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 Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . And then he feels that perhaps there isn't. A. Milne: Winnie the Pooh · Recommended article  A.  · Recommended article  B.  ☆

MY POINT is this: heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, in order to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might receive adoption as children. And because you are children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. Gal 4 What exactly does the fullness of time mean on the Timeline of the humankind? Answer can be found in 1Pt. 2:10; Col. 3:1-4; Gal. 3:24-29

from the book: Martyn Lloyd-Jones: "Authority" ...a baj az, hogy mindig magunkkal és az erőfeszítéseinkkel kezdjük, és kérjük Istent, hogy áldja meg őket. Mikor hallottál utoljára valakit ébredésért imádkozni, imádkozni, hogy Isten nyissa meg a menny ablakát, és árassza ki az Ő Szellemét? Mikor imádkoztál utoljára te magad is ezért? Komolyan állítom, hogy ezt szinte teljesen elhanyagoljuk. Bűnösek vagyunk abban, hogy elfelejtjük a Szent Szellem hatalmát. Annyira érdekel bennünket önmagunk és a saját tevékenységünk, hogy elfelejtettük azt, aki hatékonnyá tesz bennünket. Mindenképpen imádkozzunk továbbra is a konkrét erőfeszítésekért, a lelkészért és a vasárnapi prédikálásáért, minden lényeges szervezetért és evangelizációs kampányért, ha úgy érezzük, hogy szükségünk van rá. De mindezek előtt és után imádkozzunk és könyörögjünk az ébredésért. Amikor Isten ébredést küld, egyetlen nap alatt többet tud tenni, mint ötven év alatt az összes szervezetünk. Ez a puszta...

from the book: "Authority" by Martyn Lloyd-Jones ... the trouble is that we always start with ourselves and our efforts and ask God to bless them. When did you last hear anyone praying for revival, praying that God might open the windows of heaven and pour out His Spirit? When did you last pray for that yourself? I suggest seriously that we are neglecting this almost entirely. We are guilty of forgetting the authority of the Holy Spirit. We are so interested in ourselves and in our own activities that we have forgotten the one make us effective. By all means let us continue to pray for the particular efforts, for the minister, and his preaching every Sunday, for all essential organizations and for evangelistic campaigns, if we feel led to have them. But before it all, and after it all, let us pray and plead for revival. When God sends revival He can do more in a single day than in fifty years of all our organization. That is the verdict of sheer history which ...

We are invited to replace anxiety with prayer and Thanksgiving. But let prayer be focused on God & His grace and faithfulness otherwise prayer itself becomes worrying out loud. Moving from anxiety to peace comes from a true meeting with God. Terry Virgo