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Wednesday, December 10, 2014
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Sharing Love From Sweden - THE WORD OF GOD – OUR ROCK by Eva Haglund
THE WORD OF GOD – OUR ROCK
Eva Haglud, Sweden
In some churches the Bible is not so important. Thoughts from people are more important sometimes than the Word of God. The Bible is what God gave us as a foundation. It ought to be the foundation in churches.
In the Bible we read in Ps 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
The Word of God shows the way. I think of the picture of the headlights on your car when you drive in the night. We need instructions and the Bible is our book of instructions for life. We can have difficulties but then we need to stand on the Word – what the Bible tells us.
We can be attacked by fear but then we can dig in the gold mine – the Bible. We can confess the Word in these situations. It is written in Ephesians 6:17 that the word of God is the sword of the Spirit.
When Jesus was attacked He spoke the Word. He said in Matt 4:4, "It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”
We can also speak Scriptures in situations as Jesus did.
To speak Bible verses is good for your faith and to read the Bible aloud. There is power in reading Bible Scriptures aloud. In these days of a world with many things happening around us, sickness for instance, it is good to read Ps. 91 and confess these Scriptures aloud. We can learn to memorize it. It is good to learn to memorize different Scriptures. In these later days I think it can be good to confess all verses in Ps. 91 or some every day.
No one can take it from me. God's Word ought to be like a treasure for us, worth more than silver and gold and more worth than earthly things. The Word of God is also more worth than all the money in the world.
In 1 Peter 1:25 it is written that “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flowers falls away, but the Word of the Lord endures forever.” The Word is our daily Bread. Jesus is the Bread of life. He is the Word. The Word is the Bread of Life (John 6:35).
I think it can be a good thing to sing the Word also. David was singing as in Ps 23. If we sing the Word we also hear it. I sometimes sing Bible Scriptures and dance together. It feels nice!
The Word is like fire, stronger than all winds and waves and stronger than all forces in the nature, such as lightning.
The enemy wants to frighten us in different circumstances when the waves are high, but Rom 8:15 says “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out “Abba, Father.” When we are a child of God we do not have to be afraid in circumstances because God is our heavenly Daddy.
In Jesus' name we get peace when we receive Him. He paid the price for us so we could have peace.
I think it is good to speak Bible verses to each other. We help each other in this way. We need teachings and sermons also. There are also songs with Bible Scriptures we can listen to and dance to if we want. We can also listen to songs of Scriptures and sing together.
To read the Bible I think is also like eating a real good dinner for a party. You feel well by eating it and it is nice for your soul. When there are big storms in life there is a strong Rock who is strong in everything – the Word.
When there was stormy weather Jesus slept in the boat. He was not afraid. The disciples were afraid in Mark 4:38 and thought they would perish and so they woke Jesus up. We do not have to be afraid when we “are in the boat” with Jesus, because He will help us.
We can trust God, standing on the Word. The Bible is our “Faith-book”.
In the Bible are many promises are like flowers that you pick and keep in your hand. It is good to meditate on Bible Scriptures, like the cows chew the cud. When we meditate on the Word we can discover new things as we have not seen before.
In John 1:1 is written “ In the beginning was the Word, and was the Word was with God. and the Word was God.”
The Word is fantastic and Jesus/Yeshua is the Word. He is the eternal Rock.
Jerusalem’s Silwan Shows Coexistence is Possible
Jerusalem’s Silwan Shows Coexistence is Possible
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 | Aviel Schneider ISRAEL TODAY
The international media heavily criticizes Jewish life in what is today called the Arab neighborhood of Silwan near Jerusalem’s Old City.
Every time a Jewish family moves into what historically was the City of David, it is presented as an act of provocation by so-called "settlers."
The media is quick to jump on stories of riots, stone-throwing and other violence in Silwan, but in reality there is a quiet and functioning coexistence between the neighborhood’s Jews and Arabs.
Jewish and Arab children playing peacefully on local streets never makes the evening news. Nor does a wedding invitation in Arabic hanging on the refrigerators doors of several local Jewish families. But even if it’s invisible to the world’s eyes, local Jews and Arabs often work together.
The Jewish residents speak of this openly. The Arabs, however, have to be more careful, often only speaking anonymously.
"One day," an Arab man named Bassem told us, "men knocked on my door and told me that it was forbidden from that moment on to work for Jews. The next morning, the tires of my car were slashed. I got the message. It wasn’t long before all 70 of the local Arabs working at the Jewish [archeological] excavation site quit their jobs."
The upcoming January issue of Israel Today Magazine includes additional interviews with Jewish and Arab residents of Silwan and a deeper analysis of the situation there.
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While Bassem toes the party line when it comes to criticizing Israel, he has nothing against the Jewish "settlers" who are his neighbors.
"I wish all my neighbors were like them [the Jews]," said Bassem. "But if you post my picture, or include my name, then you can be sure that my wife will be a widow and my children orphans! I know what I'm talking about. Some Palestinians were already killed just because they were suspected of having worked for the Jews."
Another local Arab who asked that we not even give him a pseudonym for fear of retaliation added, "I've driven pregnant Jewish women to the hospital several times on Shabbat [a day on which religious Jews won’t drive]. And Jews have helped me to apply for social assistance. Unfortunately, we also have Hamas and Islamic Jihad people among us who can not stand it when we live together in peace with the Jews."
Rabbi Doli Bassok, who is on the committee that moves new Jewish families into Silwan, also spoke of a muted coexistence. "We don’t always trust the Arabs, but we do respect them," he said. "None of us hate the Arabs."
Today, some 90 Jewish families totaling a little more than 600 people live in Silwan among just under 40,000 Arabs. Their presence is seen as a bulwark against efforts to again divide Jerusalem.
The upcoming January issue of Israel Today Magazine includes additional interviews with Jewish and Arab residents of Silwan and a deeper analysis of the situation there.
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