Showing posts with label doorzettingsvermogen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label doorzettingsvermogen. Show all posts

Wednesday 9 May 2018

Predikings werk met goede moed steeds kunnen verwezenlijken

Met momenten kunnen wij ons zo nietig en weerloos vinden.
Wij beseffen wel dat Jezus de opdracht heeft gegeven om uit te gaan en te gaan prediken,
maar het kan zo moeilijk zijn om elke dag weer vernieuwde energie te vinden
om door te zetten
en ons predikingswerk met goede moed verder te zetten..

Maar wanneer de heilige Geest over jullie komt,
zullen jullie kracht ontvangen
en van mij getuigen in Jeruzalem,
in heel Judea en Samaria,
tot aan de uiteinden van de aarde.
(Handelingen 1 vers 8). 


Machtige God en Vader,
help mij een wandelende getuige te zijn onder mijn collega's.
Vul hun denken met uw kennis.
Maak hen uw wil voor hun leven bekend.
Overspoel hun ziel met uw vrede en vreugde.
Dank U voor hen, Vader.
Amen


Wednesday 4 August 2010

Nieuwe energie ontwikkelen




God
,
sommige mensen ontwikkelen nieuwe energie in mij
als ik bij hen in de buurt ben.
En van U beslist, Heer!
U geeft mij kracht en doorzettingsvermogen.
Ik wil U dienen met al mijn energie,
zodat U wordt verheerlijkt.
Geef mij de kracht om uw naam vandaag te verheerlijken.
Dank U, Jehovah mijn God.
Amen.





English version / Engelse versie > Developing new energy
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Saturday 18 July 2009

Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikt de slak de ark.


"Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikte de slak de ark."
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Daarom, sinds we omringd zijn door zulk een grote wolk van getuigen,
Laat ons alles wat belemmert af gooien en de zonde die zo gemakkelijk verstrikt,
en laten we met doorzettingsvermogen de race lopen die voor ons uitgestippeld is. "
Hebreeën 12:1

God, al lijkt het zo traag om ons doel te bereiken,
geef dat wij zullen kunnen doorzetten tot het einde.


Engelse versie / English version > By perseverance the snail reached the ark

By perseverance the snail reached the ark


"By perseverance the snail reached the ark."
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,
let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles,
and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us."
Hebrews 12:1

God, though it seems so slow to reach our goal,
give that we will be able to continue to the end.


Dutch version / Nederlandse versie > Door doorzettingsvermogen bereikt de slak de ark.

Wednesday 29 April 2009

A Living Faith #5 Perseverance


Perseverance
Having accepted the wisdom of listening, taking to heart the Word of Yahweh and the effort that must be made in order to develop a living faith. We will come to realise that effort needs to be sustained if we are to put the Commandments of Christ into daily action, despite our failures. We are but dust and very easily forget! Perseverance is the next essential ingredient required in order to develop a living and active faith. Paul speaks of a progression of events:

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.” Romans 5:1-4

We are utterly undeserving of the grace Yahweh has extended towards us. Faith brings justification by grace, in that God is willing to count faith as righteousness through the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet the value of faith and willingness to be obedient to the Word will be tested by trials and tribulations. Therefore, Paul reminds us that faithful endurance of tribulations will generate perseverance, which in turn will develop an individual’s character by a putting on of the mind of Christ. Faithful perseverance gives rise to hope. Yet that hope is not directly seen, for the fulfilment of faith still lies in the future. Indeed as Paul comments, if we saw that which is hoped for, we would not still hope for it:

“For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.” Romans 8:24-25

Faith and hope know that the promises of God are real and certain. Faith believes that His Word does not change and that His promises will be fulfilled. Thus hope springs forth from that certainty. The value that we place upon His Word, will determine to what extent we are willing to persevere in order to attain the fulfilment of His Word. The value that we place upon His Word will also determine the amount of effort put into obeying His commandments.

If His Word is our greatest treasure, then we will indeed look forward with eager anticipation, desiring to become like the Lord Jesus in character and manner of life. Developing ‘Christ-like’ characteristics is contrary to our natural human nature. Thus those changes in character will only come stage by stage, one step at a time. It will require perseverance and dedication, but that is what having a living faith is all about!

