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Give more than you!


A professional colleague is on the cemetery holds the grave issue. Around him is only around the coffin with the dead and the undertaker. The grave speech, he keeps to himself. There is yawning emptiness. A strange situation, which is why no one came to the funeral? In discussions with members of the priest finds out that the deceased was a man who had been concerned almost exclusively to its own needs and the older it was, was all the more bitter was. The way he lived had, he was dead: alone with himself. In another burst
funeral chapel at the seams, and it was at a loss up to the pastor what to do with the many other mourners should do now. Even at the grave was simply not enough room for all who would take leave of the deceased. What was different? Looking back over the life of the person could see it: All the people were not published because the deceased wanted to take much of the world, but because he had given so much. What was entrusted to him, he passed on other people. He invested his talents and gave them. Out of gratitude, and great memories of that generosity of people attended the funeral service.
"It is more blessed than to receive." To quote Luke, the author of Acts, Jesus in the 20th Chapter. "Blessed," which means that - beyond the number of visitors to my funeral? Luke uses the same word Jesus used in the Sermon on the Beatitudes. And various Bible translations speak there of "blessed" or "happy", is who is doing this or that ... So short and pious: "Who is there is so much blessed." Or something popular, "Who gives more than he does, lives happier."
A sociologist wanted to go to the bottom of this thesis and made surveys. About 200 old people who but happy with, he has interviewed to find out what it might be because that fits their lives. And lo! One element that seemed always was, the generous giving: "When we listened to the people that others had described us as happy and wise, we realized that the one who gives the most, the largest size reap in joy."
"Give more than you take" is therefore actually a Promising Prompt. Interestingly, it would certainly be to ask an economist what he thinks of this principle. Had the Bible said "It is more blessed to give than" maybe even something for the financial world? Anyway, it's amazing that many people say that they will be richly rewarded if they continue to give generously.
Now it is so good and right that we want to be happy and that we stimulate the corresponding amount of share. At the same time it is always nice to see how pleased the recipient or the recipient of the gift itself. It is not just about the number of visitors to my funeral, but also that my fellow human being is blessed.

The Lonely Son By Armattoe

An old hat? My diary

In the last decade the concern of the church social service and social responsibility in the evangelical church landscape repeatedly addressed the issue and encouraged. And rightly so! life is still too many Christians with a dual world view: We are the ambassadors and evangelists make pagans to Christianity. This is our most important service in this world. The others, the secular and non-religious contemporaries can take care of the earthly things: for social work, education and general information for the common good in public office. is made

that with the separation and prioritization of these two contracts the longer the longer end is high time. That is however only in relatively recent past, the holistic mission of Jesus seen again, surprises me. For, since my birth year with the "Lausanne Covenant" 36 years ago held also for the global "Protestant community": "failure to respect human dignity, exploitation and the global social ills" must be denounced. An ongoing issue for over a generation might say. Unfortunately not.

Obviously it the way I heard recently Dominik Klenk, the director of "offensive young Christians" (OJC): "A mission statement on paper is of no use, it must be \u0026lt;inkarniert> . Diakonia is indeed an antiquated and is not just since 1974, but at least since Moses and God's instructions to his people. This old pigtail must not be cut, but much tend to be broken up and deployed. Only when Diakonia to> \u0026lt;Fleisch, the gospel is brought to bear. "

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For about seven years, I keep a diary. In fact, it is not a diary, I write because that is not into it daily. I write in the morning and then out my thoughts into it. It is possible that this few days in a row happens. It was also already there, that I did not have an entry for a month. The diary is really for me a prayer book. They are my thoughts on God, my feelings, I want to express to Him in words. I try to write down experiences, they make me very grateful. I jot down experiences where I have experienced God's intervention. And I write to concerns, questions and problems that have tormented me. On the cover I wrote: «If you're God, please open" I think that so far no one watched, my conversation with God, or has read. Why I write because of all this? Basically it is a thoroughly selfish thing I do well myself. When writing, I come to rest. I arrange my thoughts and often find peace for my soul which is disturbed now and then right. Then again, I had some time a question or a thought for the times listed, and I am encouraged by the fact that has an answer or result confirms the direction taken. It also happens that I have a question or concern always make notes. I do not think this is a problem for God. Rather, it shows me where I appear to myself have a problem. Some suddenly dissolves and disappears. Another remains unresolved, with me still unsolved. Either way I would not miss this diary and the time of writing and reading. It is through this book for me were the following words of Psalm very understandable: "Peace and quiet is my heart, like a rich child in the mother's arm - still like a little child I've become." Psalm 131.2