Evangéliumi Hírnök, 1980 (72. évfolyam, 1-24. szám)
1980-02-15 / 4. szám
1980. február 15. 5. oldal ENGLISH SECTION World Mission and Stewardship By Alexander Lambert 4. lecke 1980. március23. Pilátus János 19:1 —11. Napi elmélkedések: Márc. 17, hétfő. Görögök keresik Jézust. Ján 12:20 — 26. Márc. 18, kedd. Jézus saját haláláról beszél. Ján. 12:27 — 36/a. Márc. 19, szerda. Hitetlenek a zsidók között. Ján. 12:36/b — 43. Márc. 20, csütörtök. Jézus Pilátus előtt. Ján. 18:28 —38/a. Márc. 21, péntek. Pilátus nem talált bűnt Jézusban. Jn. 18:38/b—19:3. Márc. 22, szombat. Jézus Halálra ítélése. Ján. 19:4 — 16. Márc. 23, vasárnap. Jézus megfeszítése. Ján. 19:17 — 22. Aranymondat: “. . . nincs hatalmasság, hanem csak Istentől...” (Róma 13:1). Vasárnapi imaáhitat: Imádkozzunk, hogy lelki világosságban járjunk! (János 12:27-36.) * * * 5. lecke 1980. március 30. Tamás János 11:16; 14:1—7; 20:24—29. Napi elmélkedések: Márc. 24, hétfő. Lázár halála. Ján. 11:5-16. Márc. 25, kedd. Mártha hisz. Ján. 11:17-27. Márc. 26, szerda. Lázár életre kel. Ján. 11:38-44. Márc. 27, csütörtök. “Higyjetek Enbennem”. Ján. 14:1—7. Márc. 28, péntek. Jézus közöttük állott. Ján. 20:19 — 23. Márc. 29, szombat. Tamás hisz. Ján. 20:24-29. Márc. 30, vasárnap. Dicsőséges bevonulás. Ján. 12:12 — 19. Aranymondat: “Mivelhogy láttál engem, Tamás, hittél; boldogok, akik nem látnak és hisznek” (Ján. 20:29). Vasárnapi imaáhitat : Könyörögjünk hogy mindnyájan egyek legyünk a Krisztusban (Ján. 17:16 — 26). Pistike reggel elkezd nyöszörögni az ágyában. Mama ma szeretnék itthon maradni, nem érzem jól magam. Jaj drága fiacskám, mi a bajod? Hol nem érzed jól magad? — kérdezi a mama. — Az iskolában! Pistike elhaló hangon suttogja: — Az iskolában. While governor for the State of Tennessee, Frank C. Clement told the story about the student who was doing some research in entomology. His specialty was the flea, and he had a trained flea he used in his project. He had trained the little fellow to jump over a pencil when he commanded, “Jump!” So, as an experiment, he took some forceps, and pulled off one of the flea’s legs. Then, he commanded the flea to “Jump!”, and the flea did. He wrote down on his clipboard the description of the experiment, the date, and his conclusion: “ When you pull off one of a flea’s legs, it can still jump over a pencil. ” Then he pulled off another leg and again the flea jumped over the pencil. Again, the student wrote down his conclusion: “ When you pull off two legs, a flea can still jump over a pencil. ” Three legs, four legs and finally only one leg, but the little flea still made it. Then the student pulled off the last leg and shouted again: “Jump!” But, the little flea just sat there. He yelled it again: “Jump!” Still the flea didn’t move. So he picked up his clipboard, and wrote his final conclusion about the experiment: “ When you pull all the legs off a flea, it makes him deaf!” We may smile at the Governor’s story, but it probably contains more truth for the church leaders than we care to admit. Churches, and denominations can become so encrusted with traditions, and old cliches that they seldom dare to believe God anew, and trust him in faith to do the impossible. We come to conclusions that are preconceived, and often irrevelant to the demands of faith. Thus, they are faulty, and we wonder why the “flea” won’t jump when we holler. At this point we then usually draw false conclusions to explain the situation, and are depressed to think God has somehow “failed. ” Our Lord is still the God of the impossible. We, plus Him, become the instant majority in every situation. Our work, while needing to be planned and reasoned, must always be founded in a faithful, miracle working God. We must always walk along the “edge of the impossible” as people, churches and denominations! _________________ A Very Present Help Psalm 46:1-11 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — Verse 1. I had sunk deep into depression, and now I had returned home from a four-month stay in the hospital. Yet, all still was not well. My husband waited with me through the gloomy days as I struggled against the despair that engulfed me. We talked long hours into the night many nights about many things, looking for keys to unlock the door and set us free from the sadness that had invaded our home. Together we reviewed our courting days, the years of college and graduate school, the trials of those earlier years of our marriage. Though I thought I had forgotten how, during the day I prayed. Sometimes I prayed only fumbling prayers for help, for strength, for whatever was needed to see us through. As I dusted the china cabinet, I prayed. As I salted the peas for supper, I prayed. Prayer became a way of life. Finally, tearfully, I voiced a thought that I only later realized was also a prayer. To my husband I said: “I do not know what God wants of me, but whatever he wants, he can have. ” Life began to get better and the sun began to shine with a new and incomparably better light. Lola Ross Grafton THE KILLER Statistics show that 10,000 people are killed by liquor where only one is killed by a mad dog; yet we shoot the dog and license the liquor. What sense is there to this? — Bible Crusaders News.
