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Most Important Thing Cont'd
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Step Five: Living With The Lord and Enjoying
Your New Relationship With Him.
This is just the beginning of a wonderful
new life. To deepen this relationship it is now
vital that you build the following five things into your
daily life. Just as a newborn baby must be cared for,
fed and nurtured, so the new life that has been formed within
you as a result of this experience needs similar care and
nurturing.
- Read your Bible everyday to know Christ better. The
Word of God is like food that will strengthen and
feed the new life that has been born within you. After
reading through the various passages mentioned in this
article a good place to start is John's Gospel.
- Talk to God in prayer every day.
Share all your concerns and the circumstances of
your life with him remembering to "make your requests known
with thanksgiving" (Philippians 4:6) so that you can enjoy living with him throughout
all your days. The Lord will become your closest and most
personal friend.
- Tell others about Christ. Seek to
share this wonderful friendship with others so that they too may experience receiving the gift of eternal life.
- Fellowship with other Christians when possible,
perhaps in a group or church where Christ is preached and the
Bible is revered as the Word of God. The Bible encourages us
not to "forsake assembling ourselves together" (Hebrews 10: 25) for
encouragement and to help us grow in faith.
- As Christ's representative in a needy world, demonstrate your new life by your love and concern for others. Learn to
give and be generous with what you have so that you can be a
visual demonstration of God's love.
The verse below is one of the best-known passages in the Bible. I have already quoted it once, however, I urge you to
memorise it as it embraces all the important elements
of God's plan of salvation for each of us.
| “For
God so loved the world (you and me) that he gave
his only begotten
son (Jesus Christ), that whosover (you or I) believeth
in him should not perish, (die without hope) but have everlasting
life. (eternal
life)”
John 3:
16 |
Contacting The Writer
I would love to hear from you. Please do not hesitate to contact me and tell me of your decision. I will pray with you and for you and do all I can to help you grow in your new relationship with the Lord Jesus. If I can answer any questions I will be glad to do so. I do not have all the answers, but I have been a follower of Jesus Christ for many years now, and along the way I have discovered that God is always faithful to his believing children. If you do not have a Bible of your own, it would give me great pleasure to provide you with one. My contact details are
below. Please email me as soon as possible.
Also available: The Jesus Movie from Luke's Gospel in The Contemporary English Version.
You can obtain copies of this from my "Helpful
Links" below. It is also possible to buy copies of the Bible on cassette tape or CD ROM so that you can listen to it while you drive or at other times. I personally enjoy doing this both in the car and when lying down. I have found that this allows me to saturate my heart and mind with the Word of God resulting in some great benefits to me spiritually. I commend this practice to you. Sites that provide recordings of the Bible are also available from my
"Helpful Links".
Other Information About Myself
I am, trans-denominational, non-sectarian, and non-aligned as far as any particular church or denomination is concerned. I enjoy fellowship with Christians from any group or church that acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour and the Bible as God's Word. You can find out more about me from
elsewhere [Site
Map]. I will be adding more information about being a follower of Jesus
Christ as time goes by, in the mean time if you have a particular question
or you just wish to fellowship, please feel free to drop me an email
anytime. If you live in New Zealand or Australia I recommend that you find your local
Radio Rhema Station and start listening to Christian programmes that are being broadcast 24 hours a day. To find out what frequency to tune to in your area check out Radio Rhema's web site
from: "Helpful Links".
Read how
Greg became a follower of Jesus Christ...
Check out my "Helpful
Links"
www.jbc.gen.nz
Helpful
Links
I have placed a
few useful links below that are worth visiting and will be helpful in
your new walk with the Lord.
[thoughts] [John's
On-line Discussion Forum][Daily
Bible Readings] [Audio Daily Bible Readings]
[Online Bible Concordance] [Free
Video & DVD] [Free CD] [Christian
Radio & TV] [bibles] [Missionary
Sites]
[Hamilton Churches] [Site Links]
Thoughts:
Articles and items of interest to me that I have felt to express myself
over. Sometimes topical, sometimes just a thought about something
-sort of a Blog I guess, or something along that line. Anyway, read
on -sometimes at your peril! Enter...boldly!
Daily Bible Readings Online
Daily
Bible Readings by Charles Spurgeon
The
Word For Today with Bob Gass (From the Radio Rhema Network, New
Zealand.)
