Power to change
Posted by Ps. Jenny | | Posted On Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 4:42 PM
What happens when we die?
Wow! what a topic! But it is true, isn't it that all of us will die sometime. Some of us may have had relatives or friends who have died. We don't like to think about death very often but when we do we want to know what will happen.
READ
Acts 7: 54-60; 8: 1-3
Stephen had a very horrible death but also a very special one. As he died he saw Jesus in heaven "standing at the right hand side of God" (v. 55).
Most people when they die, don't see visions of Jesus in heaven. But all Christians can be sure that Jesus will welcome them into heaven. That's what he died for. That's what the Holy Spirit in our lives promises.
The Holy Spirit was with Stephen as he died. In spite of the terrible way he was killed - being stoned by an angry mob - he was still able to pray that God would forgive them.
THANK
. . . God that the Holy Spirit is with us all through our lives and that he will be with us when we die.
Pastor Jenny,
Congratulations on your 31st Wedding Anniversary!
Would like to share a touching message here.....
Of Children, Parents and GOD.....
Dear son, dear daughter,
The day you find that I have become very old, try to have some patience with me.....and try to understand me.
If I get dirty while eating, if I have some difficulty dressing.....be patient. Remember the hours that I spent teaching you these things when you were small.
If I repeat the same thing dozens of time, do not interrupt me! Listen to me! When you were small, you kept asking me to read you the same story, evening after evening, until you fell asleep. And I did it happily.
If I do not wash myself so often under the shower, do not reprimand and do not tell me that it's a shame. Remember how many excuses I had to invent to make you take a bath when you were small.
By seeing my ignorance of new technologies, do not laugh at me.....but give me time to understand.
I taught you so many things.....to eat well, to dress well, to behave well, how to confront the problems of life.
If I sometimes lose memory or am not able to follow a conversation, give me the necessary time to recollect.....and if I do not get there, do not become a nervous and arrogant person because the most important thing for me.....is to be with you and to be able to speak to you.
If I refuse to eat, do not force me.....I know very well when I'm hungry and when I'm not hungry.
When my poor legs will not allow me to move as before.....help me in the same way as when I held your hands to teach you take your first steps.
And when one day, I shall say to you that I do not want to live anymore.....that I want to die, do not get angry.....because one day, you will understand!
Try to understand that at a certain age, we do not really live anymore.....we simply survive.
One day, you will understand that in spite of all my errors, I always wanted what was best for you.
You do not have to feel sad, unfortunate or incompetent in front of my old age and of my state. You have to stay near me, try to understand what I live for.
Help me walk, help me to end my life with love and patience. The only thing that I need from you is a smile and a lot of love.
If you begin to live life looking for the GOD that is all around you, every moment becomes a prayer.
GOD always sends rainbows after the rain.
I love you.....my son, my daughter.
Your dad, your mum.