1st John 2:15; “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” Be happy to know what’s wrong! Then, you can get it fixed!
Violence is being inflicted against property by God: but, He has not taken many lives! Great destruction is taking place in many parts of the United States! Wake up!
I believe in the Power of the Spirit, and not of the flesh! It is deliverance when God exposes the evils! In God is Gladness!
“Is It Love; or, Is It Blood?”
Which is the greater bonding?
You give us abundance: but, where do we keep it, O Lord? I have heard of flood waters in certain places! You are pouring out much rain in these days!
“Be Still; And, Know That I Am God,” Said God! Great Thunderings with some Lightnings are taking place at 5:40 AM. I acknowledge the display of Power! I acknowledge Your Power to Help as well as destroy! I seek the Helping Power, and the Comforting Power! I seek the Voice that gets attention like as when the thundering and Lightning is taking place! I seek the Voice that commands good; and, good happens! I don’t seek the destroying Voice, but only against the wicked spirits! I seek Understanding, O Heavenly Father, from You; and, You are our Father, and You give it to us freely!
Let Love be magnified! Let the hurts be healed! Let these sicknesses pass away from these people, I pray Thee! You give Counsel, O Heavenly Father! Counsel us as to what we shall do about these things, O Heavenly Father! Your Counsel and Your Wisdom will be respected!
You are the Mighty Power! Prayers are offered unto You, O Heavenly Father, for the healing of others! Your Mercy is sought! I seek their comfort, also! I know You can destroy these things in an instance! You cause the thundering and lightnings to appear! You cause the rain to come forth! You cause the thoughts to be turned to You! I seek You for the help of others! I seek You for their deliverance! You forgive; and, You restore! Blessed and Holy are You, O Righteous and Merciful God our Heavenly Father! You do cause my lips to open; and, my mouth does show forth Your Praises. You cause me to cause people to remember to stand strong, because the evil is standing ready to destroy! You cause us to stay in the watch! These things are nothing! You awakened me this morning; and, had me to go forth to uncover the barrel for to catch the rain water! You keep us supplied with all that we need! Praise waits for You! Mighty are You in Power; and, my hope is in You! Thank You for the Comfort that You give! You cause us to stay put when we need to stay put! Amen!
What You cause me to put my hands to do will always prosper! Mighty is the Joy and the Expectations! Blessed are the merciful, because they shall obtain mercy! You have given me to show mercy, O Lord; and, it is for my good that I do this, because it is in Your Image and Likeness! Let Love be magnified!
Confusion and suspicions are looming in the midst! God makes all of those secret thoughts to reveal themselves!
“There Is A Reason Why People Are So Cold-Hearted!”
How wise are you? How aware are you of the truth? Consider the time in which we live! Consider what spirits of darkness are loosed into the world! This is the 4th Seal; and, this is the time of the powerful influences of Death, and of Hell! Was it not in the 4th day of the Creation that God divided the Light from the darkness? The 4th Seal and the 4th Day are the same! He has begun that dividing of Light from darkness in these days! When you see people being cold, and insensitive to the feelings of others; know that the evil spirit of Death is ruling in them! He is that evil spirit that will turn the hearts of people cold towards one another! But, whom do you think about as showing this coldness? The minds are turned hard towards the people, because the darkness that rules over the mind will deceive you into thinking someone else is responsible for this cold treatment; and, it is hard for you to keep your focus on the evil spirits that influences people to do the things that they are doing! Don’t you say, “He or she should have known better!” Don’t you focus on the person? This way of being forced to think that way, also shows the influence of evil spirits! These spirits be causing people to think about people; and, therefore, they go undetected! Don’t blame the people if they have not had their time to be delivered from under the power of the darkness! Now, remember what the Apostle Paul said about us not fighting against flesh and blood; but, against spirits, and powers of darkness ruling over people! You are seeing the manifestation of the working of spirits! Let your mind be kept in focus on the truth about what the Lord said it is! Amen!
Consider coldness and insensitivity, in people, as a sign of Death’s influence; and, consider rage as a sign of Hell’s influence! Now, you are becoming wise in recognizing the different kinds of evil spirits! Many people think Satan is the violent wicked spirit: but, when you see open coldness and violence; you are looking at the work of Death and Hell! Learn how the evil spirits work! Satan tries to imitate the Lord Jesus Christ; and, he will use people to show all manner of expressions of sympathy for your plight! He gets his work done by making laws for the whole land to follow; and, will threaten with penalties for not keeping those laws. Satan’s way is a subtle forcing of people into darkness by making it a law of the land. His speech sounds like he is really concerned, and that what is being done is for the good of the masses! He causes it to be preached as something that is good for the people. But, he will be leading people into accepting and doing something that goes against the Commandments of God! But, you must have the Commandments of God written in your hearts, before you can compare what you are being told, with what you know God has said! Satan’s servant has the appearance of a dove on the outside; but, inwardly, he is that ravening wolf! These expressions of sympathy and concern are only outward expressions of caring! But, there is no love in the heart of the person that is being used by Satan! Satan always turns the hearts of people to be caring about themselves! This causes great division and strife in the midst of the people, because selfishness leads to division and strife! He preaches your uniqueness as a nation of people; or, as a special gender; or, something that relates to your age group! He preaches your rights! Everyone starts to think only about himself! Satan causes people to lay down their lives for others; but, they don’t have that love for those whom they lay down their lives for! Remember what the Apostle Paul said in 1st Corinthians 13, about doing all of these things without love! Satan causes people to feed the hungry, and to give generously during disasters; but, these people don’t have love for those whom they feed and give to! Satan shows every expression of love, hope, and faith: but, these are not true in nature, because there is an underlying evil that goes along with this! But, who has paid attention to the evils that are still accounted to them while they are doing these good works? Did you not know that your good is not counted to you by God, because of those sins? None of your offerings are acceptable, when you are unclean, the Lord said by Haggai the Prophet! Satan is smooth in his operations!
But, when Death and Hell are using people; you will not see any manner of caring, nor concern about the feelings of others! There is no appearance of mercy, nor compassion with the spirits of Death, and Hell! People are instruments to do the will of the spirits, whether these spirits are of the Light, or of the darkness! Man was created a little lower in power than Angels, which are Spirits! Hell is also a provoking spirit, which causes a person to do something that provokes another person; and, Death is a cold inconsiderate spirit! This is what you see coming out from people in these days! What is the desire of Death, and of Hell? Their desire is that killings will take place! They must reach that quota of one-fourth of the world’s population in this 4th Seal, according to Revelation 6:7-8. Some people are willing instruments of these spirits, while others are unwilling instruments! Many have not understood what spirit they are in, even as the Lord Jesus Christ had to tell His disciples that they did not know what spirit they were in, when they wanted to call fire down from Heaven upon the people who contended with the Lord! If it is a desire to kill someone; that is the spirit of darkness! But, God has limited what these evil spirits can do through people! But, everyone is given a chance to know, and to understand about being used by evil spirits! Everyone will be given to see what spirit they are in! Amen!