Audio
Online Daily Bible Reading
BibleGateway.com
(NIV)
Alexander Scourby
(KJV) From the Audio Bible.com
Audio Bible
Look
for this icon.
(KJV) Provided by Calvary Bible Chapel Cost Mesa.
Online Bible Concordance
The
Blue Letter Bible Concordance & Commentaries
Audio Links to Commentaries Study Aids and Bible Passages
FREE
Video.
The
Jesus Film, from Jesus-Gift to the Nation in New Zealand, and by using
my "Contact
Centre" on this site (I will gladly send a free copy of this
very enjoyable film on video).
The
Jesus Film Project, from the US.
Note: These films, available on
DVD and VHS, make great resources for sharing the gospel and giving away
to interested parties. Why not support the project by purchasing
multiple copies and distributing them in your neighborhood? They
are also a delight to listen and watch for your own edification,
particularly if you have children who will love to watch the beautiful and
sensitive depiction of the various scenes.
FREE CD Presentation Of The
Gospel
& Hard Copy of My Own "The Most Important Thing".
Who
is Jesus? Great
credit-card sized CD (in clear plastic sleeve) presentation of the person of Jesus with the "way of salvation"
made clear plus many other useful helps. This is also available
FREE
from this site along with a hard copy of my The Most Important Thing In The
World, mailed to any genuine enquirer any where on the planet.
Christian Radio Stations
Radio
Rhema New Zealand
Radio
Rhema Australia (I particularly recommend listening to Derek Prince, converted to Christ from philosophy while serving as a medical orderly during WW2, whose ministry has been a blessing to me for many
years. These can be tuned into by checking Rhema's Weekly Programme
titled, "Today With Derek Prince".)
SouthernStar Network New Zealand (Part of RBG -Radio Broadcasting
Group:
www.rbg.co.nz/)
Kwave Radio:
Ministry of Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa, California. Great Christian
radio, worship and preaching.
Kwave Weekly
Programme
Note: To get the current time in Costa Mesa visit this site,
CC Live, and click the "Live Radio" button in the middle of the box in
the bottom right hand corner of the screen once it has loaded.
UCB NZ has a list of on-line radio stations. UCB Pacific,
Auckland NZ is also available on 93.1FM
Live Services From Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
The Word For Today: The Radio Ministry of Calvary Chapel
Costa Mesa California -Audio Links
Christian TV
Shine TV -see it
via live feed over the net:
Streaming Shine...
(Note: You need Windows Media Player) Derek Prince is on at 9am
every weekday morning. Lots of other great programmes, music and
preaching.
Bibles
Bibles
From the Bible Society (Printed, audio, video & electronic.)
Audio
Bible: (KJV) Provided by Calvary Bible Chapel Cost Mesa
Missionary Sites
SIM: www.sim.org.nz
-Consider the
APPLE Project in Zambia with
Adam & Heather Bruce from Hamilton...
WEC: www.wecnz.org
Wycliffe:
www.wycliffe.org.nz
YWAM:
www.ywam.org/links/nz.html
OPERATION MOBILISATION:
www.om.org
INTERSERVE:
http://www.interserve.org
OMF: www.nz.omf.org/
OMS: www.oms.org.nz/
Some Hamilton Churches
[Discovery
Christian Centre] [Hamilton
South Baptist]
Site Links
Hermeneutics -The Study
of the Bible Note:
This document is in Word 2002 format. If you don't have Word
you can still click on the file and when asked if you want to "Open" or
"Save" choose "Save" and note where you save it. Once saved to your
hard disc launch Windows "WordPad" (usually found in your "Accessories"
folder by clicking "Start" then "Programmes" then "Accessories" and
scrolling down until you find it. In WordPad click "File" and then
"Open" and navigate to the file where you saved it (it's called "The
Hermeneutical Task"), double click on it and it will open happily enough
in WordPad for you.
[Watching
Lew Wallace's magnificent story of The Christ, Ben Hur, lead to this man's
salvation...]
[My Square Rigged Ships Site]
[John Carlisle's Home On The Web
]
[Start
of The Most Important Thing In the World] [Steps
to be sure of eternal life: Step 1 - God's Purpose: Peace & Life]
[Step 2. The Problem:
Our Separation] [Step
3. The Bridge To Eternal Life] [Step
4. The Choice That Leads To Eternal Life] [Step
5. How To Go On And Live Your New Life] [Greg's
Testimony] [Thoughts]
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