TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOLY CALLING AND STIR UP THE GIFT(S) OF GOD IN YOU!

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOLY CALLING AND STIR UP THE GIFT(S) OF GOD IN YOU!   Part 1.   I start with 2.Timothy 1. The apostle Paul wrote this letter to his close friend Timothy while he himself was in prison in Rome. Some people think that this is the last letter Paul wrote before he was killed. He loved Timothy and he greeted him with these words: “Grace, mercy and peace from God.” In verse 9 we read: “God has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, ... (read more)

GOD, THE UNCHANGEABLE ONE

GOD, THE UNCHANGEABLE ONE.     I wrote last time that 2015 would be a year of changes and I wrote that the dark will become darker and the light will become brighter. I also wrote that we should be willing to change our habits and let go of the secure way of living. We must dare to step out of our comfort zone. I stressed the fact that we needed to keep close to Jesus and to be led by The Holy Spirit. Today I want to write about something and someone who is not changeable. He is the ... (read more)

2015 – A YEAR OF CHANGES.

2015 – A YEAR OF CHANGE.   I will pray more about the next year later, but God gave me the word: Changes. It might be for me and it might mean changes in general. I do think both. I do believe that we will see great changes in the year ahead of us. When we look back on 2014 we have seen and heard about more demonic activities than I can remember during my lifetime. Some of the same things might have happened before, but in lesser scale. Only a few days ago, I heard that almost two ... (read more)

A CHILD IS BORN AND A SON IS US GIVEN!

A CHILD IS BORN AND A SON IS US GIVEN!     We are coming very close to the Christmas season now and that is a time for Christians to put Jesus in the center. I am so happy that you came to earth, Jesus and I am so happy that you left the glory in heaven with your Father and came down to us. I do not quite understand how you could change into a little seed entering the womb of Mary, but accept it as a miracle. I am also thankful to Mary for being willing to carry Jesus in her womb in ... (read more)

HOW KIND SHOULD WE AS CHRISTIANS BE?

  HOW KIND SHOULD WE AS CHRISTIANS BE?   A Norwegian politician composed a word “snillisme” meaning a wrong kindness a few years ago. It means that you give and give without any limits and without asking for any kind of responsibilities. I meet this kind of problems quite often and had a talk with a Christian sister today about these problems. I had asked God for two days to give me a topic, but it didn’t come before today and now I have to trust Him to be with me in the ... (read more)

STAY ON THE ROAD!

STAY ON THE ROAD!     Jesus is talking to His disciple Thomas and in John 14:6 He says: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” We Christians should walk on “the Jesus-road.” We have an expression saying that all roads are leading towards Rome, but all roads are not leading to Rome and not to Heaven either, but if we walk on the “Jesus-road”, we will get there. The headline of my writing might indicate that it is easy to fall ... (read more)

WASH EACH OTHER’S FEET!

WASH EACH OTHER’S FEET!     I think I have written something about this before, but it is not wrong to remind each other of the heart of a servant. I will start by referring to the story when Jesus washed the feet of the disciples. I am reading from the Gospel of John this time, the 13th chapter. It was just before celebrating Easter and Jesus was together with His disciples eating. Jesus knew that His time was soon to come. He knew that He had come from God and would soon return to ... (read more)

ARISE AND SHINE!

ARISE AND SHINE!     I am now coming with a sermon since there has been a lot of teaching. The headline is coming from Isaiah 60. The gloom of fall is now coming over the Nordic countries and it can become quite dark before the snow is coming. One has to be careful in order to avoid depression and one must allow the light living in us to shine inward and outward. Isaiah 60 begins like this: “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. ”For ... (read more)

HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU USE TO DEFEND YOURSELF? PART 3

HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU USE TO DEFEND YOURSELF?   Part 3   I do know that what I am writing about defense-mechanisms is only an introduction to this theme. The purpose is that you should be more aware of your own reaction patterns. I ended last writing by explain how we go back to an earlier stage in our development when we want attention or meet certain difficulties. The Bible says that we should become like children, but it doesn’t say that we should become childish. I ... (read more)

HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU USE TO DEFEND YOURSELF – PART 2

HOW MUCH ENERGY DO YOU USE TO DEFEND YOURSELF? Part 2 Has The Holy Spirit shown you something you need help to change since last writing? I really hope so. We should all be in a process of sanctification. God has shown me several things. We must never think that we are there where we should be. God doesn’t give up on us and nor should we. I will continue to write about rationalization. This time I will mention prejudices. If we didn’t receive the thing we wished for, we might say that the ... (read more)