“An End Has Come!”
“Is It The Last Straw?”
(People Are Being Pushed Into Killing!)
These evil spirits will focus their attacks on a single person, by using many people to treat him with coldness! How many acts of rudeness have evil spirits used other people to commit against a single person in the course of a day? There are people who have been provoked so many times, that they are barely hanging on! But, a breaking point is coming! Unknowingly to a person, someone comes into his presence with nerves on edge, because of those things, which he has encountered throughout the day! For this reason, we greet people, saying, “Peace be unto you!” What has this person had to deal with all the day long? The evil spirit will cause this person to tease this other person; or, pull some act that will infuriate him! You have heard about “Road Rage!” But, what brought this person to this point of rage? Were things being done to that person continually? Was that the straw that broke the camel’s back? Was that the act that finally pushed someone over the edge, that caused them to turn, and kill? Hell is also a spirit that pushes people into bitter arguing! But, a soft answer will put out the fire of Hell! Ask God to give you the soft answers of your tongue!
I have seen provoking going on; and, these people do not know what kind of day a person has been having! Provoking and poking fun at people is causing anger to rise up in people, to a point whereby they start to kill! I have heard of the reports about why kids take guns to school, and finally kill! It is because of the teasing, and the picking, by those unaware, insensitive children, who are grossly insensitive to the feelings of others. An ill-prepared child, going into the school system, will face a multitude of evil spirits! Has any official ever told you that these acts were influenced by evil spirits ruling in the children? No, they have not, because they are also instruments of the darkness, and they have no Light! Only those who have the Light can point out to others what the real problem is!
Children are moved by the darkness to constantly tease other children; and, these who are being teased, reach a breaking point, and they sometimes retaliate against their teasers! But, when something happens to those who have been doing the teasing; they are looking for sympathy from others! But, who will come forth to say, “I pushed that person into doing that!” To them, it is all fun and games: but, who knows what the breaking point of a person is. Many are hanging on by a thread! I know it is the evil spirits that causes children to tease other children; and, these spirits are causing people to push other people over the limit. Wake up, and realize what times we are living in! We are living in the time of the 4th Seal; and, we are seeing the workings of Death and of Hell upon many people! The Word from Revelation 6:8, says, “And, I looked; and, saw a pale horse: and, the name of the one that sat upon the pale horse is called Death; and Hell followed with him. And, power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword; and, with hunger; and, with death; and, with the beast of the earth!” Consider the horse! And now, consider the rider! The rider controls the horse to make the horse do what he wants him to do! Death is the rider; and, the people are the horses upon whom Death is riding! What is a “beast of the earth?” This is a person who has lost all ability to have feelings for other people’s feelings! Death has seized control over the minds; and, His coldness and insensitivity is seen coming from people! Such a person has dead emotions! This is a person whose conscience is dead due to Death being upon it! These are people who do not consider that the life of another person is worth anything, because they have no power to do so; such as those who commit hate crimes; and, such as those who do secret experiments on people!
This Report is Light, which will awaken everyone that reads, or hears this Report! This will cause everyone to realize what spirit they are in! This is what the Lord said His Word would do when He sends it forth in Isaiah 55. Amen!
People are being made to look for equalizers to take care of their problems with other people. These thoughts of getting even with people are being put into the heads by these two spirits! But, hopefully, these Reports will reach someone before he is pushed to that point! And, for this reason, you should give your attention to sending these Reports on, as the Lord has commanded! Don’t let them sit, because this is also an influence of the evil spirits!
One is causing the teasing! Teasing is a cold spirit, whereby people are insensitive to the feelings of others! That is the work of the spirit of Death! Those that are being pushed, becomes angry: that is the work of Hell! It is a push-pull action! This pushing must stop; and, the parents must pull in the reins on their children, or else, you will see more of them being killed! The parents must learn of the Lord; and, learn how to take authority over their children! The Lord has given the parents power to exercise authority over their children: but, the parents are made afraid, by the government, to exercise themselves in that authority, which the Lord has given them! But, it is important for the parents to gain that fruit of temperance, whereby they will be able to resist the violent influences of Hell! There is too much pressure on people; and, more pressure is being put on them every day.
I saw two groups of young black kids blocking the street with their bicycles! I saw a white man in a pickup truck, pulling a trailer! But, these kids would not move their bicycles out of the path of the truck! The truck has the right to the street; and, a man’s work takes priority over idleness! The man had to maneuver his truck and trailer between these two groups of black kids, one group on each side of the narrow street. Were they showing any consideration for the man? That was an act of coldness, which was supposed to cause uncontrollable rage in the man! Consider the man in his natural state, being stronger than the children! Consider the truck as opposed to the bicycles! Which would receive the greater damage? Parents, watch your children! What chance does a child usually have against a man; and, what chance does a bicycle have against a truck? What chance does an uncovered person have against any of the spirits of darkness? We that are covered by the Spirit of Light have problems with these evil spirits; so, what chance does a person, that is not covered, have against them? Why weren’t these children able to recognize that they were the ones in danger? The darkness will blind you to the truth! What kind of person is coming at you in that more powerful vehicle?
There are acts that are being done, to try to fuel this raging hatred that exists in America! This hatred and violence is on the rise in America; and, sin is the cause of it! The minds of people are being left uncovered; and, they are becoming subject to the will of the spirits of darkness! But, this act was manipulated by these two unseen powers of darkness! Death can also bring the mind into captivity, to cause you not to be able to recognize danger to yourself! To the children, it was fun and games: but, this was a potentially explosive situation! The truck could have become an instrument to be used to destroy many that day! I said, “Who knows what kind of day that man was having?” Who knows if their senseless act would be the act that would push him over the edge? Temperance is the virtue of a righteous person; but, because the majority of the people are still in darkness; who can exercise self-control? This is deep!
My Lord, I ask that You would take me on to the depth of this thing! Let Your Report come forth, I pray Thee! Amen!
