Today, is the 18th day of April. Right where I am at in our ASF Seafarers Center at Red Hook Marine Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, I can see the high rise buildings of Manhattan where Wall Street is located. This is where billions of dollars of business is made day by day and could be lost also in a few minutes time like what happened with Bear Stearns a few weeks back.
It is such a beautiful spring morning and the sun is shining magnificently over the whole of New York City and I believe in most parts of the Northeast. Praise the Lord for the beauty of His creation.
On the other hand, as I checked my emails, I took notice of a particular email forward by a christian couple friends from Queens, New York. It is about the God of the Holy Scriptures as Refiner & Purifier of Silver. I saw fit to post this in my blog today to encourage and challenge us all to daily moment by moment to trust with all our hearts Him "who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think" (Eph. 3:20); That nothing in our lives that our God & Saviour Jesus Christ allows will do us harm because He loves and cares for us more than we can ever understand and comprehend with our finite minds.
Therefore, rejoice, be glad today. Be filled with an attitude of gratitude and thanksgiving daily and lift up your hearts to Him who is "worthy to receive power, honor, glory & praise" (Rev.4:11).
In Christ Love,
Pastor Manny
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Malachi 3:3 says: 'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'
This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.
That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: 'He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver.' She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, 'How do you know when the silver is fully refined?'
He smiled at her and answered, 'Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it.'
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire , remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.
! Pass this on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know that God is watching over them.
And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in the end.
'Life is a coin. You can spend it anyway you wish, but you can only spend it once.
1 comment:
hi daddy!
your blog has more stuff than mine. it looks better.
mwah! love you,
bochog
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