced
that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about
tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love.
39 No power in the sky above or in the
earth below--indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us
from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:37-39 NLT
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