I stopped to talk with the youths; and, noticed the boastfulness, and gross disrespect in their midst. My van is very noticeable with the Word of God written all over it; and, if these kids did not respect the Word of God; who will they fear? I have the Power and Authority to rebuke the evil spirits; but, I do not have the Authority to make a person accept the right things! I can only give them the freedom to see the truth; and, to make the right choices! Once I have done my part; God could send His Judgment upon a person! The evil spirits are bound up in the situation that I am present in; but, people can operate without the help of those evil spirits, when they have been taught by those spirits! The Lord spoke about how a metal object, that has been in contact with a magnet, can act just like a magnet after the magnet is removed! This retaining of the qualities of the magnet, is called “Residual Magnetism!” This is the way the people are, after having been in contact with the spirits of darkness for a long period of time! They can still carry on, and act just like the evil spirits, even without the evil spirits being in direct contact with them! This was shown as a example in the 7th Seal after Satan was bound up in the Bottomless Pit; but, the people of Satan were still able to carry on the work of Satan! Just because we can rebuke the evil spirits from off a person, that does not mean that person will be peaceful! My Lord, what is the next step to take?
I say again, that this example was shown in the Book of Revelations, during the 7th Seal, after Satan was cast into the “Bottomless Pit!” The people were able to carry on the work of Satan, even without his presence! But, God has promised to loose the destroying Power of the Holy Angels upon many, according to His Word that He spoke by Ezekiel, in chapter 9 of that Book! He will start with those who have the authority: but, did not exercise themselves in that authority! Parents, pay attention to this! Those that are given to lead, influences those who are behind them! The parents should be the ones to exercise control over their children, no matter what the government threatens them with! O you parents, pay attention to what is going on with your children, because God is holding you directly responsible for them!
I was sent their way to see what was about to take place, and to speak a warning to them! All God has to do is warn you! If you do not take the warning; then, those things, which He said would come, will come upon you! Give ear to the warnings! Amen!
I have read a lot of things concerning God’s Power and Might! I have seen how He has blinded a whole army that came up against His Prophet Elisha; and, I have preached these things as encouragement and warnings to others, that we all might know His Faithfulness to perform everything that He said He would do.
What must I do, now, O Lord? You caused me to meditate upon these things for a reason; and, You have said that You will now act according to what You have said. This is the Word that You have given me, lately, from Ezekiel 7, concerning an end has come. What is this end, O Lord?
Thus saith the Lord, “It will not be the speaking as it was before: but, the action that was spoken about, will now take place. Because of the hardness of the hearts of the people, action need to take place.” Amen!
Blessed are You, O Mighty God! You caused all of the opposition to be removed; and, You do have Your Own Way! Blessed is the Power of the Almighty God! Thank You for another day! This is the day that You have made: give us gladness and rejoicing in it, I pray Thee! You are the Power to deliver all of those that are bound! Those that are to escape, will escape! Send forth deliverance, O Lord, I pray Thee! Your Kingdom come! Your Will be done in earth as it is in Heaven! Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us for our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us! Lead us not into temptations: but, deliver us from evil: because Yours is the Kingdom; and, the Power; and, the Glory, forever! Amen!
Teach me to pray as I ought to pray, O Lord! Let the praises, with the Power, come forth out of my mouth! You have ordained Power for the praises! Strengthen us with Faith in the inward man! What else, O Lord? You know what we need; and, You are the Supplier of all that we need! You have ordained a work for us to do; let us be about doing those things, which we are given to do! Cause our thoughts to be established in that which You have assigned for us to do. So as we think, we become! Fill our hearts with Righteous thoughts; and, add more of the Spirit to us! And, cause all of this evil to be put to silence, I pray Thee!
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Carrium: 05-21-36th Year
The 5th Month of The 36th Year!
3rd Day of the week, which is called Tuesday!


UJCC Sunday Worship Service
December 3, 2023 * 1st Sunday of Advent
The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before ... What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft of the rock, watching God’s [back] fade in the distance. So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon. -Jan L. Richardson
We Gather Together
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You are invited to the spiritual practice of returning thanks to God. You can try our online giving option HERE. Thank you and peace be with you!
We recognize that some of you may have had a crazy week and need some space or quiet time. So, 5-10 minutes prior to the service, we will play some music that you can listen to while you meditate
Words of Welcome
During this time, our worship leader will offer a greeting, introduce special guests, or provide important information for the service. Ultimately, we want to show how much we appreciate you joining us today despite your busy schedule.
Greeting One Another
This may merely seem like a time to greet one another. However, it also serves as a reminder of the peace that we have with God and the peace that we have with each other due to Jesus’ sacrifice. Please take this time to meet someone new!
Song of Centering - Glorify Thy Name
In the same way that we get ready for a date, it is important for us to get ready to hear God’s Word. So, during the song of centering, we try to lay aside our busy lives, worries, and distractions in order to focus on God. Please feel free to meditate, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, or sing along.
Lighting of the Advent Candles
Reader 1: In the days of exile and uncertainty, the prophet Isaiah cried out:
O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence. As when fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make your name known to your enemies and cause the nations to quake before you! For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. (Isaiah 64:1-3)
Reader 2: In the midst of our own encounters with uncertainty and upheaval and our longing for deliverance, Jesus calls to us, “Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come” (Mark 13:35).
Congregation: We wait as people surprised again and again by God who shakes us out of our complacency and wakes us up to the work of the kingdom all around us.
Reader 1: We light this candle as a sign of our shocking hope. May we stay awake to God’s activity in the world as we wait in expectation that even now God is with us, working to restore us to the fullness of life with God and one another. Amen. (lh)
Light the first (purple) candle of the Advent wreath.
Sung Response - “Advent Song”
Call To Worship
In the call to worship, there is a call and a response. God calls us and we are supposed to respond accordingly. As a result, our worship leader will read the first line and then everyone else is invited to read the next response out loud. The words will be projected on the screen. Feel free to read the parts marked "All."
Another way we like to be more inclusive of children in our service is by making short, fun, educational videos or skits. Feel free to enjoy this material with your kids and talk about it later too!
We believe that Jesus Christ was born as a human being, lived among us, and died to redeem creation from all sin past, present, and future. As a reminder of Jesus' great love for us, we continue to practice the tradition of breaking bread and wine that Jesus started with the disciples. At UJCC, all are welcome. So, if you would like to receive the gift of life that Jesus offers, feel free to approach the front as the ushers call you and then return to your seat. You are welcome to eat the bread and drink the juice at your pace. You can also meditate or pray as necessary during this time. We will have some responses that you can read on the projectors if you would like to participate.
Scripture Reading in Japanese
Some Japanese and Japanese Americans attend our church. As a result, we like to extend our love and hospitality to them by reading the Scripture text for the sermon in Japanese once a month. However, we understand that many of our members may not speak Japanese. So, feel free to appreciate the beauty of the Japanese language. We will read the passage again in English shortly.
