DifferentBrains

Proverbs is a great read, and some time can be well spent with it. Grab your bible, and look around in proverbs, it’s quite a blessing.
Here is chapter 13:

01A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
02A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
03He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
04The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
05A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
06Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
07There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
08The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
09The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
10Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
13Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
21Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

May God richly bless you, as you study his word. And have a happy Sabbath later!

Oh, and God loves you! In case you forgot…

Wow, God is GOOD!

I just finished my final practical exam as an electrician. And I passed. I even got the grade “Very Good” which i never though i would get. Apparently less than 5% get that grade, and i don’t say that to boast, I say it because God has really been with me this week, and has reminded me of so many things. I’ve even said and done things I was unaware that I knew.

There truely is power in prayer! Don’t ever doubth it!

I could do a thankyou-list to all the people that have brouth me where I am today, and i have called and thanked a lot of them; but they did next to nothing compared to what God have done for me during these last 3 point something years.

Thanks to all of you who took the time to pray for me during this week, i truly am tuched by the respone and support.

God is great! Try him some time! You wont regret!

Part of my exam…

Some words of encouragement from the last chapter of
“Steps to Christ for a sanctified life”

Many who are sincerely seeking for holiness of heart and
purity of life seem perplexed and discouraged. They are
constantly looking to themselves, and lamenting their lack of
faith; and because they have no faith, they feel that they cannot
claim the blessing of God. These persons mistake feeling for
faith. They look above the simplicity of true faith, and thus bring
great darkness upon their souls. They should turn the mind
from self, to dwell upon the mercy and goodness of God and to
recount His promises, and then simply believe that He will fulfill
His word. We are not to trust in our faith, but in the promises of
God. When we repent of our past transgressions of His law, and
resolve to render obedience in the future, we should believe that
God for Christ’s sake accepts us, and forgives our sins.
Darkness and discouragement will sometimes come upon
the soul and threaten to overwhelm us, but we should not cast
away our confidence. We must keep the eye fixed on Jesus, feel-
ing or no feeling. We should seek to faithfully perform every
known duty, and then calmly rest in the promises of God.

Shabbat shalom!

by ralfern

I’ve got a noticeable colour difference between my arm and my hands, after my working gloves. And after my shorts. Tihi.. But that was actually not what i was going to blog about today. On my personal blog last week i wrote about being lonley the day after th left me for europe. I spent all evening walking in sircles, and ended up being quite lonely actually. But ever since i have enjoyed being alone very much. Nobody is complaining about my taste in music, and i even leave the music on when i go to bed. I can go to bed whenever i want, and if there’s anything at all i dislike even a little, i know that i’m the only one to blame. And it feels wonderful. When i visited eldar at skøyen, i got a flashback from how it was to live there, and i miss it! It’s nice not answering to anyone but oneself. So to those of you who might feel a bit lonley and sad you dont have a spouse, i will give this advice to enjoy it while you can! just as i have done theese two weeks.:)

Only a link today, to amazingfacts youtube channel.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/amazingfacts
http://www.amazingfacts.org

Happy Sabbath!

Today, i saw a dead person burning. It had been burning for about half an hour. Did you know they cremate them with their coffins? People buy expesive coffins for their dead ones, and then they burn them! I thought they just threw them in the way they were.. I saw the remains too. Some of the bones had not burned up all the way, so they crush those afterwards. The person i saw have had a metal plate in his or her hip. It was lying among the ashes.

I spent the morning drilling holes for urnes. Put one down too, one who didn’t have any family to be there when we did. So we just threw it in, covered it and left. Good morning.It was raining today! From the moment we started to the moment we finnished. no more either, ironically. So my boss had set two of the girls making waffles to make up for the bad weather. I like my boss. he’s the most pleasant man you’ll ever meet. Chubby, with worn out jeans, always smiling, always a pleasant comment or joke. :)

Now i’m going to black out until next workday. feel free to visit. I am capabul of holding a conversation, but to exhausted to leave the couch. Tradittion of what to do with dead people indeed is strange.

Joh 17:14  I have given them Your Word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15  I do not pray for You to take them out of the world, but for You to keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:17  Sanctify them through Your truth. Your Word is truth.
Joh 17:18  As You have sent Me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

Are you of the world, or does the world hate you?

All to often we tend to live of the world, and not only in it. Doing worldly things have no eternal value, and intellectually, we know that. But far to often we end up living like the world. Once in a while we have to take a look in the mirror, to see how we’re spending our time and resources.

Rom 12:1  I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
Rom 12:2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God.

Are you letting God transform you?

Why is it that it’s possible to be a “Christian” without daily spending time with God? Why are we able to spend hours on end reading worldly books, watching worldly TV, or the cyberspace, but rarely have time to open the Bible? How can we spend hours on the world, and only a few minutes on our Lord and Saviour?

Rev 3:15  I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot.
Rev 3:16  So because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

This is harsh, but please, do NOT miss the last part of this chapter.

Rev 3:17  Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,
Rev 3:18  I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.
Rev 3:19  As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent.
Rev 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him and he with Me.
Rev 3:21  To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.
Rev 3:22  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Lets hear, lets use our ears!

Oh, dear God. I come before you now, asking for forgiveness. I spend far to much time on the world, jet find so little time for you. Please forgive me, and encourage me to set aside more time for you. God, i know, intellectually that spending time with you, is far more entertaining and joyful, than any worldly activity. But my heart is deceitful, I don’t know it. Come live in my life, take charge, and guide. In Jesus name, AMEN

Happy Sabbath!