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======Privately ...======
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013. A relationship needs exchange and time. It is good
to have time together in a private environment. Only privatly we can exchange
things which might not be made for the general public. When we talk about
hopes and fears, about difficulties and problems, privacy is crucial!
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**Me and the Lord ...**
Could you imagine that God wants to have some privacy with you personally?
When we read the New Testament, we hear that Jesus took time to be alone with
God, with his heavenly father. He went onto some mountain to pray, to spend
time with God, to listen and to hear what God had to say.
Could it be that it is an important part of faith, to spend time with the Lord
in privacy? Many times, the apostles talk about prayer, about continuing prayer,
as important part of faith life. It is difficult to imagine that this does
not involve privacy with the Lord. It means to go to God in prayer, to bring
him all what we carry around, hopes and difficulties alike, and to listen to
him and hear what he has to say and how he sees things.
When I am alone with the Lord, it is like a fantastic meal, like a feast. The
holy spirit is a source of wisdom, a source of peace, a source of strength and
truth and love and joy. Opening my mind and my heart to him is like opening
the door to life!
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**Peace and Freedom ...**
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When we talk about joy, we can talk about the joy which we might feel when
we get something. But there is another joy, a much deeper joy. It is a joy which
is not linked to presents. It is not linked to success. It is not linked to
well-being. It is not linked to the many things which happen around us every
day. There is a joy which is directly linked to the holy spirit!
The joy, which has been promised by the angels when Jesus was born, refers to
the deep joy which God himself brings. This joy is refreshing. It is making us
glad. It is making us sing. It makes us being friendly. It makes us laugh.
It fills us with grace and love.
The joy which the Lord brings can change our life significantly. It is part of
a transformation, which renews our whole existence. Faith is much more than just
believing something. Faith is more than just thinking, some statements would
be true. It is more than ethics. It is a change which comes when we are filled with
the holy spirit. It is a transformation of who and what we are - by the power of
the almighty Lord. It is something starting now, through and in faith. It will
be complete in a new creation, when his kingdom fully reigns.
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