Message - Everything Comes From God
We believe God still speaks to us today through the Bible, people, and many other sources as well. We will listen to Rev. Akiko during this time and try to discern what God is trying to tell us through her message. Feel free to listen, take notes, or meditate on something that stuck out to you.
Joys & Concerns
We believe God hears and answers our prayers. Not only that, but we believe in praying together so that we can encourage and support those going through difficult times, or celebrate our many blessings. For we are all God’s family. When one of us suffers, we all suffer. When one of us rejoices, we all rejoice. You are not alone. At this time, Rev. Akiko will lead us in the Lord’s prayer. You can follow along with the words on the slideshow.
Doxology is an expression of praise to God. We will first sing it in English and then in Japanese.
The announcements provide opportunities for us to put our faith into action throughout the week. Please try to see if anything interests you or challenge yourself to try something new. Volunteering is a great way to bless others, but we are often blessed ourselves in the process. You can check all the current announcements at www.ujcclife.com/events
Song of Sending Forth - Lord, Be Glorified
The song of sending forth prepares our hearts to go back out into the world. You can use this song as a final opportunity to decide how to respond to the message, pray for God’s guidance, sing along, or simply enjoy the music.
This is a short prayer said in order to bless everyone as we get ready to go back out into the world. Feel free to close your eyes and receive the blessing so that you may be strengthened and encouraged!
Ending Song - Go Now In Peace
This is the final ending song for the worship service. Once the song is finished, feel free to talk to someone new, attend our small group, or make your way safely back home.


Jordan on Saturday condemned Israeli police harassment of Christian worshippers in the vicinity of Church of the Holy Sepulchre in occupied Jerusalem.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Dhaifallah Al-Fayez, said that the Kingdom condemns and rejects the Israeli police obstruction of the arrival of Christians to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to participate in Easter Eve celebrations, attacking a number of them, and placing barriers in the vicinity of the church.
Al-Fayez called on the Israeli authorities, the occupying power, to respect the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem, not to impede the practice of religious rites, and to stop harassing Jerusalemites, including Muslim and Christians.
Al-Fayez called on the international community to shoulder its responsibility to pressure Israel to stop its ongoing violations in Jerusalem.
Source: Jordan News Agency


Let this be the chief aim of all your devotion: complete dependence on God, and an expectation of continually receiving all goodness and salvation from Him alone. Read reviews from worldâs largest community for readers. Ã la place, notre systÃ¨me tient compte de facteurs tels que l'anciennetÃ© d'un commentaire et si le commentateur a achetÃ© l'article sur Amazon. Here we have in the Epistle of Peter the same lessons that Paul has taught us. Romans 6 is one of the most blessed portions of the New Testament of our Lord Jesus, teaching us that our "old man," the old nature that is in us, was actually crucified with Him, so that now we need no longer be in bondage to sin. "If any man cometh unto Me, and hateth not his own life, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE. In me, that is in my flesh, in the old nature which I have from Adam, there dwells literally no good thing that can satisfy the eye of a holy God! "Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with Me in Paradise." The law of the Master is the law for the disciple; the love of the crucified Jesus, the only rule for those who believe in Him. They have never yielded the flesh as an accursed thing to the condemnation of the cross. And the power of that sin and death, in which all his descendants share, works in every child of Adam every day. Let us pray God fervently that the Holy Spirit, through whom Christ offered Himself on the cross, may reveal to us in power what it means to "glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world had been crucified unto me.". The Holy Spirit, the Eternal Spirit, is unchangeable. The call comes to us too to give up the self life with its self-pleasing and self-exaltation, and bear the cross in fellowship with Him -- and so shall we be made partakers of His victory. Découvrez les avantages de l'application Amazon. But we forget that that means the abiding in a crucified Christ. "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" The seven words on the cross reveal what the mind of Christ is, and show the dispositions that become His disciples. "I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. They desire to enter into the Holiest of All, and yet allow the flesh with its desires and pleasures to rule over them. But into the Most Holy, behind the veil, the high priest alone might enter once a year. Our Lord used the Apostle Paul to put this still more clearly. Meditate on this day and night, until you have the assurance: He loves me unspeakably. Nothing less than this, the hating of our own life, will make us willing to bear the cross and carry within us the sentence of death on our evil nature. But such is in very deed the gospel of God's love, and the penitent sinner can now rejoice in the confident assurance that the curse is forever put away from all who believe in Christ Jesus. On the one hand it leads us to death, and all that belongs to death; and on the other hand, to that life which God has placed within us, and which leads from glory to glory. His finished work secured the victory over every foe. They must give up them-selves, their own will and power, and any goodness of their own. The Spirit and the cross are inseparable. Trouver tous les livres, en savoir plus sur l'auteur. "Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us." What multitudes have felt that Christ's claims were beyond their reach and have sought to be Christians without any attempt at the whole-hearted devotion and the entire self-denial which Christ asks for! --Mark 10:21. It is on this account that he spoke so strongly: "Christ sent me to preach the gospel, not in wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made void" (1:17); "My preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (2:4). And so they would gradually enter more deeply into the meaning and the power of their high calling to live as those who were dead to sin and the world and self. Just think once again what Christ meant when He said that we must hate and lose our life. Buy The Secret of the Cross (Secret Series) by Murray, Andrew (ISBN: 9780875087962) from Amazon's Book Store. You know how the first section of Romans is devoted to the doctrine of justification by faith in Christ. But when no answer came, and He understood that the Father could not allow the cup to pass by, He yielded up His whole will and life in the word: "Thy will be done." Alas, how many there are who have never for a moment thought of such a thing! Most Christians have but little knowledge of it. But experience has taught me that God's words taken into the heart and meditated on with prayer help the soul by degrees to understand the truth. The cross brings man to utter bankruptcy of himself, and then God can come to our aid. Murray is just as convicting as ever: "It is because Christians so little bear the mark of this self-emptying and humiliation even unto death that the world refuses to believe in the possibility of a Christ-filled life". But the Word of God has said: "Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity against God?" Then the door will be open for a life of power and blessing. And Paul puts it here even more strongly, "They that are in Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh.". Less is said about our death with Christ. The mind that was in Christ must be in us, ready to say: "I am come to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work." There is the need of justification by faith, to restore man to the favor of God. This disposition should characterize every follower of Christ. Iâll keep looking for a better one. The power of His death and life work in me, and as I hold fast the truth that I have been crucified with Him, and that now I myself live no more but Christ liveth in me, I receive power to conquer sin; the life that I have received from Him is a life that has been crucified and made free from the power of sin. Christ has one word more: "He that renounceth not all that he hath," whether in property or character, "cannot be My disciple." --Luke_23:34. It is as we learn to believe and to worship that love that we too shall learn to say: "Abba, Father, Thy will be done.". We need to pray God that this disposition may be found in all Christians and preachers of the gospel, through the power of the Holy Spirit. He taught them to take up the cross. Paul here tells us what that mind was in Christ: He emptied Himself; He took the form of a servant; He humbled Himself, even to the death of the cross. And this in order to obtain an earthly prize. Christ took our curse upon Him -- yea, became a curse -- and so destroyed its power, and in that cross we now have the everlasting redemption from sin and all its power. "There is therefore now no condemnation," such as he had experienced in his attempt to obey the law, "to them that are in Christ Jesus. