
AMAZING THINGS. (2)
The testimony of a boy in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa, proving the power of the Gospel of Christ.
This is a boy named Foster, aged 14, who gave some very interesting comments when I (John, of the Good Hope team) was asking how our lessons helped him (we had gone to his village a few months ago to do all our programs there). Instead of just telling me how he loved the Forgiving Father lesson, he spoke about how his parents have been affected with the lessons and he said “Since my parents came to your programs, my father has stopped beating my mom and I have never seen him drinking again. He would always come home late and they would argue all night and it always ended up with my mom crying after being beaten up by him. I was always scared of what was happening in our family and I thought there was no hope for us and that we would always be like that. But luckily, I saw that they both came to the lessons here and since that day I knew that something definitely changed. My father now works hard to pay for school fees for us and provide us with all our needs at home. I do not know what they were taught in those lessons, but I assure you, it was life-changing. We now live a happy life that I always dreamt of. I am so thankful to God for sending the Good Hope team here to deliver the wonderful news. Even myself, I learned so much about the forgiving father lesson and I understand what that story is all about. I am happy to know that God loves us and cares for us all. Thank God for this ministry.”
How amazing and beautiful.
Yes, the apostle Paul was right when he wrote to the Romans that he was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is not just a nice story, it is a message, the only message on earth, with power, the power to change the selfish heart of man. For more, see http://goodhopeministry.com/

De gemiddelde hartslag van deze vogeltjes is meer dan 1200 keer per minuut. In vergelijking, de gemiddelde hartslag van een mens ligt tussen de 60 en 100 keer per minuut, in rust. De Hummingbird, als hij rust, ademhaalt 250 maal per minuut, en dat verhoogt wanneer hij vliegt. Om zulk adembenemend metabolisme te ondersteunen, moet dit wonder bijna voortdurend eten om de nodige energie te verkrijgen. Iedere dag moet het nectar opnemen van zo’n 2000 bloemen. Daarbij eten deze vogeltjes ook vele insecten en spinnen, en nippen ze ook sap van bomen of van gebroken vruchten. Hummingbirds zuigen geen nectar door hun lange snavels, ze likken het met hun omzoomde en gevorkte tongen. Capillaire werking langs de rand van hun tong helpt om de nectar in hun keel te trekken zodat ze het kunnen doorslikken. Ze kunnen 10-15 maal per seconde likken tijdens het voeden. Het verteert natuurlijke sucrose – de suiker die zich bevindt in bloemen nectar – in 20 minuten met 97 procent rendement voor het omzetten van de suiker in energie.
Het is al meer dan twee jaar geleden dat ik de laatste episode, nummer 200 van mijn “Overpeinzingen” heb geschreven. Deze zijn, zoals velen van u wel zullen weten in boekvorm uitgebracht onder de titel, “De God Die echt is.” Het is nog te verkrijgen bij Dany Decrock,
It’s been more than two years since I wrote the last episode, number 200 of my “Musings.” These have been, as many of you will know, put into book form with the title, “The God Who is real.” It is still available on Amazon and Chapters, but I also have some left if you would like one. I want to start writing again. I recently read in Psalm 105, “Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the people! Sing unto Him, sing Psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works.” Ps.111:2, 4, “The works of the Lord are great; studied by all who have pleasure in them.” “He has made His wonderful works to be remembered.”