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Monday, December 03, 2018

Acronyms for Fun

Acronyms and Mnemonics are compulsory memory devices we often use to remember things which we cannot afford to forget, especially for exams. Well, there will be no exam for this blog post, nor will I make you feel stupid! And if you feel stupid, just be glad to learn the acronym of "stupid" after reading this post!

The following words will never look the same to you from now onwards (just for fun!):
1.     Diary (Dear, I always remember you)
D     -     Dear
I       -     I
A     -     Always
R      -     Remember
Y      -     You

2.     Daily (Dear, Always I’ll love you)
D     -     Dear,
A     -     Always
I       -     I’ll
L      -     Love
Y      -     You

3.     Sorry (Someone really remembers you)
S      -     Some
O     -     One
R      -     Really
R      -     Remembers
Y      -     You

4.     City (Can I trust you?)
C      -     Can
I       -     I
T      -     Trust
Y      -     You

5.     Town (Trust? Oh why not?)
T      -     Trust?
O     -     Oh
W     -     Why
N     -     Not?

6.     Italy (I trust and love you)
I       -     I
T      -     Trust
A     -     And
L      -     Love
Y      -     You

7.     Bombay (Beware of many boys around you)
B      -     Beware
O     -     Of
M     -     Many
B      -     Boys
A     -     Around
Y      -     You

8.     Imphal (I must protect her always lovingly)
I       -     I
M     -     Must
P      -     Protect
H     -     Her
A     -     Always
L      -     Lovingly

9.     India (I’ll never do it again)
I       -     I’ll
N     -     Never
D     -     Do
I       -     It
A     -     Again

10.                     Lily (Lady, I love you)
L      -     Lady,
I       -     I
L      -     Love
Y      -     You


These are also known as Backronyms!
1.     Faith (Forsaking all I trust Him)
F      -     Forsaking
A     -     All
I       -     I
T      -     Trust
H     -     Him

2.     Grace (God’s riches at Christ’s expense)
G     -     God’s
R      -     Riches
A     -     At
C      -     Christ’s
E      -     Expense

3.     Bible (Basic instruction before living eternally)
B      -     Basic
I       -     Instruction
B      -     Before
L      -     Living
E      -     Eternally!

4.     Book (Box of organized knowledge)
B      -     Box
O     -     Of
O     -     Organized
K      -     Knowledge

5.     Love (Life’s only valuable emotion)
L      -     Life’s
O     -     Only
V      -     Valuable
E      -     Emotion
       

Use these Acronyms when somebody is not nice to you!
1.     Stupid (So talented, unique person in Demand)
S      -     So
T      -     Talented,
U     -     Unique
P      -     Person
I       -     In
D     -     Demand

2.     Mad (Making a difference)
M     -     Making
A     -     A
D     -     Difference!

3.     Dumb (Don’t underestimate me, buddy!)
D     -     Don’t
U     -     Underestimate
M     -     Me,
B      -     Buddy!

Friday, November 30, 2018

With Charles Spurgeon: Song of Songs 3:1

 “I sought him, but I found him not.” – Song of Songs 3:1
Tell me where you lost the company of Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find Him. Have you lost Christ in the closet by restraining prayer? Then it is there you must seek and find Him. Did you lose Christ by sin? You will find Christ in no other way but by the giving up of the sin, and seeking by the Holy Spirit to mortify the member in which the lust doth dwell. Did you lose Christ by neglecting the Scriptures? You must find Christ in the Scriptures.
It is a true proverb, "Look for a thing where you dropped it, it is there." So look for Christ where you lost Him, for He has not gone away. But it is hard work to go back for Christ. Bunyan tells us, the pilgrim found the piece of the road back to the Arbour of Ease, where he lost his roll, the hardest he had ever travelled. Twenty miles onward is easier than to go one mile back for the lost evidence.
Take care, then, when you find your Master, to cling close to Him. But how is it you have lost Him? One would have thought you would never have parted with such a precious friend, whose presence is so sweet, whose words are so comforting, and whose company is so dear to you! How is it that you did not watch Him every moment for fear of losing sight of Him? Yet, since you have let Him go, what a mercy that you are seeking Him, even though you mournfully groan, "O that I knew where I might find Him!"
Go on seeking, for it is dangerous to be without thy Lord. Without Christ you are like a sheep without its shepherd; like a tree without water at its roots; like a sere leaf in the tempest-not bound to the tree of life. With thine whole heart seek Him, and He will be found of thee: only give thyself thoroughly up to the search, and verily, thou shalt yet discover Him to thy joy and gladness.

Thanks for the time of Reflection,
R. Solomon
(This Devotional Reflection Issue is an excerpt from Charles Spurgeon's Devotional “Morning and Evening: Daily Readings.)

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Compelled by God


God loves me,
And His love resides in me,
To love my neighbors.

God is gracious towards me,
And His grace flows in me,
To be gracious to others.

God never gives up on me,
And strengthens me to be patient
To never give up on you.

It is He that teaches me,
To be loving, gracious and patient
Towards all including you!

Surely you should not like ‘me,’
For I do not like ‘myself,’
Nor do I like ‘you!’

But the Spirit of God dwells in me,
Which is not the work of myself
But of God to change ‘me’ and to like ‘you!’

This great act of God
Lets me see the image of God
In you, to be persuaded to Christ
For, all things make sense only in Christ!

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Image Scripture: Genesis 50:20 (screenshot of my sermon preparation)

Just two screenshot pictures of my sermon preparation. I hope to get and give encouragement from and to fellow preachers who labor hard to be accurate and faithful to the text.
Btw, these pictures represent maybe just 10% of the preparation!
Those of us who are not a preacher, please pray for the preachers you know, that they will labor hard for the hearers!
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” Genesis 50:20 [NKJV]



If the above pictures are not clear, these may be clearer...


Thanks for trying to make sense of these picture,
S. R. Senxer