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . And that flesh can never by any process of discipline, or struggling, or prayer, be made better than it is! No self-pleasing in eating and drinking, no comfort or ease, should for a moment keep him from showing the spirit of the cross in his daily life, or from sacrificing all, like his Master. He said to the disciples that if any man would come after Him, he must hate and lose his own life. "'Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit.' The Secret of the Cross has more than a few poignant statements: "Instead of denying himself, Peter denied his Lord"; and pregnant sentences like, "The Lamb is our Lord and Lawgiver". --Romans 6:2. But so it was: God had laid upon Him the iniquity of us all, and He yielded to the inexorable law: Through death to life and to fruit. "They that are in Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with the passions and the lusts thereof." As we learn what it means that Christ is our life, we shall count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. In more than one of his Epistles the truth is made clear that we are dead to sin, with Christ, and receive and experience the power of the new life through the continual working of God's Spirit in us each day. With every thought of what we owe to that love, with every act of faith in which we rejoice in its redemption, let us prove that the mind of the crucified Christ is our mind, and that His love is not only what we trust in for ourselves, but what guides us in our loving intercourse with the world around us. Secrets of the Cross uncovers the tantalizing mysteries at the heart of the Christian tradition. And the life that He imparts to the believing disciple is even so a crucified life with its victory over sin and its power of access into God's presence. --1_Corinthians 9:25, 27. --Matthew 26:39. He gives new meaning to it when He says that a man must hate his own life and renounce all that he has. And even so those who are Christ's and have accepted Him as the Crucified One little understand what that includes. He taught them to take up the cross. God had indeed in Paradise pronounced a curse upon this earth and all that belongs to it. LOVE MAKES EVERYTHING EASY. In the temple there was a veil between the Holy Place and the Most Holy. The life that He lives in heaven has its strength and its glory in the fact that it is a crucified life. It only needs a continual living in Christ Jesus. Have we not here the reason why many Christians can never attain to close fellowship with God? And how may the footsteps of the Lamb be known? "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend." "When Jesus had received the vinegar, He said: 'It is finished.'" "Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame." "Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus" (ver. To those who believe its full truth it is a cause of unceasing thanksgiving. By the Holy Spirit revealing and glorifying Christ in us, we may trust Christ Himself to live out His life in us. And this not as a truth that our minds can master and appropriate, but a reality which the Holy Spirit will reveal within us. The Secret of the Cross [Andrew Murray] on Amazon.com. In this last expression we have the great thought that a Christian cannot live unto righteousness except as he knows that he has died unto sin. --Romans 8:3. And if we ask how we can do this, we find the answer in the mind in which Christ died. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is only the faith of Christ Himself living in us that can enable us to accept this great command in the assurance that Christ Himself will work it out in us. 11). It is the meekness and gentleness and humility that marked Him which calls for His followers to walk in His footsteps. As they strove to do this, they would feel the need of a deeper insight into their real oneness with Christ. Just as justification is by faith alone, so is regeneration also. The secret of true discipleship is to bear the cross, to acknowledge the death sentence that has been passed on self, and to deny any right that self has to rule over us. --Philippians 2:5. Our "old man" was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away -- rendered void and powerless. He experiences that "in him, that in his flesh, dwelleth no good thing." O Christian, learn this wonderful song, and repeat it until your heart is filled with love and joy and courage, and turns to Him in glad surrender day by day: "To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Vos articles vus rÃ©cemment et vos recommandations en vedette. First, THE ATONEMENT OF THE CROSS: "Who His own self bare our sins in His body upon the tree." "He that doth not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. The disciples were astonished at His words. And the Spirit teaches us to love the cross, and to partake of the life â¦ "He believed God, who quickeneth the dead." If we have indeed died in Christ, and are now in faith every day to carry about with us the death of our Lord Jesus, this word is the very one that we need. As chapter_7 gives us the experience that leads to being a captive under the power of sin, chapter_8 reveals the experience of the life of a man in Christ Jesus, who has now been made free from the law of sin and death. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Take time and quietly, asking for the teaching of the Holy Spirit, ponder these words until the truth masters you: I am indeed dead to sin in Christ Jesus. And secondly, be assured that only through the continual teaching of the Holy Spirit in your heart will you be able to appropriate spiritual truths. AprÃ¨s avoir consultÃ© un produit, regardez ici pour revenir simplement sur les pages qui vous intÃ©ressent. It is only when he has given utterance to his cry of despair that he is brought to see that he is no longer under the law, but under the rule of the Holy Spirit (8:1,2). Whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, HE CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE." "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience?" Kiss your Virgin whore* Kiss your Virgin whore Kiss her for the third time You will not find any miracles here How do you feel after kissing The seven words of our Lord on the cross reveal to us His mind and disposition. Nothing less than this, a dying to our own nature, a faith that our "old man," our flesh has been crucified with Christ, so that we no longer need to sin -- nothing less than this can enable us to say: We love His commandments; this commandment too is not grievous. Les membres Amazon Prime profitent de la livraison accÃ©lÃ©rÃ©e gratuite sur des millions dâarticles, dâun accÃ¨s Ã des milliers de films et sÃ©ries sur Prime Video, et de nombreux autres avantages. Murray teaches in The Secret of the Cross that without this â¦ See how this lies at the very root of the true Christian life (vers.3,4): "God condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us who walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." When in the agony of Gethsemane He looked forward to what a death on the cross would be, He got such a vision of what it meant to die the accursed death under the power of sin -- with God's countenance so turned from Him that not a single ray of its light could penetrate the darkness -- that He prayed the cup might pass from Him. Emphasis will be laid, in the preaching, on Christ for us on the cross as the foundation of our salvation. Thus will you learn to die to yourself and to the world, and will receive Christ, the Crucified and Glorified One, into your heart, and be kept through the continual working of the Holy Spirit. "I have been crucified with Christ; yet I live; and yet no longer I, but Christ liveth in me." --Galatians 6:14. A super short (and cheap) book on the atonement is, Shameless: A Guide for Evangelists who Preach the Cross. The words "even so reckon yourselves" are a call to an act of bold and confident faith. But for such fellowship and conformity to the death of Christ, nothing will avail but the daily, unbroken abiding in Christ Jesus which He has promised us. In running a race the eye and heart are ever set upon the goal and the prize. --Back cover:-- The "Secret Series" These Pocket Companion Books were written by Andrew Murray over a period of five years. Have we not here the great reason why the power of God is so little manifested in the preaching of the gospel? "Jesus looking upon them said, 