I feel overwhelmed at this great and unexpected privilege, as most of our privileges are. First of all I would like to bring you greetings from West Africa. We hope you will pray for us and for them. Prayer gives hope and God’s work is only accomplished by prayer. After returning from Africa, many … Read more
Hymn 323 – All who are under 25, please stand while we sing this hymn. Seeing all you young folk singing just about undid me. I counted 8 young workers among you who are under 25, what a privilege, as some among them are not 20 yet and that is a great tribute to … Read more
Acts 26:22, “Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come.” Gordon’s only sibling, his sister Doreen Winkler composed the following obituary: Gordon Lawrence Winkler, first-born and only son of Emil … Read more
Matthew 13:13, “Another parable spake He unto them, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.’” In this verse, it speaks about the good spirit being like leaven. The spirit is like leaven, whether good or bad. Jesus spoke … Read more
I have been thinking of three precious things: Gold, Diamonds, and Pearls. Gold is found only in the heart because it is a treasure that is made only in the heart and can’t be found anywhere else. If the gold isn’t in our heart, then we don’t have it. This gold is formed and increases … Read more
Written as it was spoken by Clem Geue. (Hymn numbers are updated to the 1981 English edition.) It goes back to the years of 1850, ’51 and ’52, when there was a big migration of Germans, people from Germany, over to South Australia, and they settled in communities in various areas and they gave … Read more
Isaiah 55:8-10, “’For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways, My ways,’ saith the Lord, ‘… for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Man’s solution to hard ground is bigger machinery, but God’s solution is … Read more
In Luke 4, we read about Jesus being led into the wilderness and being tempted by Satan and we have three of those temptations recorded. It has been good for me to think about them. I can’t say that I enjoyed it but it has been good for me to think about those temptations and … Read more
Hymns 193, 405 I love that hymn we have just sung. Ken Paginton composed this hymn in 1961 and he said, “Lord let me hear once more the call to labour.” At this time, he wasn’t looking for an easy way and possibly he never did look for an easy way. It is a … Read more
Hymn 292 Luke 16:16, “The law and the prophets were until John; since that time the kingdom of God is preached and every man presseth into it.” Jesus was speaking about the kingdom being preached and that every man, every soul was pressing into it. It’s a marvelous thing when we see souls coming … Read more