There can be no half hearted measures, no trying to do the bare minimum. There can be no personal compromise of scriptural standards. There can be no compromise and no fraternising with those who do not follow sound doctrine and thus are not in fellowship. Attentiveness and attention to detail in putting the Word into practice daily is required. Peter describes the process of one Godly characteristic being added to another, he says:

“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,   to knowledge self–control, to self–control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Peter 1:5-8

Honest self examination will show how each one measures up to those qualities. The way will be hard; it will take a lot of effort and personal sacrifice to overcome our sinful nature. We will fail many times and frequently face the stark reality that we do indeed come very far short of what Yahweh requires of His children. Many times we will look inwardly and observe a singular lack of virtue, knowledge, self control, godliness, brotherly kindness and love. Maybe there will also be times when we despair of those attributes ever being found within us, giving rise to a feeling of abject unworthiness.

But the attribute of perseverance will help us through such times. A living faith will drive us forward, strong in the knowledge that Yahweh is very merciful and has shown His love by providing the Lord Jesus as the means of atonement, the one through whom salvation can come. Thus rather than despair, faith will endure, remaining hopeful to the very end. James speaks of the blessings wrought by endurance saying:

“Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord––that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.” James 5:11

Yahweh is compassionate and merciful indeed towards all His children who hope in Him. But perseverance and endurance will require a willingness to make sacrifices. Job lost much, indeed all that he had, but counted such loss as more than worthwhile saying:

"Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21

We note that Job acknowledges that all he had came from God, whose right it was to give and whose right it was to take should He so wish. In either state Job praised the name of the Lord. Job further said: Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10

Herein lies a lesson for us to thank Yahweh both in times of plenty and in times of adversity. We owe Him all, even life itself. The very fact that we live, have opportunity to know His Word and be part of His purpose, is in itself more than sufficient cause for praise. We do not deserve anything and have rights to nothing; anything Yahweh chooses to give is an act of love and mercy.

The adversity of Job was not wrought out of unkindness, but rather out of love, Yahweh having prepared something better for Job. Though Job did not understand why these calamities had come upon him, Yahweh had an end in mind that Job could not at that time see. Those calamites were designed to teach Job a spiritual lesson and as a result Job is set before us in scripture as an example of faithful perseverance. After the trail of his faith and the refining process that he endured, Job concludes: "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.” Job 42:5

Job knew of God and knew about God, but after all his calamities and trials he learned to truly know God. This same lesson we must also learn though the trials and tribulations found within our own personal lives and circumstances. But it is a lesson that will only be learned if we persevere in putting the Word into practice day by day to the very end.

To be continued….. A Living Faith #6 Sacrifice

Andy Peel


In this series:

A Living Faith #1 Substance of things hoped for
A living faith #2 State of your faith
A Living Faith #3 Faith put into action
A Living Faith #4 Effort
A Living Faith #5 Perseverance
A Living Faith #6 Sacrifice
A Living faith #7 Prayer
A Living Faith #8 Change
A Living Faith #9 Our Manner of Life
A Living Faith #10: Our manner of Life #2
A Living Faith #11 My place in the body of Christ and my ecclesia
A Living Faith #12 The Love for Jesus

Of interest: >
Faith Requires a Basis

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Monday 2 March 2009

Bereid zijn toegang te krijgen tot vreugde in het aangezicht van tegenspoed


"Wees bereid om toegang te krijgen tot vreugde

in het aangezicht van tegenspoed."
- C. W. Metcalf 


"Niet alleen ja, maar we verheugen ons ook in ons lijden,
omdat we weten dat lijden volharding produceert,
doorzettingsvermogen, karakter en karakter, hoop.
En hoop stelt ons niet teleur,
want God heeft zijn liefde in ons hart gegoten. "
Romeinen 5:3-5


Door onze hoop in Christus Jezus, door wie wij verzoening hebben ontvangen,
juichen wij nu reeds. Ook al komen vele beproevingen in ons leven,
laat ons sterker zijn dan deze en geef dat wij onszelf toch gelukkig achten.
Laat ons standvastig zijn en zo leven winnen.
U hebt de zegekrans van het leven beloofd. Wij hopen daar op.
Heer, bescherm mij in mijn verwachtingen
en laat mij niet beschaamd zijn betreft mijn hoop. Stel mij niet teleur.

Be willing to access joy in the face of adversity


"Be willing to access joy

in the face of adversity."
- C.W. Metcalf


"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings,
because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
perseverance, character; and character, hope.
And hope does not disappoint us,
because God has poured out his love into our hearts."
Romans 5:3-5


Though our hope in Jesus Christ, through whom we have received reconciliation,
we rejoice already now. Even though many tests in our lives come over us,
let us be stronger than this and give that we ourselves still feel happy.
Let us stand and win life.
You have the victory wreath of life promised. We hope for it.
Lord, protect me in my expectations
and let me not be ashamed of my hope. Don’t disappoint me.