'With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.'". This is what will bring the world to believe that God has loved us even as He loved Christ. Merci dâessayer Ã nouveau. In the first section (down to chap. "Being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness; present your members as servants to righteousness unto sanctification. At the altar in the court the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled for forgiveness of sins. Alas, how little this is understood! Even so, we who are the disciples of Christ must not only pray for His enemies, but prove our love to Him and to all who belong to Him by seeing to it that every solitary one is comforted, and that every loving heart has some work to do in caring for those who belong to the blessed Master. Through His death on the cross I am dead to sin, and live in the power of His life. It is this mind that was in Christ, the deep humility that gave up His life to the very death, that is to be the spirit that animates us. She spend an hour overtime and explained that every thing can be achieved with this book and so it did! "Woman, behold thy son!" Just before the words of our text paul had written (1:17-24): "The word of the cross is to them that are perishing foolishness; but unto us who are being saved it is the power of God." The cross reveals to us manâs sin as under the curse, Christ becoming a curse and so overcoming it, and our full and everlasting deliverance from the curse. Here Paul opens up the depth of sin that there is in the flesh. --Hebrews 13:11-13. The Spirit strengthened Christ to offer Himself to God on the cross. As this great truth opens up to us it will help us to understand how in our life, and in our fellowship with Christ, it is impossible for us to share His life until we have first in very deed surrendered ourselves every day to die to sin and the world, and so to abide in the unbroken fellowship with our crucified Lord. In our text we have three great unsearchable thoughts. The life that He gives is the crucified life, in which He entered heaven and was exalted to the throne, standing as a Lamb as it had been slain. One of the blessings of the cross consists in this, that it teaches us to know the worthlessness of our efforts and the utter corruption of our own nature. Our "old man" must be crucified with Christ (Romans 6:6), and in the resurrection of Christ we find the roots of our new life (1_Peter 1:3). Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. "If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him." On Mount Ebal, in connection with giving the law, half of the people of Israel were twelve times over to pronounce a curse on all sin. Let us listen to the voice of Jesus: "Deny self"; and ask that by the grace of the Holy Spirit, as the disciples of a Christ who denied Himself for us, we may ever live as those in whom self has been crucified with Christ, and in whom the crucified Christ now lives as Lord and Master. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It is only as the great truth of the indwelling Christ obtains a place in the faith of the Church which it has not now, that the Christ-like love to the brethren will become the mark of true Christianity, by which all men shall know that we are Christ's disciples. The two expressions are most significant, as indicating the two essential needs there are in the redemption of man in Christ Jesus. It may not be easy to say exactly what is implied in this following of the Lamb in the heavenly vision. Then we are able to accept and obey the command: "Let not sin reign in your mortal body; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the dead; for sin shall not have dominion over you" (vers. "These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth." May I point out two things to my reader. As the representative of His people, He took them up with Him on the cross, and me too. Amen.". But it contains a far deeper thought. Let us in the power of Thy redemption yield ourselves unto God as those who are alive from the dead, ready and prepared for all His will. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the hour of their triumph over Him, and of the shame and suffering which they delight in showering on Him, He pours out His love in prayer for them. There may be small things about which we are not conscientious, and so we bring harm to ourselves and to God's work. Many follow Jesus unto the breaking of bread, but few to the drinking of the cup of His passion. "Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness." He had spoken of Dives crying "I am tormented in this flame." How I praise Thee, O my God, for the gift of the Holy Spirit, who will reveal to me the secret of the cross of Christ! Familiar tales and characters are re-cast in a new light as new truths are uncovered and 2000 year old mysteries solved. Buy The Secret Of The Cross by (ISBN: 9781502336545) from Amazon's Book Store. It is through the love of Christ on the cross that souls are drawn to Him. Every step on the new and living way for entering into God's holy presence maintains the fellowship with the cross of Christ. --Revelation 1:5,6. Stories that have shaped Western culture are critically re-examined by world renowned scholars and scrutinised in the light of compelling new evidence. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. $8.99. With Peter Frangella, Jeff Joslin, Davide Le'Thange, Licia Lettieri. We need to enter deeply into the truth that Christ the beloved Son of the Father could not return to the glory of heaven until He had first given Himself over unto death. And the Holy Spirit can now do nothing greater or more glorious for us than to lead us into the fellowship and likeness of that crucified life of our Lord. O Christian, when the world crucified Christ, it crucified you with Him, When Christ overcame the world on the cross, He made you an overcomer too. Whosoever doth not bear his own cross, and come after Me, CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE. More gibberish rather than substance. Yet without this, God's love and holiness cannot have their dwelling-place in his heart. It means that we realize by faith how actually we shared with Christ in His death, and now, as He lives in us, abide in unceasing fellowship with Him, the Crucified One. 10). By that act of surrender they actually have crucified the flesh and consented to regard it as an accursed thing, nailed to the cross of Christ. All nature is a parable of how the losing of a life can be the way of securing a truer and higher life. Christ died on account of our sins; He was raised again on account of our justification. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Secret of the Cross at Amazon.com. The death of Christ on the cross is the highest and the holiest that can be known of Him even in the glory of heaven. God grant that we may rightly understand, in the power of the Holy Spirit, that Christ has called us to hate our life, to lose our life, to be dead with Him to sin that we may live to God with Him. --Thomas A Kempis. The reason that God's children live so little in the power of the resurrection life of Christ is because they have so little understanding of or faith in their death with Christ. Even so with Christ. The Secret of the Cross has more than a few poignant statements: "Instead of denying himself, Peter denied his Lord"; and pregnant sentences like, "The Lamb is our Lord and Lawgiver". How much more ought we, in the consciousness of that evil nature and that death which we inherited in Adam, be most grateful that there is a way open to us by which, in the fellowship of Christ and His cross, we can die to this accursed self! It was in the ordination charge, when Christ sent forth His disciples, that He first used the expression that the disciple must take up his cross and follow Him. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. His whole ministry and manner of life bore the mark of Christ's likeness -- crucified through weakness, yet living by the power of God. It is the sad lack of the mind and disposition of the crucified Christ, sacrificing self and the word to win life for the dying, that is one great cause of the feebleness of the Church. Romans 7:4,6. --Revelation 14:4. "Unto Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. The cross gave Christ the right to receive the fullness of the Spirit from the Father to pour out on all flesh. Many deceive themselves because they seek to be alive in God before they are dead to their own nature -- a thing as impossible as it is for a grain of wheat to be alive before it dies. Achetez et téléchargez ebook The Secret of the Cross (Secret Series) (English Edition): Boutique Kindle - Christian Living : Amazon.fr For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him through the power of God toward you." Christ dedicated a new and living way to God through the rent veil of His flesh. 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The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. welcomes you to the website for "Healing of the Nations Foundation."
This ministry draws its inspiration from the last chapter in the book of Revelation (Rev:22) There is
a description of the tree of life bearing fruit every month. The image, which is the symbol of our
work, is drawn from these words; "and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." (Rev 22:2)
It is our mission to invite the citizens of this country to become leaves of healing.
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Although we have had many exciting e-mail updates in the past, we
feel that today’s is perhaps the most important of them all.
At 10:55 a.m., we successfully boarded our plane and began our long
journey home! We were very excited to finally leave Kazakhstan,
but we were even more amazed at the miracles God worked to get us
on our way!
The morning started bright and early. We got up before Katie, packed
our things, arranged our passports and tickets, then delivered some
of our extra groceries to Tony and Mary (a couple we met in our
hotel who just adopted two older boys). After eating breakfast and
checking out of the hotel, we headed for the U.S. Consulate. Our
goal was to arrive 15 minutes early so we could be the first ones
there and get our exit interview done as soon as possible.
On the way to the Consulate, all our apprehensions and fears were
nagging us as we remembered the trouble we’d had a few days
earlier (if you remember, we had asked the Consulate to for a morning
appointment instead of the usual afternoon appointment). Well, we’re
happy to report that at 8:45 we cleared security and were escorted
to the waiting room. Then, by 9:05 we finished the interview and
held Katie’s U.S. visa in our hands. Praise God! Everything
went perfect and without any trouble (we didn’t even get a
stern lecture this time).
As soon as we left the Consulate, we jumped in the car and raced
to the airport. Luckily we were in good hands as Sem, our Almaty
driver, took every shortcut in the book. He even honked his horn
through the “blind” intersections to let the other cars
know we were coming through. Because of his superior driving skills
and keen knowledge of the roads, we made it to the airport just
in time for check-in.
Once we cleared customs and boarded our first plane to Uzbekistan,
we felt a wave of emotions sweep over us; we were finally on our
way home! God continued to bless us with a safe flight out, despite
the fact that we were on an airplane so small, the wing was mounted
on-top of the plane! It was a wonderful hour-long flight where we
were able to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Now, we are sitting in the transfer terminal in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
where we have spent the day waiting for our connecting flight to
Seoul, Korea. Earlier today, this ornate soviet-era building was
busting at the seams with travelers from around the world; we were
nestled between Indians, Koreans, Russians, Kazakhs, and many more.
However, everyone else left this afternoon and together with one
other person, we are the only passengers here. All the lights have
been turned off and we feel somewhat lonely, but we really don’t
care because we are making progress in our journey home.
Our ability to leave Kazakhstan has only been by the grace of God.
We now know that through the delay in our departure, God was able
to use it for His glory. He clearly demonstrated His power these
past few days as He worked out every last detail. There were many
times that we doubted if we would ever leave Kazakhstan. In fact,
we have both been literally “worried sick” at various
times this week because there were so many indications that things
wouldn’t work out.
God’s working through the details of our return flights is
only a small snapshot of the way He has constantly been helping
us through this entire process. If it weren’t for His continual
direction, and the prayers from many of you at home, we would not
be heading home with our beautiful baby girl. Many people think
God doesn’t use miracles in these modern times, but our little
Kaitlyn is direct evidence that He still does! He took a childless
couple with limited resources and provided the most amazing gift
ever; a child.
As we think about this, we have to admit that God’s gift of
a child goes even further than Katie (or any other human child),
because His biggest gift to all of us was His own son, whom He dearly
loved. When God sent Jesus to earth, He did so as a way for us know
Him personally; because Christ lived as a human and died for us,
God can understand all that we’re going through. Whether we’re
facing issues with health, money, relationships, or even the desire
to have a child, God knows the pain we’re experiencing and
will be there for us if we call on Him. Maybe you have already made
a personal commitment to follow Jesus, but incase you haven’t,
we wanted to take a moment and let you know how.
To be accepted as one of God’s own, all we need to do is admit
that we’re not perfect and that we never will be; we need
Him to accept us as we are because we can’t make it to heaven
on our own. We also need to acknowledge that we believe God is who
He says He is; the one, true God, and that Jesus is His son. The
Bible says that when we open up our hearts to Him, He will always
be with us and will never leave. That truth alone has been the most
reassuring fact for us as we’ve been experiencing our recent
delays and struggles while in Kazakhstan; we knew that even on the
other side of the world, God was still looking out for us and that
everything was part of His great plan for our lives. God is very
much alive; we know that first hand!
Next time you receive an e-mail from us, it should be announcing
the good news that we’ve finally made it all the way home
(we plan to touch down in San Francisco on Wednesday at 3:38*).
Until then, we ask that you help us pray for a safe second half
of our trip, and a smooth drive home from the airport.
We miss you all and can’t wait to be home!
Kevin, Sarah and Katie
UPDATE: SINCE WRITING THE ABOVE LETTER, WE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY MADE
IT TO SEOUL, KOREA. OUR NEXT FLIGHT TO LAX HAS BEEN DELAYED A HALF
AN HOUR, BUT WE STILL PLAN TO ARRIVE AT SFO BY 3:38 p.m. PLEASE
KEEP OUR HEALTH IN YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL; WE HAVE BOTH BEEN FEELING
ILL AND ARE FIGHTING HARD TO GET BETTER BY THE TIME WE ARRIVE HOME.
*If you’re planning on meeting us at the airport, you can
go to our website and click the link at the top of the page for
the flight number and arrival info.


The tree is up. The gifts are wrapped and hidden until Christmas morning. It has been a whirlwind of year end functions, carol services and getting together with friends old and new. A time of remembering and longing for family and friends who are far away or have gone Home. Excited shrieks of "Mommy, look, there is a Christmas ( tree)'' every time we go to the shops. Endless poring over of every gift catalogue shoved into our hands as thechildren dream of all the toys they want under the tree. Adults worrying over budgets stretched beyond breaking point and wondering what the New Year will hold.
In the midst of this, where is Christ? I have been so wrapped up in planning for Christmas that I have lost sight of Christ. I worry over broken budgets, a mom who has lost her job, a new school in 2014 for my "baby" who has a learning disability, a move to a new house that was not wanted or planned. My heart is broken for a baby who would have celebrated her 7th birthday this December but who went home to her heavenly Father long before I was ready to let her go. My worry, business and fear have clouded my mind and I have completely lost sight of Christ this Christmas. I need to come back to the foot of the cross, kneel and worship before the baby. Lay my fears, worries, grief and business at the foot of the Baby and climb into my Heavenly Fathers arms. He who knows the depths of my heart and who has every second of my life planned.
Look past the lights and tinsel and draw close to the Christ of Christmas because without Him there would be no hope for what lies past Christmas day.
Merry Christmas and may His love draw you close this Christmas season
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Another sweltering, soggy summer day here in "sunny" South Africa. I cannot believe the amount of rain we have had over the past few days. It makes it challenging with everybody at home at the moment, as we are all under each others feet the whole time and there is not really place for anybody to do anything. I have to be really creative in keeping the children busy while my husband retires to our bedroom to read when it all gets a bit too much ( a really good idea). However, with a bit of planning and a few visits to granny and grandpa, hopefully we will all start the new year rested and refreshed.
We are moving again and although I DREAD the move itself, I am so looking forward to a larger garden, a swimming pool and a separate play room for the children. Also a much larger kitchen, which will make the cake baking a lot easier. Also more space for entertaining, which I have done nothing of in the past 3 years.
I have indulged myself a bit these holidays and bought a Yankee candle. What bliss. I love the gentle, sweet smell throughout the lower level of the house. I have also bought a few new plates, bowls, cups and cutlery from Mr Price Home. Very pretty and they did not break the bank.
So, few bits and pieces from a warm and wet South Africa


According to the last national census of 2002, 69.96% of Chileans declare to be Catholic. Since the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th. century, the Catholic religion has been the main western creed in Chile. But with the passage of time and the influence of the indigenous cultures, a multitude of rites have developed, many of which survive today in the form of religious traditions.
From the hot desert of the north to the island of Chiloé in the south, every year different religious celebrations bring together thousands of the faithful and visitors, offering the visitors a unique experience to become acquainted with the customs of the country and the spiritual side of the Chilean people.
Following are some of the most important celebrations:
This is the most popular religious festival of the north of the country, which in 2008 brought together over 220,000 people. Although it currently takes place every 16th. July to commemorate Our Lady of Mount Carmel, considered the patron saint of Chile, the celebration is Andean in origin and is strongly associated with the cult to the Pachamama, Mother Earth to the Aymara and Quechua
cultures. This is a demonstration of the “mestizaje” or mix of cultures between the autochthonous American and European peoples.
The celebrations are concentrated in the locality of La Tirana, 56 miles away from the city of Iquique, between July 12 and 18, when a series of rites, singing and dancing in Altiplano outfits of multiple colors and shapes take place. The most famous of these dances is the “Diablada” (Devil’s Dance), where dancers with large colorful masks of demons confront the forces of good led by the Archangel Michael. All accompanied by large bands of brass instruments and drums.
Visitors from all over Chile and even from Peru and Bolivia attend the celebration. It is possible to get to La Tirana overland from Iquique or Arica to the town of Pozo Almonte, 7 miles away from La Tirana, from where regular and convenient public transport service is provided during those days.
Feast of Quasimodo
This celebration is an expression of the popular religiousness of the Chilean countryside. It takes place the first Sunday after Easter (which for Catholics varies from year to year between 22 March and 25 April) in localities of the central zone close to Santiago, such as Lo Abarca, Cuncumén, Lo Barnechea, Llay Llay, Colina, Peñalolén, Casablanca, Talagante, Conchalí, Isla de Maipo and Maipú.
A “corrida” or run is organized in each locality, where the “cuasimodistas” (farmers and rural laborers dressed specially for the occasion) on horseback escort a carriage that carries the priest. In the more urban areas in Santiago (such as Maipú and Peñalolén) horses have given way to bicycles, transforming the event into an animated popular cycling event.
The celebration goes back to colonial times, when priests visited the towns to take communion to the sick and elderly who were unable to fulfill their religious obligations. To keep the priests from being attacked by bandits during their journey, the Catholic “huasos” (farmers) accompanied him, wearing distinctive white cloth headgear.
Our Lady of Lo Vásquez
This is the most heavily attended religious festival in the country: it brought together more than a million people in 2009. It takes place on 8 December to celebrate the Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception. Hundreds of thousands of Chilean Catholics travel to sanctuaries devoted to the Virgin Mary all over the country, and most especially to the Lo Vásquez temple located in the municipality of Casablanca, on the route between Santiago and Valparaíso. The ceremony is a demonstration of the fervor of Chilean Catholics for the Virgin Mary.
Both from the capital and the central coast, thousands of pilgrims set off for the sanctuary, on foot, bicycle and some even on their knees, to ask for or repay a “manda” or favor granted by the Virgin. So many pilgrims attend the festival that part of the route is closed off to motor traffic to enable the faithful to arrive safely at their destination. Stalls with food and different merchandise also offer their wares around the temple.
Located 42 miles east of Concepción, Yumbel is a town of 20,000 inhabitants that receives over 300,000 visitors every summer. The reason? On 20 January a feast is celebrated to venerate Saint Sebastian, one of the first Christian martyrs according to Catholic tradition. The local cult began in 1663, when Spaniards carried a cedar wood image of the saint into the town, which today stands on the altar of the Yumbel Catholic Temple.
The local inhabitants began to attribute miracles to the saint, such as the quenching of a fire in 1747, making Yumbel’s reputation grow as a sanctuary city. A series of commercial activities and places selling local cuisine are developed around the religious festivity, where you can find anything from clothes to religious articles such as candles, religious prints and figures.
At the San Sebastián festival it is possible to see the rural traditions of the center-south of Chile related to religious fervor, because many pilgrims attend the festival dressed in the typical outfits of the Chilean countryside. Although the official celebration is on 20 January, many agricultural laborers must be at work at that time and so it is also celebrated on the “20 Chico” (little 20th.) on 20 March.
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